10 Incredible Roller Coasters You'll Never Get To Ride Ever Again

Location: Busch Gardens Williamsburg (James City County, Virginia)

Big Bad Wolf certainly lived up to its name as it got your heart racing from start to finish. There was a departure message as it began which said “Thank you and enjoy travelling at the speed of fright!”.

The ride started out with two small dips at the station, turning left then right before ascending the first lift hill. The ride went through a mock Bavarian village which gave the illusion that you were about to hit houses and shops, before narrowly avoided them. The ride finished with an ninety-nine foot drop which went down at a 90° angle, swooping in close proximity to water.

There have been two unfortunate deaths linked to the Big Bad Wolf coaster, granted neither of them were technically the ride’s fault. The first instance was in 1993 when a park employee was sent to clear a tree branch that was obstructing the view of a security camera. He was killed by a moving train while working in a restricted area.

Two guests on the ride claimed the man seemed unaware of the oncoming vehicle. The employee’s family tried to sue Busch Entertainment incorporated but were unsuccessful. Similarly, in 2003, a contractor was hired to paint the Big Bad Wolf and was killed as he was working on a high reach vehicle which overturned.

After a remarkable twenty-five years of operating, management announced Big Bad Wolf would be retiring. Like most long-running roller coasters, the ride was becoming harder to maintain and more expensive. The parts to repair it were difficult to find and costs went into millions of dollars just to pay for it. It has since been closed and replaced by a multi-launching roller coaster named ‘Verbolten’, much to the disappointment of many loyal patrons.