If you’re the kind of person who lives your life a quarter mile at a time—and maybe has the patience to wait in a line that long—then you’re probably going to be pretty revved up to hear that there’s a Fast & Furious roller coaster coming to Universal Studios Hollywood.
First announced in 2023, the theme park officially gave the attraction a name and opening window today: “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” will debut in 2026.
In addition, Universal detailed that the high-speed attraction, which you’ll enter via a red brick garage in the park’s upper lot, will feature ride vehicles (inspired by some of the films’ cars, of course) that can rotate 360 degrees in order to mimic the sensation of drifting.
From groundbreaking technology to breathtaking immersion, there is no other roller coaster like Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift. Coming in 2026. Get details: https://t.co/So3clSAZfg pic.twitter.com/M42Fs4nhZJ
— Universal Studios Hollywood (@UniStudios) May 3, 2024
This all tracks with the park’s initial announcement last year, which promised an “all-new thrill ride” with “innovative and technological achievements never previously employed” and a “state-of-the-art ride system uniquely created to engulf guests within the dynamic Fast & Furious universe.”
The theme park acknowledged the beginning of the roller coaster’s construction last July, which was its first major ride announcement since the opening of Super Nintendo World. If you’ve visited since then, you’ve probably noticed the attraction’s construction fences on the hillside near the very long series of escalators that bring visitors between the upper and lower lots
Prior to its official announcement, theme park enthusiasts had been chasing down details of the then-rumored ride for months—if not years—by digging up old concept art and potential track layouts and even witnessing some sound tests of cars rumbling and riders screaming. Today’s official announcement appears to corroborate the work done to mitigate those sound concerns as it notes “Hollywood Drift” will be “constructed with sound reduction technology.”
This technically won’t be the first Fast & Furious attraction within Universal Studios Hollywood. The motion simulator-like Fast & Furious: Supercharged debuted as part of the studio tour in 2015, back when there were only seven films in the franchise (we unfortunately found it to be a pretty clumsy addition to the otherwise very entertaining studio tour). It also won’t be the first coaster in the park, as you can already hop on the short-but-thrilling Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride as well as the kid-friendly Flight of the Hippogriff in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but this Fast & Furious news teases a more substantial coaster than those two existing ones.
This story was first published July 12, 2023. We’ve since updated it with the latest information.