Universal Orlando has unceremoniously retired its least-liked ride ever, but its replacement is already revving up, so today we’re bidding good riddance to Fast & Furious: Supercharged while welcoming Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift to Universal Orlando.
After nearly a decade of being thought of by parkgoers as the weakest attraction at the resort, Universal finally put Fast & Furious: Supercharged out of its misery on August 16, 2026. Based on the $7+ billion box office behemoth, the experience began in an industrial queue inspired by San Francisco’s historic Oriental Warehouse. There, waiting guests could check out some of the high-performance automobiles seen in the films. By the time the ride closed, many of the vehicles had already been removed.
Although it lost some of its theming in later years, the queue did feature a wealth of Easter eggs and hidden references, including nods to the Beetlejuice and Disaster! attractions that previously occupied the area.
Check out this video of the former Garage Tour to see some now-vanished details:
Next, two preshows, featuring live hosts awkwardly interacting with prerecorded clips of Jordana Brewster (Mia Toretto) and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges (Tej), established the backstory for anyone who hasn’t yet seen all—or any—of the 11 (and counting) Furious films.
These snarky spielers gave their terrible script the full Mystery Science Theater 3000/Rocky Horror Picture Show treatment, ad-libbing sarcastic comebacks to the canned celebs, which lent this attraction its only genuine entertainment value.
After boarding specially designed 48-passenger tramlike “party buses,” guests were taken to an underground club, where a postrace rave was in full swing until the feds crashed the party, searching for a crucial crime witness hiding among the guests.
Series stars Vin Diesel (Dominic “Dom” Toretto), Dwayne Johnson (Luke Hobbs), Michelle Rodriguez (Letty Ortiz), and Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce) appeared in holographic form to rescue you from Luke Evans (Owen Shaw), the bad guy from Fast & Furious 6 (and now Broadway’s Frank N. Furter).
In the attraction’s climax, a 360-degree projection tunnel—filled with hydraulic platforms, 400-foot-long screens, and excessive sprays of smoke and water—made it appear as if your ride vehicle was in the midst of a high-stakes car chase, speeding at 100-plus mph through a West Coast urban jungle.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged was similar to Skull Island: Reign of Kong in Islands of Adventure—but without the immersive scenery or impressive animatronics. The dialogue and visual effects were shockingly cheesy even by theme park standards. And although less scary than the King Kong ride, Supercharged had a slightly higher height requirement. Luckily, the custom slot car racing game in the child swap room was more fun than the actual attraction.
To the relief of many, Universal announced the extinction of Supercharged when unveiling its successor, Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, and then moved the closure up from 2027 to mid-August. At the same time, the track is already nearly complete for the new roller coaster, which will use spinning muscle-car-shaped ride vehicles just like the version currently in technical rehearsals at Universal Studios Hollywood.
The new silver-and-blue steel track runs between the soundstages and over the Music Plaza stage, spiraling through a spaghetti bowl outside the Hard Rock Cafe before terminating in a dramatic 170-foot-tall spike towering above the CityWalk shoreline. Riders will experience launches exceeding 70 miles per hour, multiple inversions, and different rotation profiles and engine sounds for each ride vehicle.
As for the former Fast & Furious: Supercharged, while Universal has not yet revealed what will be replacing it, some guesses have included overlays featuring Back to the Future, JAWS, or a Knight Bus-themed Harry Potter attraction. Most recently, the strongest rumors point to 2024’s Twisters—the reboot of the 1996 classic that had a long-running effects show at USF—coming to the 360 simulator tunnels both here and at the finale of Universal Studios Hollywood’s tram tour.
Will you miss Fast & Furious: Supercharged, and are you excited to ride Hollywood Drift next year? Let us know in the comments below!
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