I spent two days of my vacation in Florida at Universal Orlando. I've been once before and was looking forward to riding my favorite roller coaster there, The Hulk. Then I came across this bad boy and The Hulk got smashed! 

The video I shot that you see above is of the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios and it is amazing! It combines your favorite music with a minute and a half thrill ride.

By sheer luck, my girlfriend and I were able to sit in the front seat of our car when we boarded. Once you sit down you have 30 seconds to select a song you want to hear while riding the ride. You're offered a choice of six songs in each genre: Classic Rock and Heavy Metal, Club and Electronica, Country, Rap and Hip-Hop, or Pop and Disco. I chose ZZ Top's "Gimme All Your Lovin'"

 

 

Then you begin a straight up climb 167 feet to the top. You're are literally on your back as you crest the top of the coaster to make a steep drop down into a non-inverted loop. The track curves as you reach the top of the loop so you are never completely upside down.

The coaster reaches a top speed of 65 mph all while the song you picked is blasting from the speakers in the headrest of your seat. The combination of the speed and thrill with the music makes it an amazing ride!

Here's a list of the songs you can choose from. Which one would you pick?

Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
Born to Be Wild - Hinder
Rollin' - Limp Bizkit
Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe
Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top
Intergalactic - Beastie Boys
Busy Child - The Crystal Method
Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method
Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
Pump Up the Volume - MARRS
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band
Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam
I Can Sleep When I'm Dead - Jason Michael Carroll
Living in Fast Forward - Kenny Chesney
All Night Long - Montgomery Gentry
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Don't Phunk with My Heart - The Black Eyed Peas
Pump It - The Black Eyed Peas
Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill
Stronger - Kanye West
Rock Star - N.E.R.D.
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Glamorous - Fergie
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band
U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
Hella Good - No Doubt

When you're done you can also buy a video of the ride taken from a camera on the coaster pointed right at you. I saw a preview of our video and the look on my girlfriend's face was epic! It wasn't $35 epic though, so I passed.

 

 

If the list of songs above aren't enough for you, there are actually hidden songs you can choose from if you know how to do it. Here's a video showing you how to access the secret song menu. I've included a list of the secret songs in case you ever make the trip.

 

 

Secret Song Codes:

101 - The Temples of Syrinx by Rush
102 - Blues Before & After by The Smithereens
103 - Break on Through by The Doors
104 - Crocodile Rock by Elton John
105 - Do it Again by Steely Dan
106 - Don't You by Candlebox
107 - Drivin' Rain by Gov't Mule
108 - Eight Miles High by The Byrds
109 - Fantasy by Aldo Nova
110 - Fool by Rollins Band
111 - For The Love Of God by Steve Vai
112 - Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
113 - Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
114 - Just Because by Jane's Addiction
115 - Live by Lenny Kravitz
116 - Mexicola by Queens of the Stone Age
117 - ? (rock instrumental)
118 - ? (latin/jazz/funk instrumental)
119 - ? (rock instrumental)
120 - ? (rock instrumental)
121 - Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty
122 - Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones
123 - Stockholm Syndrome by Muse
124 - Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin
125 - ? (R&B/soul)
126 - ? (rock instrumental)
127 - Urgent by Foreigner
128 - Vertigo by U2
129 - Wheel in the Sky by Journey
130 - Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
131 - Klein Mandelbrot by Blue Man Group
132 - Drumbone by Blue Man Group

301 - Float On by Modest Mouse
302 - I Want You Back by The Jackson Five
303 - In My Pocket by The Cat Empire
304 - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me by Billy Joel
305 - Brothers Gonna Work It Out by Public Enemy
306 - Lose Yourself by Eminem
307 - Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross
308 - Run to You by Bryan Adams
309 - Save Room by John Legend
310 - Vogue by Madonna
311 - You Make Loving Fun by Fleetwood Mac
312 - My Everything by Barry White

501 - ? (latin/jazz/rock instrumental)
502 - ? (country/bluegrass instrumental)
503 - ? (funk instrumental)
504 - Smokin Gun by Robert Cray
505 - ? (jazz instrumental)
506 - The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King
507 - Who Did You Think I Was by John Mayer
508 - Pivot by Dry

701 - Cyanide by Metallica
702 - Endangered Species by Flaw
703 - For Whom The Bell Tolls by Metallica
704 - Forever Down by Black Label Society
705 - How Heavy This Axe by The Sword
706 - Just One Fix by Ministry
707 - Know your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine
708 - Let's Go by Ministry
709 - Mouth for War by Pantera
710 - Painkiller by Judas Priest
711 - Paranoid by Black Sabbath
712 - Temptation's Wings by Down
713 - The Wicker Man by Iron Maiden
714 - Unreal by Ill Nino
715 - Wake Up Dead by Megadeth
716 - We Call This Mutha Revenge by Suicidal Tendencies
718 - You've Got Another Thing Comin by Judas Priest

901 - Moving Right Along by The Muppets
902 - The Rainbow Connection by The Muppets
903 - Your Attitude Towards Cuttlefish by Paper Moon
904 - Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

Now which song would you pick when you ride the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit? Would you ride it? Have you ridden it? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook and Twitter.

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