Rare Characters Arrived For This Universal Attraction's Last Day Ever
One popular Universal Studios ride at Universal Orlando has closed forever. Some extremely rare characters showed up for the attraction's last day. See who guests got to meet!
Rip Ride Rockit
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit is a roller coaster in Universal Studios at Universal Orlando. It allows riders to select a song to listen to as they climb, loop, and plummet over Universal! Universal even changed the ride from offering 30 song choices to just 5!
The ride is best known for its terrifying vertical ascent. It presents an intimidating visual as riders approach, and it is every bit as thrilling as one would imagine to travel STRAIGHT UP, 90 degrees, with your back parallel to the ground.
Rip Ride and Rockit climbs a total of 17 stories. But did you know that this coaster broke records? It was the first coaster in the world to have a non-inverting loop!
Closing Forever
Last year, Universal filed a permit with the South Florida Water Management District. This permit came along with a telling project description and detailed maps. Universal originally shared that the attraction would close in early September 2025 "to make way for a new experience."
Universal announced that Rip Ride Rockit's last day of operation would be on August 17th.
Universal ended up moving the attraction's last day of operation to August 17th versus September.
Rare Characters
Universal guests were in a for a surprise, as Universal brought out some amazingly rare characters of the attraction's last day. Characters inspired by Rip Ride Rockit's queue video were out greeting guests!
Characters inspired by Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit were out greeting guests on the attraction's last day of operation!
Universal nailed this one! Such a fun experience for guests on the last day of this attraction. It will certainly be a memory that these guests won't soon forget!
Are you sad to see Rip Ride Rockit close? Do you get to ride one last time? Would you have been excited to see these characters? Let us know in the comments below, and be sure to share this post with your friends!
