Fast & Furious: Supercharged has permanently closed at Universal Studios Florida, bringing one of Universal Orlando's most divisive attractions to the end of the road after just eight years.
The attraction welcomed its final guests on Sunday 16 August 2026, having originally opened at Universal Studios Florida in April 2018.
Its closure comes significantly earlier than first expected. Universal initially indicated that Supercharged would remain until 2027, but later brought its final operating day forward as the resort prepares for a very different Fast & Furious attraction.
Fast & Furious: Supercharged is officially closed
Located in the San Francisco area of Universal Studios Florida, Supercharged attempted to translate the increasingly extravagant action of the Fast & Furious films into a theme park attraction.
Guests joined the franchise's familiar 'family' before boarding large party buses and becoming caught up in a high-speed chase through Los Angeles.
Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto was joined by characters including Letty, Roman and Tej as enormous screens, practical sets and motion effects attempted to create the sensation of being thrown directly into a Fast & Furious action sequence.
But despite the popularity of the films themselves, Supercharged never quite found the same affection among theme park fans.
Why was Supercharged so controversial?
Part of the problem was that the attraction arrived at Universal Studios Florida during an era when the resort was already heavily reliant on screen-based experiences.
Rather than delivering the kind of high-speed physical attraction many guests might naturally associate with Fast & Furious, Supercharged placed riders aboard a large vehicle moving through sets dominated by projected action sequences.
That disconnect between the franchise and the ride became one of its defining characteristics.
There was also an unusual history behind the attraction. Much of the ride experience evolved from the Fast & Furious segment of the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood, but Orlando expanded the concept into a standalone attraction with its own queue and pre-show environments.
The result was certainly ambitious in scale, but Supercharged became something of a running joke among theme park enthusiasts - particularly as Universal increasingly demonstrated what it could achieve with attractions such as VelociCoaster and, more recently, the experiences at Epic Universe.
Eight years is a relatively short run
Supercharged's closure is particularly notable because the attraction hasn't been around for very long.
It officially opened on 23 April 2018, meaning it survived for a little over eight years at Universal Studios Florida.
That's a relatively short lifespan for an attraction of its scale.
Supercharged itself replaced Disaster!: A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring YOU, which closed in 2015, along with the nearby Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue.
Now the Fast & Furious franchise is about to undergo another dramatic change at the park.
Fast & Furious isn't leaving Universal Orlando
Supercharged may be gone, but Universal certainly isn't finished with Fast & Furious.
In fact, the franchise is about to receive the kind of attraction many fans arguably expected in the first place.
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is coming to Universal Orlando Resort in 2027.
The new outdoor roller coaster promises a dramatically different interpretation of the films, swapping Supercharged's enormous party buses and projection-heavy chase sequences for genuine speed, height and physical thrills.
Universal says the coaster will deliver high-speed, high-octane thrills inspired by the drifting action of the franchise.
The Orlando attraction follows the development of Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Hollywood, taking the concept east for a new addition to Universal Studios Florida.
Universal is currently advertising the Orlando version for 2027.
What happens to the Supercharged building?
That's one of the big unanswered questions.
Universal has confirmed the attraction's permanent closure, but hasn't yet announced what will ultimately happen to the substantial Supercharged building and surrounding space in the San Francisco area of the park.
Importantly, Hollywood Drift isn't simply replacing Supercharged inside the same building. The new roller coaster is a separate development elsewhere at Universal Studios Florida.
That leaves Universal with another sizeable piece of real estate that could eventually be redeveloped.
For now, though, anything beyond the confirmed closure remains speculation.
From Supercharged to Hollywood Drift
There's something fitting about the Fast & Furious franchise remaining at Universal Studios Florida while its original attraction disappears.
Supercharged was built around the spectacle of high-speed street racing without actually delivering much physical speed to its riders.
Hollywood Drift appears designed to turn that idea on its head.
Instead of watching much of the action unfold around them, guests will actually be riding a high-speed outdoor roller coaster.
That makes the transition from Supercharged to Hollywood Drift one of the more interesting attraction changes currently underway at Universal Orlando.
And after eight years of jokes, criticism and plenty of talk about 'family', Fast & Furious: Supercharged has finally taken its last ride.
