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Thrill Geek
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Thrill Geek
The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge Opens at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is unleashing its newest and most immersive family attraction – The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge – opening today to all guests. North America's longest family inverted coaster delivers a highly immersive and thematic experience, where families are swept into a world of unparalleled excitement. Set in a bustling Bavarian village, the celebration quickly turns into chaos as glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of a terrifying creature. Riders dash through more than 2,500 feet of track at speeds up to 40 miles per hour. With its thrilling yet accessible design, this ride is perfect for kids, with a minimum height of 42 inches when accompanied by a supervising companion and 48 inches without, ensuring everyone can enjoy this coaster together. Members had the exclusive opportunity to be the first to ride over this past week, and the reviews were enthusiastic, with many eager to ride again and share the experience. Now, the park is excited to open the ride to all guests so everyone can see what the buzz is about. The Virginia park celebrated with a Grand Opening Ceremony, complete with a ribbon cutting, ceremonial first ride, and a DJ dance party. Wolf Scouts from the Colonial Virginia Council of Scouting America joined local dignitaries and Busch Gardens leadership for the inaugural ride. 'Last weekend, we gave our Members the opportunity to preview The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge during our 50th anniversary celebration, and they loved it,' said Kevin Lembke, President of Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA. 'The return of the iconic wolf, paired with the nostalgia of our park's history, struck a real chord with guests, and the early reactions have been enthusiastic across the board. It's the perfect opportunity for thrill seekers of all ages to create new memories together.' LIMITED-TIME MEMORIAL DAY SALE! For a limited time, save up to 35% on Fun Cards and Memberships: Fun Card : Unlimited visits to rides, shows, and seasonal events throughout 2025. : Unlimited visits to rides, shows, and seasonal events throughout 2025. Membership: Unlimited visits for 12 months, plus FREE parking, up to 8 FREE guest tickets, VIP events, and exclusive discounts on merchandise, Quick Queu,e and more! For more information on The Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge and Membership, visit Clint Gamache is the owner of ThrillGeek. He started ThrillGeek to share his love of theme/amusement parks and pop culture with the world. You can find him at Halloween Horror Nights. Also, be sure to follow him on Twitter/X, Instagram @iamcg83
Miami Herald
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Busch Gardens Williamsburg brings back the Big Bad Wolf with a new coaster
The sounds of guttural growls and bone-chilling howls will once again echo throughout the pitch-black forest outside a Bavarian village when a new roller coaster with a familiar name and glowing red eyes returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Busch Gardens has announced Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge will debut in May without setting a specific date, but the new coaster is expected to open in time for the park's 50th anniversary on May 16. Big Bad Wolf will pay tribute to the Arrow Dynamics suspended coaster of the same name that operated at the Virginia theme park from 1984 to 2009. The new Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted coaster will reach a top speed of 40 mph over 2,583 feet of track while bolting through an abandoned Bavarian village. Busch Gardens' 11th coaster will take over the station house of the former Drachen Fire coaster in the Oktoberfest area of the park. The 2012 Verbolten coaster reused the original Big Bad Wolf station house and some of the track layout. The backstory of the new Big Bad Wolf takes riders into a bustling Bavarian village during the eerily quiet Festival of the Silent Bells, the annual event that honors the haunting history of a terrifying wolf attack 41 years ago when the original coaster opened. As fate would have it, the past repeats itself when the wolf returns. The coaster riders are transformed into werewolves as the steel beast sweeps through the town amid screams and chaos. The townsfolk run for cover as the glowing red eyes and bone-chilling howls signal the return of the terrifying creature. Busch Gardens initially planned to pay tribute to the Big Bad Wolf without reusing the ride's original name. The park asked fans to pick from three names for the new ride: WolfsReign, GeisterWolf or WolfSturm. More than 30,000 voters responded with an overwhelming choice: none of the above. Fans told the park "loud and clear" that only one name would work: Big Bad Wolf. The park relented and chose a twist on the original - Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge. The Wolf's Revenge is not meant to be a copy of the original ride, but rather a reminiscent tribute and a new chapter in the story. The original Big Bad Wolf was a little longer (2,800 feet), a little faster (48 mph) and had swinging seats. The Wolf's Revenge will be similar to Phoenix Rising at Busch Garden Tampa - a much shorter and slightly faster B&M family inverted coaster that opened last summer. The original 1984 Big Bad Wolf was created by Arrow Development, a legendary ridemaker that helped build Disneyland and shaped the modern theme park landscape of roller coasters, dark rides and water rides. Arrow ushered in a period of gimmicky coaster configurations that came to define the ride wars of the 1980s and '90s with the world's first suspended coaster in 1981 at Ohio's Kings Island. The prototype Bat flipped the traditional coaster concept on its head - with the trains swinging from side to side while hanging below the track. The Bat prototype never really worked very well and was retired after only a few years, but a reworked version of Arrow's suspended coaster eventually evolved into the Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The success of the original Big Bad Wolf led to the installation of Arrow suspended coasters around the world, including the 1988 Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain. _________ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Gulf Today
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
The Big Bad Wolf offers big discounts on books at SCRF
Visitors of all age groups and especially young children are not only enjoying the varieties of festivities at the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival 2025 (SCRF) but also showing great interest in books being sold on discount prices as high as 85 per cent especially at one of the biggest stalls set up by the Big Bad Wolf. The world's biggest book sale, which was introduced to the UAE by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), has come to the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival for the first time, offering discounts as high as 85% thus giving children and their guardians every reason to fully embrace books and reading. Talking to the media, Andrew Yap, co-founder, Big Bad Wolf Books said: 'Our mission is to change the world through books, and we want to make that change beginning with kids. But in this digital age, how can we make children fall in love with books?' Andrew Yap, co-founded the Big Bad Wolf Books with his wife Jacqueline Ng way back in 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 'The Big Bad Wolf is a classic character and today's kids are less familiar with it than their parents' generation. The name is sure to attract their interest and curiosity,' he pointed. Yap remembers his childhood bereft of books and vows that no child today should face that problem; hence he has been intent on presenting books at the most affordable price range. 'This is our first time here. We have partnered with SBA and as a specialised book fair with people from across the region flying in here, this is a wonderful opportunity for us.' Being a children's event, Big Bad Wolf is exhibiting only children's books at SCRF. But that is a virtual treasure house of books that children will fancy - board books, popup books, colouring books, encyclopedias and the like. 'At SCRF, our books are priced for as low as Dhs3 and as high as Dhs180 (for a book that costs Dhs500),' said Santy John, head of Marketing and Business development of Big Bad Wolf in the UAE. She pointed out that they have been in the UAE for quite some time, holding book fairs in Dubai and Sharjah. 'We are exploring further and will soon be seen in Ajman and Abu Dhabi, not to mention other Middle Eastern nations like Egypt and Saudi Arabia. We are across 17 countries and 50 cities, and are still growing.' The price point is their USP, and has meant even casual visitors will not hesitate to buy a book. 'We have everything a young child needs. The fact that we are selling on a large scale brings in profits. It is the volume game,' said John. According to Yap, 'If the whole world is reading, we will see a better world.' 'Sharjah Children's Reading Festival 2025 can only wish for the same too.' However, Sharif, a student of Grade 8 in one of Sharjah's schools, is enjoying the huge discount on their favourite books at the Big Bad Wolf and shared his excitement and said: 'We were surprised to see the wide range of our favourite books on discounts up to 85 per cent offering by the Big Bad Wolf stall. We will visit again on weekend to buy more books to bring our friends.' The 16th edition of the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival being organised by the Sharjah Book Authority, will continue till May 4 at Expo Centre Sharjah under the theme 'Dive into Books.' This year's agenda will feature 133 guests from 70 countries, and 122 Arab and international publishing houses from 22 nations. His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, recently toured the festival halls. This year's edition features over 1,024 cultural, artistic, and entertainment events, including creative workshops, theatrical performances, interactive sessions, and specialised reading activities for children and families. The festival also welcomes more than 133 distinguished guests from 70 countries, highlighting its global reach and cultural diversity.
What's On
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- What's On
Books for Dhs2? Get it at the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in Sharjah this April
Howling good news…. Book lovers in the UAE, particularly our friends in Sharjah, this is the news for you. If you have a bookshelf packed with books, it's time to add to the overflow, as the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is coming to Sharjah this April. If you haven't heard of the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, it's a sale that features a million books starting for prices as low as Dhs2. You can expect plenty of English and Arabic titles, with vast options for children and adults alike. From historical fiction to photography books, romance, thrillers, and more. In Sharjah, the sale takes place at the Expo Centre Sharjah in Hall 4. It is a part of the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival 2025 – one of the region's most celebrated literary events. The sale takes place from April 23 to May 4, 2025, from 10am to 10pm. Want more good news? You can enter the venue for free, meaning more spending money for your book haul. More about the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is a sale that takes place around the world in 15 countries and 47 different cities. It returns to Dubai at least once a year, and thousands of book lovers pack the venue for hours on end, strolling past tables packed with books to find their next read. But it's not limited to just the UAE. The sale takes place around the world in 15 countries and 47 different cities. The main aim of the sale is to make books affordable and accessible so everyone can read. After all, according to the Big Bad Wolf, 'Books are a right, not a privilege…' Images: Big Bad Wolf and Getty Images > Sign up for FREE to get exclusive updates that you are interested in
Miami Herald
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
As Miami-Dade's incinerator debate drags on, a new idea emerges: take on Donald Trump
Should fear of President Donald Trump prevent Miami-Dade County from building a garbage incinerator a few miles from his Doral resort? At least one county commissioner doesn't think so. 'I'm not afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,' Commissioner Keon Hardemon, a Democrat from Miami, said Wednesday at the latest commission meeting on whether to replace the Doral incinerator closed from a 2023 fire. 'Because a man was elected into office and he supposedly has some sort of magical power to keep us from making decisions that are in our own best interests — I don't understand that.' Hardemon's comments were a rare example of a county official addressing perhaps the biggest challenge facing Miami-Dade's trash plans. That's the unspoken assumption that the president will oppose any plan to build a garbage-burning facility in Doral, which consultants say is the cheapest place to build a replacement for an incinerator that used to burn nearly half of the county's trash every day. Trump himself has not weighed in publicly about Miami-Dade's incinerator debate, but his son has — and forcefully. Weeks after his father won the 2024 presidential election, Eric Trump, who runs the president's resort business, began urging county commissioners to reject Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's recommendation to rebuild the incinerator in Doral. Levine Cava soon backed off her plan, saying she wanted to rethink the environmental upside to burying in landfills the roughly 4 million tons of trash Miami-Dade manages each year. The county didn't appear any closer to a final plan on Wednesday when commissioners voted to delay a decision again until Levine Cava's administration can analyze potential incinerator proposals from the private sector. That report is expected by June, setting up another hypothetical showdown on the incinerator question in July, according to the schedule laid out by Chair Anthony Rodriguez, a Republican representing parts of western Miami-Dade. While Trump's name is rarely mentioned during incinerator debates, on Wednesday the presidential factor started getting some official attention. Commissioner Eileen Higgins, also a Democrat from Miami, said she was eager to see what private companies might propose for the six potential incinerator locations county consultants have already analyzed. 'There's enough information out there about these sites,' she said. 'Obviously, the president is involved in Doral, so — note to self — probably don't get involved with that. If you have any common sense, don't do that.' The vote to focus on private-sector proposals tees up the public phase of what's so far been closed-door lobbying by companies eager to win a county contract to build and operate an incinerator expected to cost close to $2 billion. Multiple commissioners cited Florida Power & Light as interested in making a deal with Miami-Dade for an incinerator, which burns trash and produces electricity in the process. 'We all know who the players are,' Rodriguez said to a chambers peppered with lobbyists and executives from waste-management companies, including Reworld, which ran the old Doral incinerator under a county contract. 'I see some of them in the audience today.' While companies may be eager for an incinerator deal, it's not clear the private route will make it easier for commissioners or Levine Cava to settle on a politically palatable site. Miramar, a Broward County city, led the opposition to the mayor's prior pick of an idle county airfield in northern Miami-Dade. Hialeah Gardens pushed back on the brief consideration of a private incinerator site near there. Levine Cava, a Democrat reelected to a second term last August, left the Wednesday meeting just before the incinerator discussion began. Last month, she released a memo recommending commissioners ditch the prior incinerator plans and instead continue using private landfills across Florida to take the trash that was previously burned in Doral. As Miami-Dade's two public landfills are expected to fill up in the coming years, the Levine Cava plan would have the county hauling almost all of its trash to other counties by truck or by train. The Trump factor brings two main obstacles to the possibility of another Doral incinerator being approved by an officially nonpartisan commission where Democrats hold a one-seat margin. The first is Trump's political sway in a county he carried by 11 points in November — including wins in 10 of the 13 commission districts. The other is regulatory. Even if commissioners approved a Doral incinerator, insiders privately doubt the Trump administration would green-light the federal permits required to build it. Hardemon tried to deflate that speculation with his comments, noting the approval process is likely to face enough delays that Trump's presidency may not even be a factor. 'I don't think that this county should engage in politics out of fear … and to have the approval of someone who is only going to be in office for four years,' he said. 'For us to not move forward because the fear of some boogeyman is imminent — I think is laughable.' With commissioners declining to pick between Levine Cava's landfill route and the original incinerator option, some board members doubted that having another report completed by this summer would move them closer to resolving a debate where the complications stretch all the way to the White House. 'This sounds like deja vu again,' said Commissioner Marleine Bastien, a Democrat who represents parts of Miami and its northern suburbs. 'If we don't have the courage to act, we will come back to the same place.'
