A VelociCoaster train hanging upside down in its stall over the arch at the ride's gate, a second arch of track below it, under a clear blue sky
Four flipswith nothing over your shoulders

Universal's Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida

Jurassic World VelociCoaster

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“The VelociCoaster is well worth the wait.”

POV
Ride it: back row POV
Back row
ejector airtime UPSIDE DOWN!
shot out of a cannon
Back row
one of the best hangtime moments ever
pre-VelociCoaster and post-VelociCoaster
I didn’t want it to end!
What riders love
  • From Launch to the epic final inversion over the water, this ride is intense all the way through.
  • The ride had amazing launches that surprised me with intensity and great pacing with very smooth inversons.
  • The 2nd launch was a nice surprise, and the roll at the end was very cool.
  • The stall and heart line roll are easily the best parts of the ride for me.
  • If you put your hands up during that inversion you feel like you can touch the water, and it's an absolutely amazing way to end an amazing ride.
  • This thing starts off strong and literally gets better with ever single element culminating in my favorite inversion of all time: the Mosasaurus Roll.
  • The theming really takes it over the top but the ride itself would still be amazing without it.
  • The animatronics are insane, and those near-misses with the raptors are awesome.
  • The inversions are amazing, the theming is otherworldly, and the layout is awesome.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Universal's Islands of Adventure

The launches hit a lot better in the front and the airtime can come more abruptly and sharply but I don’t feel like this row is that great.

Max S.

What makes the VelociCoaster different is that when you drop from that Top Hat, you’re coming down at 80 degrees and catching air.

The Points Guy

The airtime on the tophat is also very prominent.

ila DL

It has everything one could want: incredible speed, seemingly never-ending, inspired layout, out of this world inversion moments and obscene airtime moments.

Cupcakes and Coasters

Constructive criticism- the airtime needs a little more punch and the train need to slow down just a little more before the 2nd launch.

Alek Gottlieb

It’s also a very smooth experience, only being beaten (so far) by Mako, although there is more rattle near the back of the train.

am

The speed is intense, but the design of the tracks combined with the vehicle makes for an incredibly smooth experience.

The Points Guy

The ride had amazing launches that surprised me with intensity and great pacing with very smooth inversons.

Enzo

The ride was smooth with terrifying elements.

Jeremy Walker

Some things that bring this ride down would be that in the back row, after the last roll the turn into the brakes slams your head to the right.

Yiqi Zuo

Velocicoaster used to be a great ride, until it tried to break my ribs.

Bob Super

The Mosasaurus roll is as awesome as everyone describes it, and all of the second half is genuinely killer, perfect pacing throughout.

Matheus Castello

The coaster is relentless, giving guests twists, turns, speed, and airtime - packing a pretty intense punch.

Inside Universal

But for those of us who look for rides that pack thrills into an experience without violent and rapid shifting, this ride isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be (especially after travelling across the...

Matt S

I had enough after the first time because it was more intense than it looked.

Audrey

Great theming, great layout, great location, excellent launches, but it’s still overhyped because it’s pretty forceless and not intense.

Evan G.

It’s fast paced elements with near misses make the first half of the ride great, but the second half is where VelociCoaster truly shines.

Bennett Garabedian

As a huge rollercoaster junkee, this is so far the fastest ride I’ve ever been on, and you sure will feel the affects of going 70 mph during that second launch.

Galo Cruz

Upon launching out of the gate, you are in for high speeds and soaring heights! The highlight of the ride is when you get to the top of the roughly 155 foot hill.

Sartorial Geek

The first have has great individual elements and theming, but the second half builds up insane speed and has even better elements.

Theme Park Avenue

Those dead spots, along with the rattle, keep it from being in the same class as other elite intamin coasters, both new and old.

Jack Perrella

The coaster had two launched and for me the coaster is waaaay to slow after the first launch.

Nico S.

I waited 2 hours for this, and it was still worth the wait, The Mosa roll and the Stall were incredible and I loved the theming in the queue and even on the ride.

Tr3v0r - Gaming

The wait was only 55 minutes, but I would have waited 2 or 3 hours for this ride.

Caitlin Shoemaker

The VelociCoaster is well worth the wait.

The Points Guy

I’d been to Universal Studios before so I pretty much paid my entire ticket just to ride this one and it was worth it

Roopa Nagarajan

Velocicoaster is perfect in every way and worth whatever wait time it has at Islands of Adventure!

Matt Rappaport

Def in my top 3, and the front row on this ride is heavenly and is 100% worth waiting for!

Seamus Gorr

The operations on this is wonderful with 40 second dispatches being the norm across my days at Universal.

Martin Doyle

Theming is amazing, and if in the right time of park season, waits will be extremely short.

Tyce Cormier

The ride ops are always efficient, and work so hard to get trains out as fast as possible.

Disney Matt

There is absolutely no way this ride will have a wait time under two hours - certainly not this summer.

The Points Guy

Apart from a long wait time (expected on a masterpiece like this), great ride with the the best elements being the stall, launches, and theming.

Thomas Sheehan
Height fear

I was very nervous about Velocicoaster.

Your Coaster Friend

When the initial launch happened, I expected to be terrified, however, I felt no terror.

Mary Douglas Hayworth

Should I ride it?

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Where to sit

Front of trainBack of train

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Car 1, the front: 8 of 13 riders who named a rowBack row: 5 riders

The layout, to scale

155 ft, top of the top hat100 ftstation level140 ft drop, 80°pre-launch showfirst launchImmelmann, dive looptwists and hillssecond launchzero-G stallroll over the waterbrake run

Specifications

155 ftHeight
155 VelociCoaster 110 IncredibleHulk 65 Hagrid'sMagicalCreatures
140 ftFirst drop
140 VelociCoaster 105 IncredibleHulk 17 Hagrid'sMagicalCreatures
70 mphTop speed
VelociCoaster70 IncredibleHulk67 Hagrid'sMagical Creat…50 070 mph
80°Drop angle
80°VelociCoaster70°Hagrid'sMagicalCreaturesdashed line: straight down, 90°
4Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

two launchesthe roll over the waterthemed queue and raptorsfloating out of your seatsmooth for its intensitylockers in the queue

Criticised for

rattle in the back rowsslow first halffrequent breakdownsno choice of rowtight lap barhot outdoor queue

And what a ride to first review - one of the best coasters I’ve ever ridden, currently my number 1 - I did it almost all day and didn’t get bored!

Ben Lloyd, Captain Coaster review

i mean its really good coaster with some good elements and a nice lap bar but this IS NOT WORTH THE HYPE.

eeeeeeh mux verstuppen, Captain Coaster review

i remember it being great especially the mosasaurus roll but that was 3 years ago when I was not an enthusiast so I dont remember much.

Zero G thrills, Captain Coaster review

Bottom line - this is one of my favorite roller coasters I have ever been on.

Marcus Leshock, published review

The coaster had two launched and for me the coaster is waaaay to slow after the first launch.

Nico S., Captain Coaster review

VelociCoaster DEFINES Islands of Adventure with its fun launches, heart-pounding inversions, world-class theming, and that iconic mosasaurus roll.

roller rider, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Sign for the Velocicoaster, opening June 10
HAL333, CC BY-SA 4.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Eric A. Soto, CC BY-SA 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Eric A. Soto, CC BY-SA 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at night
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Eric A. Soto, CC BY-SA 2.0
VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

11 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

June 10, 2021Opened

Headline ride of the Jurassic Park area, sold by Universal as the tallest and fastest launch coaster in Florida.

Fastest at UniversalWhen it opened

Faster than any coaster at any Universal park, passing the Incredible Hulk Coaster in the same park.

155 ft top hatTopped out July 2020

Built where the Triceratops Encounter stood. The track was finished that September.

4 named raptorsBlue, Delta, Echo, Charlie

They line the track, and the queue pre-show brings back Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard from the films.

Recent issues

  1. Feb 2024Closed 3+ daystechnical problems
  2. Late 20243 riders fell illnausea, short of breath, fainting; none blamed on the ride
  3. Apr 27, 2026Evacuatedreopened the same day, no injuries

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 6 polls, 2021 to 2026

18th2021, its first poll
2nd2024, its best placing
2nd2026, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, thepointsguy.com, cupcakesandcoasters.com, insideuniversal.net, orlandoinformer.com, sartorialgeek.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever. Track plan from above: traced from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 4.0), HAL333 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Eric A. Soto (CC BY-SA 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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Quote at the top of the page: The Points Guy, published review.

What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Toutatis, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first launch is very good and punchy.”; Scott Gordon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “From Launch to the epic final inversion over the…”; Enzo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride had amazing launches that surprised me with…”; O O, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The 2nd launch was a nice surprise, and the…”; Aubrienne and Jonah Hansen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That heartline roll over the water is just insane.”; Dylan JM, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The stall and heart line roll are easily the…”; Simon Hickey, rider review on Captain Coaster: “If you put your hands up during that inversion…”; Jack L, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing starts off strong and literally gets better…”; Simon Hickey, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The theming is absolutely incredible, and the animatronics in…”; Snaggletooth Sound, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The theming really takes it over the top but…”; Aubrienne and Jonah Hansen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The animatronics are insane, and those near-misses with the…”; Zach R., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are amazing, the theming is otherworldly, and…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: ThemeParkMark's back row POV, VelociCoaster - Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure - Back Row (4K HD POV) - December 2022 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.