Fast & Furious: Supercharged

Fast & Furious: Supercharged
Universal Studios Hollywood
Area Upper Lot/Studio Tour
Status Operating
Opening date June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25)
Replaced Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and The Fast & The Furious: Extreme Close-Up
Universal Studios Florida
Status Under construction
Opening date 2018 (2018)
Replaced Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You and Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue
General statistics
Attraction type Dark ride
Designer Universal Creative
Theme The Fast and the Furious franchise
Vehicle type Studio tour tram
Vehicles 3-4
Riders per vehicle 48
Rows 8
Riders per row 6
Pre-show hosts
Ride host Dominic Toretto

Fast & Furious: Supercharged is an attraction, opened on June 25, 2015 as part of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.[1] 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.

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.[2] 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. [3]

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.

Summary

Hollywood version

As the tram makes its way past Wisteria Lane during Universal's famous 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.[4][5]

Cast

Actors from the film franchise have reprised their roles for the attraction.

The attraction has been mentioned frequently 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Go behind-the-scenes on the legendary Studio Tour to explore Hollywood's most famous backlot.". Universal Studios Hollywood. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/travel/themeparks/la-trb-fast-furious-supercharged-universal-studios-hollywood-20150505-story.html
  3. ↑ http://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/fast-furious-ride/
  4. ↑ http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/06/24/real-screams-and-spooky-furious-holograms-on-fast-furious-supercharged-ride/
  5. ↑ http://www.slashfilm.com/fast-and-furious-supercharged-recap/
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