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The first vertical coaster supports for Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift, the high-speed coaster replacing Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida, are now in the ground in the New York section, with the first stretch of gray track on-site as construction races toward a 2027 opening.
New construction walls have wrapped around Poseidon's Fury at Islands of Adventure, signaling the Lost Continent is entering the next phase of a 4.9‑acre demolition widely rumored to make way for a Pokémon land.
Pay-per-ride Express access debuts across all three parks, the Epic Universe Preview Center wraps up, Burger King Whopper Bar gets a closing date, Comic Strip Cafe refreshes its menu for the first time in 27 years, and Butterbeer Season returns to the Wizarding World.
Construction on Universal Studios Florida's next major roller coaster is accelerating fast. The Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift — a 170-foot high-speed spinning coaster replacing the beloved Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit — is showing serious structural progress this week, with concrete block walls and ride footers rising across the construction site.
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