Behind the Thrills first reported that Intamin of Switzerland is introducing Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift at Universal Studios Hollywood, with new trains, a major Fast & Furious IP and a layout built directly into the hillside. That combination makes this feel like a carefully designed signature coaster rather than a standard off-the-shelf addition.
What is confirmed
The confirmed details are clear enough. The coaster is tied to the Fast & Furious franchise, Intamin is the manufacturer, and the layout is being built into the hillside at Universal Studios Hollywood. Universal’s own material says the terrain forms the backbone of the ride’s design, which underlines how closely the project is being shaped around the site itself.
Why the hillside build stands out
That hillside approach matters because it suggests the ride is being engineered around the land, not simply placed on top of it. Universal Studios Hollywood is working with a constrained footprint, so the topography becomes part of the attraction rather than a background detail. For coaster fans, that usually points to a layout that is intended to feel integrated and purposeful from the moment the train leaves the station.
The wider Universal picture
For Bedford readers, the relevance is indirect but still useful: this is another example of Universal pairing a major film brand with bespoke ride hardware and a site-specific build. The attraction is not being framed as a generic thrill ride with a licence bolted on afterwards; the engineering and the IP appear to have been planned together from the start.
What remains unconfirmed is anything beyond those core points. For now, the settled facts are the name, the manufacturer, the Fast & Furious branding, the new trains and the hillside layout. That is already enough to make Hollywood Drift one of Universal’s more distinctive coaster projects.
