Fast & Furious: Supercharged will open at Universal Orlando Resort in 2017
Following its addition to the Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tour this past June, the Fast & Furious: Supercharged ride is heading east. Universal Orlando Resort announced today that the Fast & Furious attraction will join its lineup of attractions on the way in 2017.
According to Universal, the new Fast & Furious attraction will offer “a high-octane journey that fuses an original storyline and incredible ride technology with everything that fans love about the films—popular characters, exhilarating environments, nonstop action and, of course, high-speed cars.”
Led by film stars Vin Diesel (Dom Toretto), Dwayne Johnson (Hobbs), Michelle Rodriguez (Letty) and Tyrese Gibson (Roman), guests will feel like part of the “Fast family” as they embark on a thrilling new Fast & Furious adventure. They will be immersed in the underground racing world made famous in the films, explore the headquarters of Toretto and his team and even get to check out some of the supercharged cars they’ve seen on the big screen. Then, guests will board specially-designed vehicles and take off on an “adrenaline-pumping” ride.
Fast & Furious is Universal Pictures’ highest-grossing film franchise of all time. Since the release of the first film in 2001, the Fast & Furious series has become a pop culture phenomenon. Together, all seven installments have grossed nearly $3.9 billion at the worldwide box office. The most recent film, Furious 7, was released in April and became the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time, with more than $1.5 billion in global box office. In addition, Universal Studios Hollywood introduced its own Fast & Furious: Supercharged this summer, which serves as the grand finale to its world famous Studio Tour.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged will replace Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue and Disaster: A Major Motion Picture Starring You! at Universal Studios Florida. Disaster will close on September 8, 2015 and Beetlejuice will close later this year to make way for the new attraction.
Although it sounds like the Orlando version will have some substantial differences to the Hollywood version, you can check out a behind-the-scenes look at the current Fast & Furious: Supercharged ride in the player below:
