Project 2025/Holzfäller: Big Bad Wolf 2 (B&M Family Invert)

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Nicole said:
By a process of elimination, I have come to the conclusion that I would hate GeisterWolf the least. To be clear, I am not saying I prefer it to be named that, just that want the other two even less. I wish I could say that I am surprised that we are likely facing three terrible options. I guess at least they tried to use some German and didn’t go with Revenge of the Wolf or Son of Wolf or whatever.

I understand that GeisterWolf sounds stupid and is redundant with Alpengeist: They already have a “spirit” themed coaster one hamlet away. But I, personally find that less disqualifying than my objections to the other two options.

WolfSturm initially feels like something from Nazi Germany. Upon a second look, that impression is validated. Given that the “w” is pronounced as a “v,” it is essentially one letter removed from this Nazi initiative:


(Source: Volkssturm - Wikipedia)

So, it is very reasonable for people to associate “volfstrum” with “volksstrum.” Moreover, Hitler’s Brownshirts were called “The Sturmabteilung” (Storm Troopers), further correlating “sturm” with Nazi Germany.

While not really an issue on its own, Hitler’s personal association with wolves further ties this name to Nazi Germany, making it too close for my comfort:



Source: The important lessons: Why Hitler considered himself a wolf and his enemies vampires

In fact, It seems that I was not the only one to make this correlation:

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So, what about WolfsReign? Honestly, it feels entirely non-kinetic and doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. The Big Bad Wolf is an outside threat to our home and hearth, not an evil overlord. The idea of a persistent, internal threat is antithetical to the long-standing notion of the wolf as a wild danger that attacks from the dark. Moreover, the homophone “rein” implies human control over a beast, which makes no sense if the wolf is supposed to be a threat. So, the name introduces implicit contradictions.

Additionally, coasters are about movement and forces and speed. A “reign” has none of those connotations. It is the time during which a single person is in control, so it is intrinsically about stability, not change, which seems like an odd choice for a name. Moreover, considering that Hitler called himself The Wolf, this also has some concerning Nazi connotations. Hitler did reign over the Third Reich.

I am also told that a popular anime series was called “Wolf’s Rain.” I question the choice to associate a German coaster at BGW with a Japanese IP.
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Yeah, I see what you’re saying. The stormtroopers originated during ww1 though, the name just stuck during the second

the_pantsmith said:
DunkelWolf (Dark Wolf). If they're gonna have a stupid sounding German name, go extra stupid with it
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This is why Geschwindigkeitswolf is the best name
 
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Bring Back Questor 87 said:
Where can we watch the announcement?
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BGW has given up streaming announcements the last few times around. @Nicole and I are outside The Globe waiting for the announcement right now though. Sans some disaster, look for coverage via Twitter a little after 5pm. Feel free to embed relevant tweets here for the non-Twitter forum people as they come up too—I won't be embedding as I tweet.
 
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VB06Hokie said:
Only BGW would be like "Let's announce this when everyone is driving home from work and not online, that'll create buzz"
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To provide a little inside baseball, there's a Howl-O-Scream media event happening right now. It is my belief/assessment that the pass member event is the public access to the announcement to media as part of that event. This is the same strat they used for Pantheon's announcement event.

Not saying it's good, reasonable, sane, or remotely advisable plan—especially since hardly anyone actually knows they're announcing a coaster today—but it is the approach it seems. Comparing the hype around this announcement to any previous BGW coaster announcement illustrates that it's not working in my opinion.
 
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Just saw some Monster Stomp actors sneaking through the crowd on the left side of the theater, so definitely interested in what this announcement is gonna end up looking like.
 
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