The Big Bad Wolf was a suspended roller coaster in the Oktoberfest section of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. A suspended swinging coaster has the cars hanging under the track, which swing freely after every turn. First opened in 1984, the ride operated for 25 years before closing September 7 2009.
Prior to the construction of Big Bad Wolf, Anton Schwarzkopf had designed a prototype "Flying Coaster" for the park. 75% of the new ride had been built, b...
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The Big Bad Wolf was a suspended roller coaster in the Oktoberfest section of Busch Gardens Williamsburg. A suspended swinging coaster has the cars hanging under the track, which swing freely after every turn. First opened in 1984, the ride operated for 25 years before closing September 7 2009.
Prior to the construction of Big Bad Wolf, Anton Schwarzkopf had designed a prototype "Flying Coaster" for the park. 75% of the new ride had been built, but the ride was never completed, and was completely scrapped. Busch Gardens then handed the contract to Arrow Dynamics, who built the current ride.
After the failure of The Bat at Kings Island, Arrow Dynamics had refined its own suspended roller coaster concept and opened XLR-8 at Six Flags Astroworld in 1984. Big Bad Wolf was completed and opened shortly after. XLR-8 continued to operate until the closure of Astroworld in 2005. Big Bad Wolf was also the neighboring ride to the now defunct Drachen Fire, which stood directly adjacent to it.
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