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Yes, especially if branded as a roller coaster that drifts considering it’s in theme and an actual good ride.
If the ride vehicle is anything other than a bus.. yeah, probably lol
In Orlando, where many of your guests are international? Yes. Fast cars and sexy people dancing don't require a strong command of the English language or an American sense of humor to understand. And everybody across the globe has seen these movies.
I’m not a fan of the franchise by any means, but it naturally lends itself to a ride. Just not the ride they actually built for it.
I think absolutely... just not with its current representation. It's a franchise packed with fast vehicles, action, explosions, and a tendency to be over the top. Even if the movies have dropped in quality, it deserves better than a slow moving ride.
If they can make it drift that’d be awesome.
I don't think they can literally clone it. I'm definitely not familiar with USH or the construction going on there at all but from little I have heard it sounds like the coaster layout there will be very terrain dependent. Probably not something you can just pick up and drop in any empty space.
As much as I also like this idea, I think it’s too big of a franchise to be leaving the parks anytime soon. Thematically it also fits best in USF, I really wouldn’t want to see anything F&F in Islands or Epic.
I personally think that considering the plot behind HRRR is about 10-11 acres in land, I would hope and think they would use a totally different IP for that plot of land.
If I had to guess if Pokemon were to come to the US parks it would take over Simpsons only. I would think that Universal would not want to heavily theme the stretch of land MIB and the now vacant FFL stage occupy as that plot of land behind Simpsons is ripe space for a massive expansion to USF and Universal would not want to limit their options on what IP could go there when it comes time. Plus another benefit to Pokemon replacing Simpsons is they could do what Disney does to maximize the return on investment for the R&D costs and clone any hypothetical Pokemon attraction to USH as well.
I still think if they worked hard enough Universal could cook up a F&F ride that uses the same ride system as Gringrotts but with a different enough flavor that enough people won't mind. Though I also think they could do another variant of the SCOOP as well. If they are still dead set on a successor to Supercharged being a large scale dark ride, this would be the best option considering the action of the F&F series.
I certainly see the logic, but one in five guests is still a number worth considering. I do think there is appetite for another physically thrilling attraction at USF, there's a reason that Revenge of the Mummy gets higher ridership than Transformers or Simpsons, for example. Fast & Furious lends itself easily to something like this, and I think trying to force something other than a coaster or physically thrilling attraction on the franchise as they did with supercharged would be repeating the same mistake.
