{"id":1121,"date":"2025-08-17T12:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:51:26","slug":"hollywood-rip-ride-rockit-permanently-closes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/?p=1121","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit Permanently Closes Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today marks the final day of operation for the &#8220;Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.&#8221; Work has already begun in the surrounding area of the ride, preparing for dismantlement tomorrow, August 18<sup>th<\/sup>. Opening on August 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2009, Rip Ride Rockit is closing just shy of its 16<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-18.png 525w, https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-18-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalorlando.com\/web\/en\/us\/things-to-do\/rides-attractions\/hollywood-rip-ride-rockit\">Universal Orlando\/Ride Guys<\/a><br>Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Numerous rumors have circulated regarding the coaster\u2019s replacement, most notably a duplicate of \u201cFast &amp; Furious: Hollywood Drift,\u201d which is set to open at Universal Studios Hollywood next year. Universal has not confirmed this theory. Regardless, the world\u2019s first non-inverting loop deserves a replacement just as ambitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-19.png 525w, https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-19-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><sub>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.universalparksusa.com\/press-releases\/hit-the-nos-universal-studios-hollywood-announces-fast-furious-hollywood-drift-the-destinations-first-high-speed-outdoor-roller-coaster-opening-in-2026-will-rocket\/\">Universal Parks USA<\/a><br>Fast &amp; Furious Hollywood Drift<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Get those final rides in because Universal Studios Florida closes at 9:00 PM tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>RIP Rip Ride Rockit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today marks the final day of operation for the &#8220;Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.&#8221; Work has already begun in the surrounding area of the ride, preparing for dismantlement tomorrow, August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,170,163],"tags":[138,310,84,72,126,94,83],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-misc","category-universal-parks","tag-closures","tag-fast-furious","tag-universal","tag-universal-orlando-resort-2","tag-universal-studios","tag-universal-studios-florida","tag-universal-studios-hollywood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1128,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/potterspotter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}