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Hello! I've been gone a while. I had a lot going on and am just now settling back in. But enough of that. Universal Studios Orlando has finally opened its newest attraction Fast and Furious Supercharged. Let me start by saying this as soon as I got off the ride I posted on Facebook and this is what I posted "Fast and Furious supercharged. How do you make a Fast and Furious ride
that goes so slow and is so bad you don't even have seatbelts?". Its true. I do feel that way. Honestly I had been disappointed with the last three or four attractions that opened at Universal I feel like they are relying too much on screens and 3D, but as much as I was disappointed I could still enjoy them. I would rather see the Barney show by myself as a 34 year old woman than ride Fast and Furious again.
The ride from my understanding is basically a copy of the studio tour in Universal Hollywood which I'm guessing on the tour when its mixed with other things this great, but as a stand alone attraction that you have to wait in line for its sucks.
You start off by going through an area with cars and garage parts and what not. You would think
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Universal would have made it more like Toretto's garage. But it doesn't have that feel to it. I enjoyed looking at the cars but that was ruined quickly for them when my husband who races and paints cars said that Universal cheaped out on the paint. They did cheap jobs and he started to point out all the flaws. After you finally make it through the line you are shuffled into two rooms each with a real person who is suppose to be talking to a screen, the real people are cheesy and people on the screens are overacting and cheesy as well. Think Disaster. After you leave these rooms you are herded not so much in a line and a mob to wait to get on the ride.
I was still hopefully but as soon as I saw the ride vehicles my hope started to fade. Looks a little different but basically the exact same vehicle and the new King Kong ride. Six people in a row no lapbar and no seatbeats. You putter along and you enter a room where you see four cars, actually the best part of the ride. The cars are pretty cool to see. However with the way the ride vehicle is set up if you are on the right you can see one car and the left can see three. You can't really see all of them no matter where you are.
The next room killed all hope I had. You are looking at screens which are suppose to be a group of people dancing, but its not done well, so it looks like a screen with a bunch of people standing in a
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line dancing. Finally you see Letty and Dom, they are talking to your group. But they don't look at each other even when talking to each other and rather than look like they are looking at you they look as if they are staring off into space. Then you move to the final room. Its a screen fully surrounding the car, you basically see a loud movie all around you, and you get some loud bangs, smoke, water etc... The vehicle doesn't move much at all. And the video you are watching is so out there. Vin Diesel grabs a helicopter that is smaller than him, it almost had a video game feel to it, but not a good video game. Then you vehicle moves to the exit.
I have to admit everyone I saw getting off that ride looked mad, or upset. The best thing is the gift shop. If you like the franchise they have nice shirts and jackets, I actually want some of them. Me and my husband were so upset we left the park after riding it. I was so excited and pumped and then I got that. Its sad that Universal made a stand alone Fast and Furious ride and there are no lapbars and no seatbelts. Its just sad, even The Cat in the Hat has a lapbar. I will ride again at some point to give another go, but I have a feeling my mind won't change.
