More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

Shannen Ace

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More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

Crews have completed even more concrete footers for Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Florida. The roller coaster is replacing Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.

Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift Construction

More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

The construction site is visible from Hard Rock Cafe in CityWalk. There are several concrete footers with wood boxes on top of them throughout the site. Between the footers are various metal poles.

More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

Yellow caution tape outlines some trenches dug in the ground for further foundational work.

More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

During our Thursday, February 5 visit, we saw a few crew members working closer to the park.

More Coaster Footers Installed for Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift at Universal Orlando

Dozens of gray PVC electrical conduit pipes are sticking out of the ground. A different structure is in the works at the other side of the coaster’s site inside Universal Studios Florida.

Aerial view of Hollywood Drift coaster at Universal, Fast & Furious tracks weaving around—no Disney castle like those at Disneyland.

Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is also under construction at Universal Studios Hollywood, where it will open this summer. The Universal Studios Florida version will open in 2027. The concept art above is for the Hollywood version, but the Florida version is expected to be similar.

Fast & Furious: Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida will close next year with the opening of Hollywood Drift.

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