You're probably right but I would rather BGW keep Big Bad Wolf firmly in Williamsburg than have some other park swoop in at some point and take it for themselves
Project 2025/Holzfäller: Big Bad Wolf 2 (B&M Family Invert)
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BUSCH GARDENS WILLIAMSBURG! RELEASE A RIDE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND MY LIFE, IS YOURS! or just, another teaser, or literally anything. It's too quiet here now...
Mighty odd choice to wait until HOS is in full-swing to unveil their new coaster. And it's gonna be even more annoying if/when they don't actually announce everything.
They can always pull a Tempesto on pass member preview day next year: “So you guys want to hear about Big Bad 2?”
I definitely think that is the plan. Tie in the scary Wolf during HOS when attendance is mildly higher and attract buzz.
Or wait until Feb 2025 to announce that "something furry is coming..."
"(Fur)r(y) 065?" 
In the past, the park always made new ride announcements during the passholder event in September. I'd at least hope to hear something from the park pretty soon.
The first two teasers posted were 1 week apart, so if they continue with that schedule, we get something new tomorrow.
I am ready to see the concept art and find out what the name is. Curious if "Big Bad Wolf: Chapter 2" is legitimate or not.
I could see them trying to be "smart" and just be Big Bad Wolf Zwei or WolfZwei, which is Big Bad Wolf 2 or Wolf2 respectively.
I still firmly believe including Wolf in the name would be disrespectful. Even Cedar Fair avoided that with Dragster.
Centering the new coaster on the townspeople (as the teasers seem to be so far) seems like a good direction. Fliehen is German for "to flee." Doesn't seem bad. Sounds similar to the English word fleein', it's short and simple, and it's easy to justify in the story.
Centering the new coaster on the townspeople (as the teasers seem to be so far) seems like a good direction. Fliehen is German for "to flee." Doesn't seem bad. Sounds similar to the English word fleein', it's short and simple, and it's easy to justify in the story.
Or they phonetically butcher it and say Fly-Hen and and just refer to it as Flyin'
I personally don't mind calling it Big Bad Wolf. I rather like it when parks honor their history with a new ride, i.e. Ravine Flyer II. That being said, it's also kinda fun when we get something like Hercules/Hydra's Revenge.
"Legend" or "Revenge of The Big Bad Wolf." Calling it now.
And even those I'm lukewarm on...
And even those I'm lukewarm on...
They should be sure to use the word Volk, which has no other connotation in history
There’s no way they base everything about a new ride around the popularity of Big Bad Wolf and don’t include “Wolf” in the name. It’s like the one thing they can bank on marketing easily.
If anything I would bet the entire phrase “Big Bad Wolf” is re-used and it’s just a matter of what variation of “2” or “Revenge” or “Vengeance” we get tacked on to it.
If anything I would bet the entire phrase “Big Bad Wolf” is re-used and it’s just a matter of what variation of “2” or “Revenge” or “Vengeance” we get tacked on to it.
Let me pitch this from another angle: It's bad for this new coaster and, by extension, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, if this new coaster is constantly held up to Big Bad Wolf. Reusing the lore to capitalize on nostalgia is good and reasonable. Inviting super direct comparisons of "New Wolf v Old Wolf" is tremendously unwise because this new coaster will be notably worse than the original. It's shorter, slower, less themed, and lacking the signature ride element that people remember of The Wolf—the swinging.
If BGW has deluded themselves into thinking this can be The New Big Bad Wolf, they're gonna have a bad time. If they don't overplay their hand and simply capitalize on the lore to win over their fans and put in the time, effort, and brainpower required to form a new-but-related identity for this new attraction, the decision will pay dividends for the Big Bad Wolf brand, this new coaster, and the park for years into the future.
If BGW has deluded themselves into thinking this can be The New Big Bad Wolf, they're gonna have a bad time. If they don't overplay their hand and simply capitalize on the lore to win over their fans and put in the time, effort, and brainpower required to form a new-but-related identity for this new attraction, the decision will pay dividends for the Big Bad Wolf brand, this new coaster, and the park for years into the future.
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Judging by the use of the old color scheme, and the fact that it's got two lift hills, a village, and the German lore behind a village terrorized by a wolf, it sounds like they are readying a redux of resentment from those of us who knew and loved the original eternally.
I fear this is gearing up to be the roller coaster equivalent of when Chrysler created the PT Cruiser as a way to follow-up on nostalgia for 1950's Hot Rods...
Some loved it, most hated it, knowing what really was (and had been) - could not/ should not be resurrected in that way.
I am of the opinion that someone in the ranks likely got wind of BGT's plans, communicated the ease at which BGW could have something similar by attaching the BBW story to it/or designing the ride around that concept to X degree, a budget was given, and viola...
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Couldn't agree more about the likelihood the word Wolf will be used in some capacity purely from a marketing aspect. It is what it is. Many agreed, after the direction they were going with theming for this ride was revealed, that tying it in to BBW was a redeeming factor for the ride in light of the disappointing "family coaster" decision. So I'm open to a new iteration of The Wolf.
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