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Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit (closing Sept 2025)

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IzzyB

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jarmor said:
This is How I look at US Orlando vs the rest of the universal parks across the world. Universal Studios orlando decided that they wanted to build a resort and on a resort if you have the same things in the same parks then what's the point of having different parks. They decided to not infiltrate the studios with huge coasters and lots of thrill rides and went and built a park specifically for that. IOA is for the big outdoor coasters, the fantastic atmosphere and the thrills. The studios is for the realism of locations, the place to experience the movies and the attractions all can enjoy (well mostly all). Again, I was confused with the inclusion of rockit. First, from a stand point of it looking out of place and from a thematic level. It just never made sense to me and always felt out of place. It basically ruined the "studio" aspect for me with all the screaming.

Meanwhile I love the placement of hulk and VC over at islands! I feel they really do fit into that park well and fall in line to what the park caters to, high thrills and loads of fun. I am all about preserving that element of each park and giving people more reason to go and visit each one. Epic seems to be a love child of both US and IOA where it does have so thrills but they are not as jarring. So, while universal orlando resort does off variety, I feel they should keep it within it's respective park(s)
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I am OK with not all parks being the same, but I do think all parks need some kind of balance so that people want to visit all the parks. So one outdoor coaster for thrill and one for kids seems like a good thing. Now I do think whatever they add there shouldn't be as high of a height restriction or have such a scary look. I feel something with good air time without as large of a drop would be good to bring down the height and make it more accessible to more people, but have enough thrill for thrill seekers. VC has that and star fall also seems to have that. I do think the current coaster is out of place because it went for the cheap thrills vs a good coaster.

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USF strikes me as the more “family” park for UOR. Given Minion, Dreamworks, and future Pokemon, I’m fine with this park not getting a coaster more intense than Mummy. This park can just offer more versatility I feel.
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Hmm... I don't know. IOA has Suess and that amazing JP kid play area. It also has a kid coaster, Hagrids, and spiderman. I wouldn't say one is more family than the other.
 
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With Hollywood Drift being delayed now till 2026, does that mean 2 possible F&F coasters in the same year? (here and Cali)
 
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Tyc00n96 said:
With Hollywood Drift being delayed now till 2026, does that mean 2 possible F&F coasters in the same year? (here and Cali)
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It depends on when HRRR goes down in 2025 and how fast they go through the process of tearing down the old coaster and building the new one. At the very least one thing Orlando has going for it is not having to worry about foundation problems that could further delay it like in Hollywood.

So to me, a mid 2026 opening date is doable for USF.
 
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Orlando has going for it is not having to worry about foundation problems that could further delay it like in Hollywood.
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Also not having to deal with earthquake building codes. Orlando just has to worry about hurricanes & an occasional twister/sharknado
 
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Fall Guy ... the coaster

Each launch is a different stunt + Ryan Gosling videos in queue = Thumbs Up
 
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With all eyes on Epic now, I did want to see if anyone had heard anything more recent about HRRR's demise / replacement. Do we think it will still happen soon?
 
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Tyc00n96 said:
With all eyes on Epic now, I did want to see if anyone had heard anything more recent about HRRR's demise / replacement. Do we think it will still happen soon?
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Probably once EU is up and running we will hear about the F&F HRRR replacement. If I had to give a more specific timeframe perhaps September 2025?
 
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TheUniC6 said:
Probably once EU is up and running we will hear about the F&F HRRR replacement. If I had to give a more specific timeframe perhaps September 2025?
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It would be nice if they wait until HHN is done. Would be nice to get at least one more ride in in HRRR before it’s gone forever as that’s when I plan to be back.
 
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Freak said:
It would be nice if they wait until HHN is done. Would be nice to get at least one more ride in in HRRR before it’s gone forever as that’s when I plan to be back.
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Since there's 5 house queues back there (and assuming it is closing next year), it's gonna have to either be early on in the year or immediately after HHN. I'd say the latter is more likely, allows HHN to have that extra bit of capacity, which I got a feeling they're gonna need next year.

(^Not because of anything I've heard, genuinely just a hunch that next year is gonna be more akin to 32 in terms of both IPs and quality.)
 
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Tyc00n96 said:
With all eyes on Epic now, I did want to see if anyone had heard anything more recent about HRRR's demise / replacement. Do we think it will still happen soon?
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Yes.
 
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Parkscope Joe said:
Yes.
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Okay, but like, how soon?
 
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Alicia said:
Okay, but like, how soon?
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What I also wonder if it’s still going to be a drift coaster, or if it’s become something else entirley.
It was “fast and furious” themed, right?
 
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RRR itself isn't a big loss, but I'm sad about the demise of lift hills. I know launches make storytelling easier which I get but this is an example of why I think focus on immersion/sightlines before anything else can (albeit on very rare occasion) be a detriment.
 
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RRR itself isn't a big loss, but I'm sad about the demise of lift hills. I know launches make storytelling easier which I get but this is an example of why I think focus on immersion/sightlines before anything else can (albeit on very rare occasion) be a detriment.
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I’m not a fan of it since they’ve slowed it waaaay down now. It was exciting before. Now it’s kinda painful.
 
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Yes.
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I honestly will miss it, but I'm sure whatever replaces it will be 1000% better in most every way. I'll miss the look of the coaster, the gamer lights on the cars, the lift hill. But it's always been a mess, and I trust them to build something really special in it's place. It'll also be nice to build something with the knowledge of all the quirks HRRR has had to deal with regarding it's placement in the Studiobox Wind Tunnel.
 
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At the very least, a high kinetic energy attraction will be replaced by a high kinetic energy ride. In a park where most of the attractions are indoors, that's an important factor.
 
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Hopefully it's more visually stunning and has a better aesthetic than the McDonald's color palette.

At night it's fine, but during the day it's an eye sore.
 
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If only we got the video screens and Hollywood letters.
 
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Fingers crossed.

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