Status Under construction Opened 25 June 2015 Riders per row 6 Riders per vehicle 48 | Status Operating Opening date 2018 (2018) Row 8 | |
Opening date June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25) Replaced Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and The Fast & The Furious: Extreme Close-Up Similar The Wizarding World of, Race Through New York, The Simpsons Ride, Jurassic Park: The Ride, King Kong: 360 3‑D | ||
Fast & Furious: Supercharged is an attraction, opened on June 25, 2015 as part of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. The attraction is based on The Fast and the Furious film franchise, which features Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges in starring roles. The ride will be ported to Universal Studios Florida in 2018.
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Background
The ride was first announced on April 2014 for a 2015 opening at Universal Studios Hollywood. The first commercial for Fast & Furious: Supercharged was aired during Super Bowl XLIX, announcing the ride for Summer 2015, which replaced the site of Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. The attraction also was replacing The Fast & The Furious: Extreme Close-Up, which closed in July 2013, although it was not housed in the same site where Supercharged would be built at. On March 20, 2015, Universal released an online behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the ride in which the actors are seen playing their respective characters in front of a green screen and makeshift vehicles that would later be digitally replaced with computer-generated vehicles. Supercharged officially opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 25, 2015.
The ride was announced for Universal Studios Florida on August 25, 2015, for a 2018 opening, which will replace Disaster! and Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue.
The ride is based mainly on the sixth installment of the The Fast and the Furious film franchise, which features Luke Evans as the villain on both the film and ride.
Hollywood version
As the tram makes its way past Wisteria Lane during Universal's Studio Tour, to the left hand side is a black Dodge Charger, seen next to a beige house. The tour guide, who was apologizing for the "unplanned" event, is interrupted by Luke Hobbs, telling guests that they'd be sent to a safe location. This is because Owen Shaw and his gang are after a high-valued witness on the tram. The tram enters the garage and is given an introduction to Roman and Letty, who are two of the franchise's characters. The tram drives further into the garage where, in a Pepper's ghost hologram, a party is interrupted by Agent Novak, who escorts the partygoers out of the room. Agent Novak wants to stop Roman, but Dominic and Letty appear, followed by Hobbs who has a bigger gun and takes Novak away. Screeching cars in the background alarm the team that trouble is ahead. The riders put on their 3D glasses. The team makes way for their vehicles and begins the chase in a parking lot underground, where Owen Shaw appears to seek revenge on Dominic, leading a chase outside on the freeway.
Cast
Actors from the film franchise have reprised their roles for the attraction.
In popular culture
The attraction was mentioned in American Horror Story. In the first episode of the fifth season, Vendela and Agnetha, two Swedish girls who check into the hotel in the first episode, mention their excitement to go to the attraction. The attraction is again mentioned in the sixth episode of the season when the girls ask Donovan (Matt Bomer) to show them to the attraction's line.