WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — The next roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg will pay homage to a fan favorite from the past.
“As the sound of screams and the echo of a howling wolf creates chaos in the familiar town, riders will experience over 2,500 feet of track traveling up to 40 miles per hour while bolting through the streets of an abandoned Bavarian village,” Busch Gardens said in the announcement on Friday.
That’s a throwback to the Big Bad Wolf, a beloved coaster that ran for 25 years in the park’s Germany section, from 1984 to 2009.
This new ride, “North America’s longest inverted family coaster,” will also be in Germany and is expected to open sometime in the spring of 2025. In the meantime, fans can help pick its name from one of three options: WölfSturm, WölfsReign or GeisterWölf.
Check out the promotional video from Busch Gardens here:
The new ride will bring Busch Gardens’ coaster count up to 11. Other coasters that have opened in recent years include DarKoaster (2023), Pantheon (2022) and InvadR (2017).
The new ride will technically be the second to celebrate Big Bad Wolf after Verbolten, which was completed in 2012 on the Wolf’s former site.
You can read more about the announcement on Busch Gardens’ website. The name voting goes through September 25.