The Big Bad Wolf Roller Coaster
Update 7 24 it s official.
The big bad wolf roller coaster. Let s take a look at some possibilities. During the first part of this arrow huss suspended coaster the track travels through a bavarian village with the cars swinging to narrowly miss the buildings at speeds approaching 50 mph. 7 19 09 riding front seat on the big bad wolf roller coaster busch gardens europe williamsburg virginia. Busch gardens williamsburg s iconic big bad wolf roller coaster shut down for good on september 7 2009.
Update 9 8 yes. Big bad wolf is a defunct suspended coaster built by arrow dynamics it operated at busch gardens williamsburg from june 15 1984 to september 7 2009. The footers queue line and station were re purposed for verbolten a roller coaster that was introduced in 2012. Big bad wolf is best known for its finale where the track drops over the edge of a 99 foot cliff and descends into a tight turn over the rhine river.
No official reason of closure was given but most speculate that large maintenance costs were to blame. Check out my full big bad wolf review. Sadly big bad wolf is officially now closed. Big bad wolf was a steel suspended terrain roller coaster built by arrow dynamics it operated at busch gardens williamsburg from june 15 1984 to september 7 2009.
The roller coaster is homaged in several ways by its successor verbolten. Big bad wolf will close after september 7th. It s been 10 years since the last time we were able to ride at the speed of fright. But what would be a good ride or roller coaster for the park to add in big bad wolf s place.
A train track section support materials and the sign package were donated to the the national roller coaster museum for display. Big bad wolf was a suspended roller coaster in the oktoberfest section of busch gardens williamsburg designed by arrow dynamics the roller coaster opened to the public on june 15 1984 the ride was in service for more than 25 years before closing permanently on september 7 2009. A train track section support materials and the sign package were donated to the national roller coaster museum for display. As with any classic roller coaster if big bad wolf is removed it will be sorely missed by fans of all ages.
For example the new coaster reuses the big bad wolf s footers queue line and station and the coaster s 88 foot drop is similar to big bad wolf s famous 100 foot drop over the man made rhine river.