Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, a roller coaster in Production Central at Universal Studios Florida. (The minimum height to ride is 51 inches.)
Written by Robert Niles Riders will pick songs from one of five genres (classic rock, rap, country, pop and disco) that they want to hear while riding the coaster, which will have a top speed of 65 mph and go around and outside the entrance to Universal Studios Florida. Also while on your trip, on-board cameras will be recording your ride and will be making a music video of your ride for purchase. Here is the song selection list: Class Rock/Metal Rap/Hip-Hop Club/Electronica Pop/Disco Country
Readers' rating:
Cool concept. Could have done more. - Matt Kutylo First time I went on I hated it, it felt rough, and uncomfortable. The second,third, fourth and so on, I loved it. I feel it has way too many break runs in the track itself, meaning once you get going, you quickly stop. Then you go again. I love the idea of music while you ride, but this should be updated every 6 months to keep up to date with current songs. - Ken Fiedler This Ride is one that should not be missed just seeing how high it goes gave me goosebumps. Also with you picking the song this ride will generate more than a couple rides. The lift hill gets your adrenaline pumping and the loop is outstanding. The best songs for this ride are Sabotage by Beastie Boys and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk. - Justin Knight As steel coasters go, it rocks. But kinda plain for universal and the music thing is a gimmick, it doesn't add to the ride. - Skipper Adam Love it i love the loop and the wave if you want FREE BIRD!!!!!! Hold the rip ride rockit logo for five seconds and enter 112 and for eninem lose your self 206 manymore look uo the list on Orlando attraction magazine they have all of them - Manny Rodriguez I love this ride if you ride this at night it's a new ride I love the lights and the music. - Giovanny Cruz This is one of the best roller coasters I have ever been on. During the day it's super thrilling, but at night is when it truly shines (no pun intended). Let me just say that riding this puppy in the dark is a whole new ride. I LOVE the lights at night and the view, it's breathtaking!!! Overall, The ride wasn't too rough for me and I LOVE how it simulates the feeling of going upside down several times without actually going upside down. My favorite parts were the Verticle lift ("Your vehicle is going skywards"), The Treble Cleff (flippin crazy man), The Crowd Surfer (Wasn't expecting this part to be that intense, really threw me to the side, LOVED IT!), and The Trench Run (Great airtime in this part). While they did fix the ride so it doesn't suffer as many break downs as it used to,the ride still has several super rough trains on the track, and you can't request what train you get. The result is it's pure luck if you end up on a rough train or a smooth train. I've gotten a rough train at least once just about every time I've gone there. Despite this though, the ride is still pretty damn fun and thrilling, sure to satisfy most coaster fans. If I spent 2 years hating on this thing and ended up loving it ( It's still an eyesore nontheless) then I think it's safe to say that if we could just forget our complaints then most would really enjoy this ride. My official thoughts run like this : It's the coaster for people that don't like coasters. It has enough intensity to thrill most, but dials it down so that just about any age could enjoy it. OH, and I'm still going to refer to it as The Big Red Eyesore because 1. IT'S TRUE and 2. out of fondness Official rating: 8.5/10 - Dan Huffman The Hollywood RipRock ride is enjoyable. Me and my wife we enjoyed it. The ride is pretty quick and the line also moves relatively pretty fast. Pros: One thing different I see in this roller coaster is that it has a rest & run kinda setup at multiple places which is kinda fun. The vertical take-off is also a bit scarsesome. Cons: Don't buy the video stuff they ofer. It looks impressive when you see it in the kiosk but when you actually buiy it, more than 70% o the video only has unnecessary animation and credits showcasing their RipRock ride amusement (which no ones clearly interested in) - Niru Shobi I didn't get this ride. Not one bit. We queued for ten minutes and then boarded which was an odd experience as the cars were moving. Not particularly keen on that at all. And then there was the payoff. After exiting the station the cars go into a vertial chainlift which I have to admit was pretty scary. Vertical lifts do seem to inspire terror in me (and that's a good thing). As we went over the crest of the hill I thought we were in for something special. Instead, to the beat of a tune I picked (which was a novelty) we came to the ground in unspectacular fashion. I didn't feel an intensity on this ride at all and going through the Twister queue seemed a bit lazy. Actually as we departed it seemed that this ride was just an attempt to give Universal Studios something to offer the crowds who didn't want to wait for Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. - Mark Williams Anticipated a great experience but was very disappointed. The music choice was hyped all the way through the queue but wasn't actually working when we got on the ride. After that the lift hill built the excitment back up but I was again disappointed by the drop and, the really quite rough, mediocre ride that followed. - Peter Coulton Kanye - Stronger, BEP - Pump It & Daft Punk - HrBrFrStr are they greatest songs on it! ONE OF THE GREATEST ROLLERCOASTERS EVARRRR! 10/10 - D H 9/10. It's a great ride. I would give it a 10 but for some reason the ride doesn't like me. I've ridden it twice and I should have rode it 5 times, but it always breaks down. If I go to Universal, this is my last stop, because 1. I won't waste my time in the line if it does break down and 2. It's a great way to end the day if you do get to ride it. - Nicholas Gammon Rode to "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica. A perfectly smooth ride and wasn't expecting such high g's. Almost lost my necklace on the first drop ha. 9/10 - Josh Denson I don't have vast experience with roller coasters, but this one seems amazing. I've ridden it about 4 times and have never had a rough ride. The lift and loops are intense, IMO, but make the ride very exhilirating! I want to try one of the "secret songs" next time! - Chris Hall Great coaster! One of the smoothest we've been on & we loved getting to pick out different music to compliment the ride. - Shari Lockyer More attraction and restaurant ratings:
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