Yeah it would
Potential Fast and Furious replacement for Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit?
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It’s not as if there isn’t precedent for doing it before - Marvel and the entire island at IoA and The Simpsons (both arguably having more global recognition than James Bond)
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
It’s RIP Rockit time. Permits filed for “removal of existing attraction to replace with proposed attraction”
Never got the chance to ride the thing while at IAAPA, kinda knew that was a credit I wasn’t destined to get. People on the show floor claimed that it was going down early February, in case anyone is there in the immediate future.
Never got the chance to ride the thing while at IAAPA, kinda knew that was a credit I wasn’t destined to get. People on the show floor claimed that it was going down early February, in case anyone is there in the immediate future.
Steely Dan
Mega Poster
Man, 2024 has been quite the doozy for closure announcements of significant coasters in the US.
Scorpion - BGT (Schwarzkopf silver arrow)
Kingda Ka - SFGAdv (world's tallest coaster)
Green Lantern - SFGAadv (2nd largest B&M stand-up)
La Vibora - SFOT (last of the Intamin bobsleds)
Nighthawk - Carowinds (rare 1st Gen Vekoma flyer)
Anaconda - KD (Arrow multi-looper over a lake)
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit - USF (AKA "MCBR: The Ride")
And AFAIK, none of these are planned to be relocated. Off to coaster heaven they roll.
Scorpion - BGT (Schwarzkopf silver arrow)
Kingda Ka - SFGAdv (world's tallest coaster)
Green Lantern - SFGAadv (2nd largest B&M stand-up)
La Vibora - SFOT (last of the Intamin bobsleds)
Nighthawk - Carowinds (rare 1st Gen Vekoma flyer)
Anaconda - KD (Arrow multi-looper over a lake)
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit - USF (AKA "MCBR: The Ride")
And AFAIK, none of these are planned to be relocated. Off to coaster heaven they roll.
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TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
Word is official, coaster dies Early September. Plenty of time to go get your last rides;
Matt N
CF Legend
Even if the ride wasn't brilliant when I last rode it, I must admit that I'm a little bit sad about the demise of HRRR. It was the first coaster I ever remember experiencing airtime on, and back when I first rode it aged 11, it was easily one of my top coasters and I absolutely loved it, so it is definitely a somewhat special ride to me even if I only rode it a grand total of 3 times overall!
It's also not an old ride at all, having only opened in 2009, so I find its closure somewhat surprising...
Nonetheless, I have every faith that its replacement will be far better. With every other major coaster in the Universal Orlando Resort being launched, I do hope that we get a good old big, gravity-fed coaster like HRRR here, but based on Universal's recent form and the rumoured theme, I'm sensing it'll be another launcher...
It's also not an old ride at all, having only opened in 2009, so I find its closure somewhat surprising...
Nonetheless, I have every faith that its replacement will be far better. With every other major coaster in the Universal Orlando Resort being launched, I do hope that we get a good old big, gravity-fed coaster like HRRR here, but based on Universal's recent form and the rumoured theme, I'm sensing it'll be another launcher...
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
Funny you bring that up.
When it closes it will be the same age that Hulk was before it was completely retracked. Can't imagine it's aged well running 365 in Florida weather, plus Maurer isn't really synonymous with endurability.
It's showing its age both in terms of hardware and comparisons to Universal Creative's move towards sleeker, more advanced, less visually jarring, and mostly IP-reliant attractions. It just doesn't fit anymore.
Running it an extra summer makes sense to help absorb an expected crowd surge generated by you-know-what. Plus I'm sure their PR department has learned from the last time they retired a major coaster.
Personally I'm thrilled that my gamble to skip Studios during my first-time November visit paid off, I'll be back in the summer to rock on this beast before it fades away.
Matt N
CF Legend
I didn’t think of it like that… I remember Hulk feeling way older to me in 2015 than Rockit does now. I still think of Rockit and other 2009 rides as relatively new!
Clearly the moral here is that I’m getting old and my perception of time is growing increasingly broken…
