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Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit

Roller coaster
Minimum height to ride: 51 inches

About Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit

Universal's interactive outdoor roller coaster was supposed to debut in Spring 2009, but has been delayed due to construction difficulties. As of August 14, 2009, the ride was in previews for Universal Orlando employees, and on August 15 soft-opened to the public.

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:
(There is an Easter Egg that unlocks additional selections - hold down the Rip, Ride, Rockit logo for five seconds, then release and enter a three-digit code. We know 902 is a Kermit the Frog song. Try others and see what you get.)

Class Rock/Metal
"Born to Be Wild" Hinder
"Bring Me to Life" Evanescence
"Gimme All Your Lovin'" ZZ Top
"Kickstart My Heart" Motley Crue
"Paralyzer" Finger Eleven
"Rollin'" Limp Bizkit

Rap/Hip-Hop
"Don't Phunk with My Heart" Black Eyed Peas
"Insane in the Brain" Cypress Hill
"Pump It" Black Eyed Peas
"Rock Star" N.E.R.D.
"Sabotage" Beastie Boys
"Stronger" Kanye West

Club/Electronica
"Busy Child" The Crystal Method
"Harder Better Faster Stronger" Daft Punk
"Intergalactic" Beastie Boys
"Keep Hope Alive" The Crystal Method
"Le Disko" Shiny Toy Guns
"Pump up the Volume" MARRS

Pop/Disco
"Bad Girls" Donna Summer
"Glamorous" Fergie
"Hella Good" No Doubt
"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
"That the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band
"U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer

Country
"All Night Long" Montgomery Gentry
"Guitars, Cadillacs" Dwight Yoakam
"I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" Jason Michael Carroll
"Living in Fast Forward" Kenny Chesney
"Midnight Rider" The Allman Brothers
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" The Charlie Daniels Band
-- Last edited by Robert Niles

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47 votes, so far

cant wait to ride this - tyler bell

the music definatly makes this ride, going straight up listning to pump it by black eyed peas is great, the first drop is perferction, then the near miss through the twister buliding is pretty good then it slows down a little so you can enjoy the song a little bit and then a great speedy finish, waited til the last day of my holiday to ride this because of 180 mins wait times. thought i wernt going to get to ride it so glad i nwent universal on the last day :) 20 mins and i was on - Rob Chandler

We were dissapointed, the music doesn't really add much to the thrill factor. It's a good roller coaster but for a brand new ride it's nothing special. For comparison, it's better than kraken but not better than Kumba. - grahame gilbert

Even though this coaster is very quiet on the track, it feels like a wooden coaster. Very rough. The climb hill and first drop are great... but hated the rest. - matt mornan

Better than The Hulk Coaster!!! - Chris Collins


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