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Park News - (6/7/09) According to one source, Universal actually sneak premiered the new Universal 360 show over Spring Break. The new edited version has apparently removed much or all of the Dreamworks film footage, added many new clips, new lasers, and improved the pacing of the show. The pyro is reported as being altered a bit to have less in the start of the show, saving it up for a much bigger finale.
  (6/4/09) The Universal website confirms that not only will Universal 360 return from July 3rd to August 15th, but on July 4th a special version will be shown that will have “a special Universal 360 show finale.”
  (6/3/09) The latest rumors claim that a new and improve version of Universal 360 may kick off for the July 4th Weekend, complete with the new pyro launch platforms on top of some nearby buildings. Anyone know more?
  (5/16/09) Is a new and improved Universal 360 show on the horizon? Could be, as various permits have been filed with the city to build “launch pads” for pyrotechnics to be shot from the roofs of several of the park’s buildings including Fear Factor, Disaster, The Simpsons, Animal Actors and at least one withdrawn permit to also do it to the Men In Black building. Anyone know more?
  (4/18/09) Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios Florida just shocked the enthusiast world by stealing the crown for “Best Ride in America” over Cedar Point’s Millennium Force. Yes, according to the votes tallied by a poll at Theme Park Insider, Revenge of the Mummy took home the prize with 54% of the votes.
  (4/7/09) Fear Factor Live actually reopened this past weekend at Universal Studios Florida and was reportedly performing four shows on Saturday. According to the official website the show is scheduled to be open from now though April 18th. After that, I don’t know if it will close again, go to weekends only, or just remain closed until June when the summer crowds show up.
  (3/19/09) While Twister may have reopened, we’ve heard that management is currently leaning towards running the attraction at least through to the end of the summer season at this point, though things can always change.

2009 - Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit - (7/2/09) New videos showing off those new queue monitor videos I mentioned earlier this week have now been put up on YouTube. This one mentions the following artists: The Crystal Method, Beastie Boys, Marrs, Shiny Toy Guns, Daft Punk and ZZ Top.

  (6/30/09) A Screamscape source was visiting the park this evening when they noticed some new large video screens set up in the Rockit’s queue area that were playing a short video loop about how you will pick your own soundtrack. While they couldn’t make out everything on the screen, they did see a few artists and song titles mentioned: No Doubt’s Hella Good, Fergie, Donna Summer’s Bad Girls, M.C. Hammer and K.C. & The Sunshine Band. You can also find some new construction pictures posted to Orlando Rocks.
  (6/29/09) A minor mishap took place during the testing for the Hollywood Rockit this weekend as one train decided to valley between the non-inverting loop and the midcourse brake that follows. A good picture of this can be seen posted to IOA Central, while a good article that talks about the impact the delayed launch of the coaster could be having on the park has been posted at the Orlando Sentinel.
  (6/25/09) Another new video of the Rockit making test runs has been added to Orlando Rocks this week. Here you can hear what has got to be the loudest part of the ride… the new anti-rollback system the installed on the lift hill. Otherwise this thing runs wickedly silent. Speaking of test runs… a couple of readers also claim to have heard an employee mention to them that the Rockit most likely wont open for another 3 weeks, and will likely miss that July 3rd preview date that was leaked out on a local radio station website, but has since been removed. Bottom line though, they’ll open it when it is ready to be opened…
  (6/24/09) Universal Orlando was kind enough to send me a really good picture showing off one of the new Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit trains, where you can not only see the speakers in each seatback, but you can also make out the colored light panels on the sidepanels near the floor (lit up Red in the photo). Oh, and in case you forgot… notice that this sweet ride only has a lap-bar to hold you in. Universal also shared a bit about the audio and video technology involved in this new ride that have never really been put together in this way before.
   The first thing you’ll notice when you plop down in the seat is likely that large lapbar clamping down, because embedded in here is your touch-pad panel where you can pick the exact soundtrack you want to hear during the ride. This is a Florida theme park after all, so these panels have been designed to meet the same durability and weatherproof requirements as military equipment, so it’s got to be damn near bullet proof. It’s also a wireless system that once you make your select, your track will be wirelessly uploaded into your stunt chair that is loaded with a 165-watt sound system, blasting your song up 90 decibels… and yet they promise you will never hear the song playing for the other rides nearby.
  Next up, lets talk about the video recording system, which is made up of 14 different cameras. Six of those cameras will be installed onto your coaster train (1 per row) to capture your screaming mugg during the ride itself, while 8 more cameras are hard-mounted along the ride’s route to capture the highlights. These aren’t cheap little security camera units or web-cams… but production quality cameras designed for use under intense conditions, normally used on high-speed trains. Overseeing it all is a system of laser triggers that will time everything together to ensure that your music and video are always in sync.
  At the end of your ride, each riders experience will be wirelessly downloaded to a kiosk system in just 25 seconds. Here you can check out, edit and purchase your own personalized Rockit experience video.
  What else is different about the Rockit trains? They’ve are the only coaster trains to be covered with daylight LED color-changing lights. Each vehicle has 36 different lights that can stay solid, strobe, twinkle, race or pulse. Universal has also confirmed that the Rockit will feature the only “moving roller coaster load platform” that will use a peoplemover conveyor belt system in the station so that the trains (and guests) will never stop moving during the unload/load process. This will allow for a train to dispatch every 23 seconds at maximum capacity. It’s during this slow crawl through the station that the onboard systems (audio, video and lighting) will also receive a quick battery charge.
  So there you have it… in a nutshell, the answers to almost any question you might have about this unique new coaster experience. Currently the long testing process has begun as we’ve heard that the park needs to log about 100 hours of operation time on each of the trains before they can put human riders to the test. Of course early word has also gone out to the Universal Orlando staff to prepare themselves, as full scale human testing on the employees will begin as soon as they are able.
  (6/23/09) A new video of the Hollywood Rockit making a test run can be seen at Orlando Rocks this week. You should have no problem hearing the onboard soundtrack either it seems as this has got to be one of the most silent running rides that I’ve ever seen. (at least from the video footage…)
  (6/22/09) New pictures of the Hollywood Rockit can be found at Orlando Rocks this week, as well as another one showing off the tower and loop at night as they work on the ride’s night look posted to IOA Central. I’ve been sent one report of another test run taking place again the other night, but no photos or video. Keep your eyes and ears open, because once they really start testing in earnest, they’ll probably be going nonstop to get it ready to open in time to make that rumored July 3rd opening date. 
(6/17/09) A new construction update from the Hollywood Rockit can be seen at VinylNation and Orlando Rocks.
  (6/15/09) New construction pictures of the Rockit can be found at Florida Thrills, JohnnyUpsidedown and Orlando Rocks this week, with the later showing off a good look at the new finished fence installed in Citywalk that shows off that section of the ride quite well.
  (6/12/09) The good news is that I’ve been told that all of the removed Rockit track from the lift tower has now been put back. If everything goes as planned, I would expect to see testing start again very soon. While I don’t have a picture showing all of it back, Coaster Crew does have some pictures from two days ago showing off some track sections being put back on the tower.
  (6/10/09) Check out the new Hollywood Rockit site that features three different animated preview videos of the coaster along with a good look at the train.
  (6/9/09) Orlando Rocks has posted new pictures of the Hollywood Rockit this week and as you can see the crews have now removed the entire lift hill track sections. Be sure to check out Page 2 as well as see pictures of the entire lift tower. See? All gone… poof! No lift track. Where did it go you ask? It’s being fixed apparently. Remember when those rumors were going around about a problem with the lift hill that was going to delay things a bit?
  Well, this is it… and it’s kind of a long story and since I don’t know all the details I’m not going to attempt to tell it since I’ll probably get some of the facts wrong. What I can say however is that the lift track sections are being modified to include a new anti-rollback system… which is kind of a standard thing as far as coaster lift hills go. Lets just hope it all goes well so that they can open this sucker… 
  (6/5/09) A couple of big news bits for the Hollywood Rockit this week as fans are reporting that a section or two of the lift hill track has been removed. I don’t know just how true the rumors are, but they say that the pieces are being pulled to install a new anti-rollback system.
  Meanwhile if you want to get an idea of what the ride is like a new animated video showing off the entire ride experience, with quite a bit of POV view footage cut into the mix has been embedded below.

  (5/29/09) With that other coaster down the street now open, everyone is now focusing their attention on the next big thing, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit. Now that all the track has been installed and the first test runs have begun, I think it’s time we take a closer look at all of the unique world’s first elements that will make up this one of a kind coaster.
  In case you were wondering the coaster itself is the new X-CAR style coaster design from Maurer-Sohne. Looking at one of the trains, you’ll notice that the X-Car features a pair of small six-passenger cars linked together into a train. The X-Cars themselves have been designed to be the most maneuverable coaster cars created, which plays a big part in allowing for the variety of new track elements you will experience. Even better… (or worse depending on how scared you are) the trains will only feature a lap-bar restraint system, allowing your upper body feeling free.
  Once your on board, the first thing you’re going to notice is that 17 story tall vertical lift hill sitting right outside the station. Well, you may notice the audio system first, but that’s a story for another time. If you’ve watching any of the test run videos caught so far, you’ve noticed how slow the lift hill is, but this is only a test mode. When the ride opens the lift will quickly pull you to the top at 11-feet per second, topping off in just 16.5 seconds. Peaking out at 167 feet in the air, you are now on the tallest coaster in Orlando… higher up than when you peer out of the top of the Tower of Terror. You’ll have a brief moment of peace at the top to take in the view of the 3,800 foot long monster ahead of you before you take the plunge.
  The first element you’ll zoom into after the drop is what Universal is calling the Double Take, otherwise known at the world’s largest non-inverting loop. At each of the verticle ends, your X-Car train will twist completely around to the opposite side of the track, keeping your train upright at all times.
  After a brief pass through a trim-brake, you’ll enter the Treble Clef, another first ever maneuver, named so because the way the track twists around here looks similar to that of the Treble Clef music symbol. If that wasn’t enough for you, part of the track will blast through a hole in one of the building facades just outside the queue for Twister at this point. Fun Fact – According to Universal, the idea for the Treble Clef was first sketched out on a paper napkin.
  Next up on the list of unique elements is a little something called the Jump Cut. The idea here was to create a negative-G airtime maneuver like a camelback, but to do it all while spiraling. The end result is supposed to be an element that gives you the sensation as if you are flipping upside-down through a corkscrew, but without ever going upside down.
  While the unique elements are over, your ride certainly is not as you’ve still yet to experience the Crowd Surfer (95º angle fly-over the crowd), Drop Tuning (a drop underground as you pass the Blue Man Group theater) and Plot Twist (an incline loop, banking you up to 150º while performing a 360 helix turn.
  If that wasn’t enough, they’re going to pack an intense audio system, a complicated camera system to capture your experience on the ride, plus lots of cool lighting to the coaster to really make it a wild new experience. More Soon! In the meantime check out this latest video showing off the Rockit making a test run.

  (5/28/09) An article about the Rockit with comments from the designer, has been posted here.
  (5/27/09) You can find another video of the Rockit making test runs posted here.
  (5/26/09) Monday was the day it seems when Universal attempted to sent the Rockit on a few test runs during the daytime hours. You can find a pictures of it in action posted over to the IOA Central and Orlando United forums, as well as a video of it taking the lift and the non-inverting loop as well as another video showing it moving slowly out the station and into a complete run through.


  (5/22/09) A small update about the Hollywood Rockit can be found in this Maurer-Sohne newsletter where they mention that the company has applied for a patent for the new Non-Inversion-Loop element.
  (5/20/09) A new construction photo update for the Rockit has been posted to Orlando Rocks this week,
  (5/18/09) Sources tell us that the night testing of the one Rockit train has been going well, with the coaster already getting a reputation for being a very quiet ride.
  (5/16/09) According to one mystery e-mail I received, they claim that Universal may have started testing the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit coaster this week, only running it late at night long after the parks are closed. I’ve also heard that the July 3rd opening day is right on target for now.
  (5/14/09) Over the last couple of days we’ve heard from several sources that Universal has placed a train on the Rockit track in the station at last. It’s not much, but there is a photo showing off the train posted to Theme Park Review.
  (5/11/09) While this hasn’t been posted to the official Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit website, a radio station has listed a live promotion event where they will be broadcasting live from Universal Studios Florida on Friday, July 3rd, to promote the “Grand Opening” of the new coaster. Just in case they are asked to remove it, I’ve made a screen capture of the listing just in case.
  (5/5/09) A ton of new pictures of the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit were sent in this week, with a special focus on the more difficult to see track out by the Citywalk side of things. Check it out!

  (5/2/09) RCPro and Orlando Rocks have posted new Rockit construction update this week.

  (4/30/09) The final piece of track for the Hollywood Rockit was put in place on Wednesday, You can see a video of it being installed embedded below.

  (4/29/09) Good news this week for the Rockit, as construction on the lift tower has begun once again, and they’ve managed to put almost all the remaining track in place. I’ve been sent quite a few photos from different readers, so enjoy the update.
  (4/27/09) Confirming what I had already mentioned, the local media sources have all confirmed that the Hollywood Rockit now isn’t set to open until “late Spring / early Summer”. Again… from what I’ve heard, I wouldn’t expect it to open until sometime in June right now, but a lot can happen between now and then. In the meantime, Check out the latest construction update posted by A Walk In The Park.
  (4/24/09) Check out the new promo video Universal has released showing off several of the unique never-before tried roller coaster elements on the Hollywood Rockit. Meanwhile a great new photo update has been posted to Johnny UpsideDown.

  (4/22/09) A reader sent in a few new pictures of the Rockit this week.
  (4/20/09) While it may not be much, it looks like some new construction is said to be taking place to the Rockit’s lift tower. Specifically my source tells me it looked as if they were installing new conduit and wiring to the lift tower. Meanwhile another reader snapped up a couple of new pictures of the track where it blasts through the building near Twister.
  (4/14/09) While I’m hesitant to even speculate very much about just what may have caused the delay with the Hollywood Rockit at Universal, some have pointed out that the very fact that they have yet to install any of the coaster’s lift hill may be a good indication that this may be part of the problem. The actual problem is bound to be far more that this however, as it is more likely a mix of issues that have created this troublespot. Many have pointed the finger towards an issue of some kind that may involve the lift system, the trains and how they interact with the new evacuation system that was designed for the ride. True or not, everyone agrees that we wont see this ride open anytime this Spring, with a late June opening seeming to be the earliest estimate right now.
  (4/13/09) New construction pictures of the Hollywood Rockit have been posted to Orlando Rocks this week.
  (4/3/09) Lots of progress is being made on the Rockit’s station lately, which is where all the work crews seem to be focusing their efforts. Check it out over at Orlando Rocks.
  (4/1/09) This may just be a bad rumor going around and I know how fast some bad rumors can spread in Orlando, but this one is a little wild. The stories claim that the opening of the Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit may delayed until Mid Summer or even later due to some kind of design problem with the ride’s vertical lift hill. As crazy as it sounds, the gist is that the tower may have been installed incorrectly and may need to be moved and rebuilt. Of course a variant of this rumor has been flying around ever since the tower started to go up when construction on the ride stopped for a number of weeks suddenly while they worked to finish up the new concert stage. Now the lift-hill tower rumor is back again… and while I’d like to stay that I just can’t believe that it’s true, strange things do happen from time to time. After all… it wasn’t all that long ago that Cedar Point had to delay the opening of Maverick so a major inversion could be removed from the completed coaster, because the forces were deemed to be unsafe for riders. Anyone know more about what is going on with the Rockit?
  (3/27/09) Johnny Upsidedown has posted an awesome aerial shot showing off the entire Hollywood Rockit this week.
  (3/16/09) It’s Monday and time for another look at how the Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit is shaping up as the non-inverting loop is now complete and they’ve installed almost all of the first drop as well. You can see a few photos here sent in by readers or make the jump over to Orlando Rocks for a few more.
  (3/12/09) Okay, one more link this week to Orlando Rocks again who has posted pictures of the now completed non-inverting loop.
  (3/11/09) Work crews were close to topping off the Rockit’s non-inverting loop according to the photos on Orlando Rocks. However a really good shot showing off the ride with maybe one piece of track left to go to complete the loop can be seen at IOA Central. Another great collection of pictures can be found at Johnny Upsidedown.
  (3/10/09) More new construction pictures of the Hollywood Rockit have been added to Orlando Rocks and a couple of at bottom of this GADV Outpost page.
  (3/7/09) A few more pictures of the Rockit’s non-inverting loop going up have been posted to Orlando Rocks today. So far it still looks like it is going to be your typical loop from the bottom, but as it goes up higher the unique element will start to take shape.
  (3/6/09) The crews have finally started to put up the Rockit’s famous non-inverting loop, and you can see the first pieces now in place over at Orlando Rocks.
  (3/4/09) Orlando Rocks has posted some new good photos of the Rockit lately,
  (2/27/09) A few new pictures of the Hollywood Rockit have been posted to Orlando Rocks, with a few looking at the new platform area at the very top of the lift tower where a small arched staircase has been put into place, with stairs going down to the empty air at this point. Watch your steps... that last one is a doozy! Now if only they would start to install the track.
  (2/25/09) All new pictures of the Rockit station have been posted to Orlando Rocks this week, as well as a look at the current track placement and lift hill tower updates.
  (2/24/09) New construction updates from the Hollywood Rockit have been posted to Johnny Upsidedown and Florida Thrills.
  (2/23/09) If you take a look at the latest Hollywood Rockit construction pictures posted to Orlando Rocks you can see just how high the lift hill tower has gone. There are some railings up there, so has it topped out for now or will it go even higher?
  (2/20/09) Orlando United has posted new pictures of the Hollywood Rockit showing off some of the new colorful red and yellow pieces are being added to the roof of the station building. Orlando Rocks has also posted an update where the lift tower has finally reached a significant height. On a side note, I’ve also been told that the official website for the new coaster has re-launched at HollywoodRockit.com with a new construction blog.
  (2/18/09) After a bit of a hiatus, construction on the Hollywood Rockit has begun again this week, where it seems that they might finally be working on installing the large lift hill once again. You can see a few new pictures posted to Orlando Rocks.
  (2/17/09) A few new pictures of the Hollywood Rockit can be seen posted to Orlando Rocks.
  (2/16/09) Our good friend Keith went down to Universal Orlando today to check in with the latest happenings at the park and sent in a good batch of photos from his cell phone showing off the Hollywood Rockit where they were performing clearance test over where the ride’s track blasts through the building façade. We’ve also got a bunch of photos of the new functional Hollywood Bowl stage area as well. With the Rockit’s first drop and the giant loop set to go in right behind the new concert stage, it does make one wonder what will happen in the future when they do hold a concert on the stage. Will they close the coaster during those time periods or allow it to run anyway, screaming riders and all?
  (2/5/09) All new pictures of the Hollywood Rockit construction site have been posted to Orlando Rocks this week.
  (2/2/09) The latest update to the rumor about selling tickets to Citywalk guests to ride the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit after the park closes is that it is an idea that Universal is open to, but wont be doing right away. Look for them to revisit this option a year or two down the line after the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has opened and took all the attention away from USF. Meanwhile a new construction update has been posted to Orlando Rocks showing off the new Hollywood Bowl Stage area where automated stage lights are already being put in place for Mardi Gras.
  (1/19/09) I’ve posted a few new construction updates of the Hollywood Rockit today sent in by a reader that show off what the giant mid-course brake run looks like from all over the park. There are a ton of other new pictures to be found this week at Theme Park Review, RCPro and Johnny Upsidedown. By the way, if you want to sign up your cell phone to get text updates about the Rockit then just text “rockit” to 64646.
  (1/16/09) A reader noticed that the Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit is no longer listed as an attraction on Universal’s Middle School Grad Night website, which is a good indicator that the ride wont be finished for the May 8th event. Right now I wouldn’t expect to see it open until sometime between Late May and Mid June. In the meantime you can find another construction report over at OrlandoUnited.
  (10/20/08) A few new Rockit construction site pictures can be found at Orlando Rocks this week as work to form the footers starts at last. Speaking of the Rockit, Maurer has apparently released some new marketing details about the coaster. They claim that it will have the world’s highest vertical lift hill at 50m (165 ft) which will come with a “unique and extremely comfortable evacuating system [that] is ground activated at the push of a button and allows the guests a cushy board-off on the ground.” The Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will also be the biggest X-Car coaster project built by Maurer and will use 7 X-Car Tandems, with 12 seats per train, giving the ride an estimated capacity of 1850 pph. On top of all this, the trains will have custom sound systems built in along with video cameras and be covered with a decorative color changing LED light system that will really make it stand out.
  (4/28/08) A Screamscape reader (Thanks to Alexander Gardieff) who attended Grad Bash at Universal noticed that new unreleased artwork promoting Hollywood, Rip, Ride, Rockit was on display in the Chaperone lounge area, likely to promote the schools to attend again next year. In addition to a descriptive flyer they also had a great aerial shot of the coaster showing off virtually the entire run which is true to the original rumors which claimed it would run off into the area behind Twister. The descriptive text mentions three new maneuvers and their official names: Doubletake (The non-inverting loop), Treble Clef (an ascending high G helix into a Hi Hat stall and vertical dive), and the Jump Cut (spiraling negative-G camelback). Other named elements includes the Crowd Surfer (overbanked curve crowd fly-by), Drop Tuning (sideways drop into chasm), Plot Twist (sideways loop) and Chorus (high speed ground maneuvers).
  What’s interting is just how tightly they are going to squeeze in the ride’s station and queue building into the narrow space between the Blue Man Group theater and Jimmy Neutron. You can also see the current boneyard has been transformed into a new concert area with a covered stage. The giant vertical lift hill will be going up directly behind this stage with the Doubletake element going up right over where people typical queue to get into the soundstage haunts for Horror Nights. From here it’s up into what looks like a mid-course brake before you drop into the Treble Clef that you exit out of and right into a second mid-course brake area before you dive into the Jump Cut and Crowd Surf areas. From here it looks like you’ll hit a short tunnel, the Drop Tuning element into a chasm, the spiraling looking bit known as the Plot Twist before you head back to the station through what I’m guessing is the unlabeled Chorus area.
  I’ve got to say that I’m much more impressed by this ride design now than I was before and this is already looking to be Maurer Sohne’s most impressive looking coaster design ever.
  (3/20/08) Today I can add the official artwork and logo for Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit. Thanks to having access to the high-rez artwork, I can zoom in on that giant loop and as you can see, this is exactly the non-inverting loop that I mentioned yesterday. I’ve also included a photo I took at IAPPA 2003 which is a close up of the unique lap-bar only restraint system they use on the X-Cars as well as a new aerial image of the site. Please note that the red area does not indicate the exact area where the coaster will go, only the general open areas where we think it could go. So far the description only says it will go between Jimmy Neutron and the Blue Man Group theater, and nothing at all has been said about the old empty Boneyard site.
I’ve also posted the official descriptions of the ride from Universal Orlando below:
  Adrenaline pumping and music thumping, you find yourself heading straight toward the sky. Suddenly, you are doing 65 mph, 17 stories over Universal Studios. Gasping with excitement, you rock out to a song you picked before strapping in. And, it’s all on video. Once the adventure is over, you edit the video to send to your friends.  
  This is true high-tech, customizable, multi-sensory entertainment. Scheduled to open in spring 2009, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will stake its claim as the most technologically advanced roller coaster in the world. The Universal Creative team is combining audio and special effects engineering, sophisticated on- and off-board video and one-of-a-kind guest personalization to create a roller coaster experience unlike any other.  
  “This is the perfect intersection of the digital age and theme park entertainment,” said Mark Woodbury, President of Creative for Universal Parks & Resorts. “Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit blends roller coaster intensity and guest interaction in a way where no two experiences will be the same.” 
  Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit touts six near-miss moments and first-ever thrills including a record-breaking loop. Ride vehicles feature the brightest and most innovative color changing LEDs in the world. High-energy visual displays fill the queue line. With up to four ride vehicles on the tracks at any given time, and with concert lighting and special effects mixed in, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be a true high-intensity, multi-sensory experience that is unmatched. 
  Guests can customize their ride experience by choosing what song will play while they’re on the roller coaster. LED boards in the queue lines will display song options from five genres (classic rock, rap, country, pop and disco). Once on-board, guests can choose their song or let the coaster’s digital sound system choose for them. When the ride is over, guests will be able to customize footage from their experience and compile it into a take-home music video. 
  Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit will be located near the Jimmy Neutron attraction traveling the southern perimeter of the Universal Studios theme park, over to the CityWalk lagoon and back.
  (3/19/08) The Orlando Sentinel has posted a first look at Project Rumble, now officially called “The Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit”. The high speed coaster ride will feature a massive 167 foot tall tower and feature several twists and turns as well as run out over a section of Citywalk when it opens in Spring 2009. Universal explains that the ride will feature video displays in the queue, color changing LED lighting, digital audio and video effects during the ride. The rest of the ride was described as squeezing in between Jimmy Neutron and the Blue Man Group theater building on it’s way to Citywalk. On the tech side, Mark Woodbury (Pres. of Universal Creative) claimed that the coaster would enter the digital age by allowing riders to customize the personalize the ride experience by choosing your own music track and the ability to download your music video run on the coaster for use on the internet. As you can see in the artwork, this is clearly a Maurer Sohne creation and appears to use a two unit X-Car train along with the vertical lift hill.
  A Screamscape source pointed out that the coaster will have no inversions at all. It will instead have a ton of heavily banked and over-banked turns and one major unique feature… the world’s first non-inverting loop. It will look like a vertical loop at first, but the track will twist around as you go up allowing the train to go over the top of the loop upright, then twist and dive on the way down to keep you upright again.