Universal Orlando announces closure date for Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida
- Shane Walton
- Jun 2
- 2 min read
You don't have much longer to say your final goodbye's to Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Florida before the coaster is torn down.
Universal Orlando Resort are getting ready to demolish Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, a roller coaster located in Universal Studios Florida, to make way for a brand new coaster, and now we know when Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit will permanently close!
Universal Orlando have been working behind the scenes to bring a new coaster to Universal Studios Florida for some time now, an October 2024 "Notice of Commencement For Work" filed by the resort contracted coaster manufacturer Intamin for unknown work at the resort. It is thought that Intamin are the manufacturer who will be creating the new coaster to replace Rip Ride Rockit.
Intamin already has a working relationship with Universal Orlando Resort, having created Hiccup's Wing Gliders for the new Epic Universe, Jurassic World VelociCoaster, and Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure at Islands of Adventure, plus Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Studios Florida.
Fast forward to December 23, 2024, and Universal Orlando filed a permit with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWD) , with the permit describing the upcoming project, revealing that Universal will “remove existing attraction and replace with proposed attraction”.
The engineering firm listed on the permit is McIntosh Associates, an LJA Company, with the project location encompassing Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and certain backstage areas.
Then on Friday, December 27, Universal Orlando confirmed that the end is coming in 2025 for the largest X-Coaster ever built by German manufacturer Maurer Söhne, a coaster that made it debut on August 19, 2009.
At the time Universal announced that the 16 year old coaster will close in September 2025, but now the date has been confirmed as August 18, 2025 to make way for what Universal Orlando say will be a new experience, with more details available at a later date.
So what will replace Rip Ride Rockit? Are you excited? Let us know in the comments!
If indeed Intamin are creating the replacement coaster for Rip Ride Rocket, it is highly possible that this will be a Multi-Launch Roller Coaster, with spinning cars.
This new project known as Project 830 in documents is though to be part of a larger plan to redevelop Universal Studios Florida following the wrapping up of construction at the new Epic Universe.
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