Universal announced Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift for Universal Studios Florida — a high-speed Intamin launched spinning coaster opening in 2027 on the former site of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, headlined by a 170-foot vertical spike beside Universal CityWalk.
Everything that changed here
across the land, newest first- 2026
Steel railings installed along coaster track; overbank curve nearly complete; spike element (170 feet) remains prominent.
- 2026
Construction reached the signature spike — support columns for the 170-foot vertical element and a first section of coaster track went up.
- 2026
Vertical construction began — the first coaster supports were installed at Universal Studios Florida.
- 2026
- 2023
Illumination's Villain-Con Minion Blast opened at Universal Studios Florida as the anchor attraction of the new Minion Land area, an interactive continuously-moving walkway where guests use handheld E-Liminator X blasters to score points across projection-screen scenes set at Villain-Con.
- 2023
Folded into the new Illumination's Minion Land when the land opened; the attraction's Gru's House facade and sign were refreshed and repainted while the ride film and system were left unchanged.
- 2019
Converted the ride film from 3D to 2D, eliminating the required Minion 3D glasses and modifying the preshow to drop references to the safety goggles.
3D→2D - 2013
Transformers: The Ride-3D opened to the public at Universal Studios Florida, a 3D motion-base dark ride built on the former Soundstage 44 site, with a grand-opening ceremony attended by voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.
- 2012
Opened to the public as a 3D motion-simulator attraction, replacing Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast in the same soundstage.