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Fast & Furious: Supercharged is a motion-based dark ride attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Florida and that was cancelled at Universal Studios Beijing. The attraction is based on the Fast & Furious film franchise, which features Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson. The Hollywood version, opened on June 25, 2015 as part of the Studio Tour. The Florida version of the ride, which opened on April 23, 2018, features Ludacris and Jordana Brewster in the pre-show of the attraction.
The ride was first announced in April 2014 for a 2015 opening at Universal Studios Hollywood. The first commercial for Fast & Furious: Supercharged was aired during Super Bowl XLIX, announcing the ride for the summer of 2015, which replaced the site of Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. The attraction also replaced The Fast and the Furious: Extreme Close-Up, which closed in July 2013, although it was not housed in the same site where Supercharged would later be constructed. On March 20, 2015, Universal released an online behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the ride in which the actors are seen playing their respective characters in front of a green screen and makeshift vehicles that would later be digitally replaced with computer-generated vehicles. Supercharged officially opened at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 25, 2015.
The ride was announced for Universal Studios Florida on August 25, 2015. It was planned to open in 2017, but the opening would be delayed.[3] Fast & Furious: Supercharged opened on April 23, 2018, replacing Disaster! and Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue. The ride is based mainly on the sixth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, which features Luke Evans as the villain on both the film and ride.
On May 2, 2018, Fast & Furious: Supercharged was the first ride to be confirmed in Universal Studios Beijing. The ride was scheduled to open alongside the park in 2021, but it was cancelled in September 2019, due to the Florida version's negative feedback.
While similar to Hollywood's, Florida's ride is a stand-alone ride. Guests enter from the San Francisco area of the park. The facade is meant to represent a garage with Dom's Charger parked outside. The queue winds through the garage which is full of cars from the films. Guests enter a room with pictures of the characters and a television screen. Guests are greeted by Pat (played by a Universal Studios Team Member) who tells them about the garage. Mia Toretto calls and tells guests that Dom has won another street race and is celebrating at Sullivan's garage and that guests are invited. Tej appears and tells them that he has party buses to take the guests there. Guests then enter Tej's war room where they are greeted by Jamie (played by another Universal Studios Team Member) who explains everything in the room. Tej calls and says that the buses are ready, but is called by Dom who tells him that the FBI are honing in on their location. To make matters worse, Owen Shaw is following them. Tej then calls Hobbs who informs him on the plot and reminds guests to turn off their phones so Shaw can't track them. Guest enter the loading area past wanted posters for Shaw and his gang. Guests board the buses and head for the party. The ride follows the same pattern as the Hollywood version with the exception of the 3D and inserted shots of Tej and Mia.
Reception
While the Hollywood version received mixed reviews, the Florida location was met with largely negative reception from guests and critics. Most of the complaints were focused on Supercharged being the third new screen-based attraction to open in recent years at the time of the attractions opening. When comparing the Florida version to the original Hollywood attraction reviewers have commented that it lacks 3D and any serious motion, as well as the Florida version not drastically expanding upon the Hollywood version, leading to the conclusion that the Florida attraction is a step down from the Disaster! attraction that it replaced. Reviews of the park as a whole repeatedly comment that the ride is one to miss. During an interview session at the IAAPA Expo 2021 regarding the creation of The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Universal Creative Senior Vice President and CCO Thierry Coup admitted the approval of the Florida attraction to be the "biggest mistake of [his] career".