Fast & Furious: Supercharged has taken its final ride at Universal Studios Florida. The attraction officially closed on August 17, 2026, with Sunday, August 16 serving as its final day of operation.
Guests ventured out to the park to pay their final respects to the attraction throughout the day for one last chance to join Dom and the Fast crew, while Annual Passholders were given a little extra time to say goodbye during UOAP Passholder Nights later that evening.
Universal made sure that Supercharged’s last day felt like a fitting goodbye. Outside the attraction’s entrance, Brian O’Conner’s 1994 Toyota Supra was parked near the entrance, giving fans a chance to get a photo with one of the franchise’s most iconic cars. A DJ played throughout much of the day, joined by dancers who helped keep the party going outside the attraction’s entrance.
Guests were also handed a “One Last Ride” car coaster as a souvenir as they exited the ride. Super fans who wanted to commemorate the closure could also purchase “One Last Ride” T-shirts.
We were fortunate to be among the final guests to experience Supercharged during regular park operations, boarding one of the attraction’s final party buses before the park closed for the night.
It was a fun, silly ending for an attraction that spent its eight-year existence as one of Universal Orlando’s most polarizing additions.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged officially opened on April 23, 2018, taking over the former home of Disaster and Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue. The attraction expanded on the Fast & Furious sequence that debuted as part of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2015 (which closed last year), turning the Tour’s finale into a standalone attraction for Orlando.
Bringing the Fast Franchise to life seemed like an easy win. It was one of Universal’s biggest franchises, built around fast cars and over-the-top action sequences. The attraction, however, wasn’t quite what many fans had in mind.
Rather than a high-speed thrill ride, guests boarded large “party buses” for an experience dominated by screens that simulated speed, one many joked was neither “Fast” nor “Furious.” Reactions were not particularly kind.
Early reviews criticized the attraction’s reliance on screens and, most importantly, the disconnect between the high-speed action associated with Fast & Furious and the actual ride experience.
Former Universal Creative executive Thierry Coup even eventually acknowledged that Supercharged missed the mark, later saying, “I wish I had stopped our senior management from building the Fast & Furious attraction. It’s a good attraction, but it’s not what it should be.”
It also arrived at a weird time for Universal Studios Florida.
By 2018, the park was leaning heavily into screen-based attractions, especially 3D ones, and Supercharged became another addition to that lineup at a time when fans were increasingly asking Universal for more physical sets and traditional ride experiences. By the time Supercharged was ready to open, Universal had ditched the planned 3D experience because complaints had grown so loud. The fact that it also replaced Disaster, an attraction remembered for its large-scale practical effects, only fueled the criticism.
Supercharged never completely escaped its reputation, but eventually the joke became part of the experience.
For some fans, riding Supercharged turned into a way to fully embrace the ridiculousness of the entire experience. Even the Team Members got in on the fun. The attraction’s two live pre-shows became a major strength, as Team Members often improvised and playfully acknowledged the script’s more absurd parts.
And yes, while the attraction was mostly bad, there were genuinely good things about the experience.
The queue featured an impressive collection of vehicles, props, and Easter eggs from across the Fast & Furious franchise. Dom’s garage was packed with details, and longtime Universal fans could find several nods to attractions from Universal’s past hidden throughout the queue.
But we all knew what Supercharged was.
On its final night, guests weren’t lining up because Supercharged had suddenly become one of Universal’s greatest attractions. They were there because, good or bad, it was still part of the park’s history.
The attraction had become something of a shared joke among Universal fans, one that many had learned to be in on. You could dislike the ride and still have fun riding it.
Universal initially announced that Supercharged would close in 2027, but moved those plans up this summer, setting August 17 as its permanent closure date. The closure comes as Universal prepares to give the Fast & Furious franchise another shot at delivering the theme park experience many fans originally expected, with Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift currently under construction.
Set to open in 2027, the roller coaster will feature 360-degree rotating ride vehicles designed to simulate drifting and a massive vertical spike towering nearly 17 stories above Universal Studios Florida.
This time, there probably won’t be many complaints that Fast & Furious isn’t fast or furious enough.
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