The Fast & Furious roller coaster is finally speeding its way over to Universal Studios Hollywood.
The California-based Universal resort announced on Wednesday that the new thrill ride based on the high-octane racing film franchise is now under construction. We don’t know exactly how fast the ride will be built, as it hasn’t released a development timeline.
Universal said in a press release that the Fast & Furious roller coaster will be equipped with “innovative and technological achievements never previously employed” by any other amusement park ride. It added that the roller coaster will be built “with a state-of-the-art ride system uniquely created to engulf guests within the dynamic Fast & Furious universe.”
Buckle up… our new Fast & Furious-themed roller coaster is officially under construction! ??
— Universal Studios Hollywood (@UniStudios) July 12, 2023
The new Fast & Furious roller coaster comes on the heels — or should we say “wheels” — of Nintendo’s new immersive and interactive land of Super Nintendo World opening at Universal Studios Hollywood in earlier this year. The Mario-themed land, which debuted at Universal Studios Japan in 2021, features Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, where riders race through AR projections of iconic racetracks from the Mario Kart games as they race against Bowser and his Koopa army.
Universal boasted the success of the Fast & Furious franchise over the last 20 years since its debut title The Fast and the Furious with the late Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, raking in over $7 billion at the global box office. Those numbers come despite mixed reviews of the latest film, Fast X, which serves as the penultimate title in the series.
Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.
