Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
C8 · Blockbuster Boulevard
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Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Universal Studios Florida · US · Premier Rides Custom LSM-launch coaster
UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED
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Fast facts
- A steel coaster standing 50.9 metres tall. leisuremanagement.co.uk
- Its trains reach 104.6 kilometres per hour. leisuremanagement.co.uk
- The course contains no inversions, though its famous loop does not turn riders upside down. coasterpedia.net
- The ride was designed to carry approximately 1,850 visitors per hour. coasterpedia.net
- Construction was reported at a cost of forty-five million dollars. coasterpedia.net
- The coaster opened at Universal Studios Florida in 2009. coaster101.com
The story of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Universal announced the new coaster in March 2008, with an opening first planned for the spring of 2009. Technical delays followed, and the gates finally opened on August 19, 2009. coasterpedia.net· coaster101.com
The finished ride brought a tall vertical lift and a full three thousand eight hundred feet of steel track to the park’s New York section. One portion passed through a building façade, while the course introduced a large non-inverting loop. leisuremanagement.co.uk· coaster101.com
Passengers were given a small choice rarely found on a coaster: a touch pad in the train allowed each visitor to select a musical track for the journey. The trains were loaded from a moving platform, a practical piece of engineering suited to the busy Florida afternoon. leisuremanagement.co.uk· coaster101.com
Its unusual elements drew praise, while early accounts also recorded criticism of the ride’s roughness, brake runs, and operational difficulties. Even so, the coaster remained one of Universal Studios Florida’s most distinctive pieces of steelwork. coasterpedia.net
Sources
- leisuremanagement.co.uk Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- coaster101.com Acceptable source