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Aerial look at construction of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Rectangular foundations for a switch track are at center. Cars go through the switch and The Speed Bump and rise up The Spike at right. Then descend, switching track into the rest of the ride.
Aerial look at construction of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Rectangular foundations for a switch track are at center. Cars rise up The Spike at left, and then descend into the rest of the ride, through the switch track. Guests top right arriving for an Orlando Informer Meetup
Aerial overviews of construction of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift in Universal Studios Florida. Cars in this roller coaster will rise up a 170-ft tall Spike element, and then descend into the rest of the ride.
Aerial photos of construction of the 170-ft tall Spike element of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Cars will rise up and then descend into the rest of the ride in Universal Studios Florida.
Aerial photo of construction of the 170-ft tall Spike element of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.
At center is a motor in Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift track. Track slopes to the unload/load platforms, and cars can queue during a ride stop. Motors control the movement into unload/load. In station frame is end of track that will connect to switch track, and the ride start.
Motors recently added to Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift track. Tires will be mounted vertically that will propel cars into the station for unload/load.
Both ends of track added to Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Cars will accelerate here and rise up The Spike.
Track sightings in the Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift construction site. Near CityWalk.
Track placed for accelerating cars into The Spike of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift seems to be in a May 15 aerial photo of the staging yard.
A look at track added for accelerating cars up The Spike of Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Plywood boxes just past the end of the track are where switch track will be. Cars will rise up into The Spike, then descend into the rest of the ride through the switch track.
Track has been added at the other end of The Speed Bump at base of The Spike in Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Cars to be accelerated when rising up.
Track has been added at a Speed Bump in Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Little hills like these are commonly called Bunny Hops. A follower suggested we nickname this as Speed Bump. Due to the cars theming.
Track supports added today for a Bunny Hop in Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. Visible just past the admission kiosks of Universal Studios Florida.
At right seems like the first lighting placed to illuminate Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift. On a wall at the plaza in front of Universal Studios Florida.
