Former Ride // latest change 2026.01
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Former Ride · the memorial record
This ride is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
Universal announced Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, a spinning roller coaster targeted to open in 2027, as the attraction being built on the former Rip Ride Rockit site.
The last piece of the coaster was removed by mid-October 2025, after track removal began on August 20, 2025.
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit closed permanently after sixteen years of operation.
The closing date was moved up to August 18, 2025, with a South Florida Water Management District permit describing the project as removing the existing attraction and replacing it with a proposed attraction.
Universal confirmed that Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit would close in 2025, initially citing early September.
The on-ride song menu was reduced from thirty selectable songs to five, one per genre.
The coaster reopened with refurbished trains after a September 2010 closure prompted by a manufacturer alert about the coupling bars holding the trains together.
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit opened to the public in the New York area of Universal Studios Florida after ride previews earlier that month.
Per the documented record, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios opened on Aug 19, 2009.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is dated Aug 18, 2025: Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit closed permanently after sixteen years of operation.
The latest documented change (documented Jan 2026): Universal announced Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, a spinning roller coaster targeted to open in 2027, as the attraction being built on the former Rip Ride Rockit site.
8 documented changes, dating back to 2009 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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