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Big Bad Wolf
Steel Suspended at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia. Opened 1984, closed 2009.
This ride has closed. It last operated at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 2009.
- Height
- 100 ft
- Drop
- 80 ft
- Top speed
- 48 mph
- Length
- 2,800 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 3 min
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Big Bad Wolf operated in the Oktoberfest area from June 15, 1984, until September 7, 2009, when it closed permanently and was removed; Verbolten (2012) reused its station, queue and footers. A new family inverted coaster, The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge, opened elsewhere in Oktoberfest in 2025.
Sources
- rcdb.com/111.htm (Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, removed, operated June 15, 1984 to September 7, 2009; length 2,800 ft, height 100 ft, drop 80 ft, speed 48 mph, 0 inversions, duration 3:00; designer Ron Toomer.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bad_Wolf_(roller_coaster) (Opened June 15, 1984 in Oktoberfest; closed permanently September 7, 2009; footers, queue and station re-purposed for Verbolten (2012).)
- rcdb.com/22111.htm (Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge, a separate Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted coaster, operating since May 23, 2025.)
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