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P. 469: Hard-Hat Tour of the Wolf's Revenge

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Does anyone know if Verbolten is going to be reusing and of the existing structures from Big bad Wolf (Station, transfer shed, those little houses between the first and second lifts), or is the entire attraction completely new from the ground up?

 

Also, has anyone heard any type of estimated number as far as overall cost of the attraction? I'm interested to see the final cost is with all of the themeing, dark rides section, and coaster compared to something like Cheetah Hunt or Darkastle or Griffon.

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^From the looks of the construction, the station and the transfer shed have both been retained. The footers from Big Bad Wolf's final drop have also been kept as the ride will use that turn exactly as it was before.

 

As for the rest of the ride, everything should be brand new. The old village facades were demolished with Big Bad Wolf.

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That's cool, the station on Vortex at Kings Island was always interesting to me since it was originally built for the Bat suspended coasters. I guess at the time Arrow was really good at designing stations that could be retrofitted in the future to accommodate new coasters....

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The footers from Big Bad Wolf's final drop have also been kept as the ride will use that turn exactly as it was before.

 

I didn't realize this. It's pretty smart since now they won't have to do nearly as much work in the river and I am sure it eased permitting as well.

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The station has been completely gutted and will be fully rebuilt on the inside with the outer shell staying the same. As for the transfer track, the old maintenance area will now be part of the station and two new maintenance areas will be added. Together, they will be able to hold all 5 trains. The village area has been completely destroyed and is the future site of the "event building".

 

The forecast cost for the attraction as a whole is $54 Million.

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The footers from Big Bad Wolf's final drop have also been kept as the ride will use that turn exactly as it was before.

 

I didn't realize this. It's pretty smart since now they won't have to do nearly as much work in the river and I am sure it eased permitting as well.

 

I wonder if Zierer was designed their supports for that section of the ride around the existing bolt patterns on the old BBW footers or if they will have to do some prep work to make theirs fit. I'm not an expert on this type of construction or anything but if they are completely reusing the footers from that section of BBW then it would make sense to make the installation as simple as possible.

 

This ride looks more and more impressive every day, definitely my most anticipated new ride of 2012.

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The footers from BBW's last turnarounds (going into the station) will be reused as well. Chances are all the old footers from the finale over the river to the station belonged to BBW.

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Looking at the plans, I can tell you that basically all the footers from the bottom of the first drop to the brake run are reused Big Bad Wolf footers.

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54 million? Wouldn't that take the 2nd most expensive coaster title? (Alpengeist, Griffon, and AC combined cost a total of 56 million if I'm not wrong).

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The station has been completely gutted and will be fully rebuilt on the inside with the outer shell staying the same. As for the transfer track, the old maintenance area will now be part of the station and two new maintenance areas will be added. Together, they will be able to hold all 5 trains. The village area has been completely destroyed and is the future site of the "event building".

 

The forecast cost for the attraction as a whole is $54 Million.

I dont see how in the world it could be 54 million dollars. Thats two Intimidator 305's and then some.

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The theming elements that this ride is gonna have will amp the price up a few million.

 

A $50 mil budget gives me high hopes that this will be themed about as close to Disney/Universal as the park can get.

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Hey guys! I found some more pictures from BGWfans.com! The helix on Verbolten has been constructed! thGWanks to Chrsi and Brian Skinner at BGWfans!

NOTE!!! I do not own these pictures, they were taken by Brian Skinner(@WDWORLD) From BGWfans.com!

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Some helix goodness.

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More helix and event building goodness.

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Nice pictures, can't wait to see more. Can people get a good look at the construction when they go to the Halloween eevent?

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If you walk past the Festhaus to the right of the bumper cars, you can get a great look through the fence at that smoking area right there. I'm going to be there on closing day to get one last look at it before the building goes up.

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^I imagine all of it. I would think that's the plan - build the track, enclose it before the snow gets here, and then work on the special effects while the crews are building the rest of the ride outside, or when the snow ceases outdoor construction.

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Whie Busch Gardens may be going for a "family coaster", I am starting to doubt that its so family-ish. 2 launches, a dark room with special FX, a drop section, and an 89 foot drop to the Rhine River? If I were a little kid, I would go on LNM befor Bolty, needless to say this is a good thing for us coaster enthusiasts!

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I had a good look at the construction both Saturday and Sunday. I love the layout so far! Track construction inside the building should be finished within the next week.

 

On another note, HOS's scares have been amped up a bit from friends working in the mazes and from observations made going through scare zones in my spare time last Saturday. If you were a bit disappointed in the mazes and scare zones a few weeks ago, things have changed for the scarier.

 

I've considered working as a scareactor next year. Hearing the stories of people freaking out and peeing their pants must be fun to see in person. One of my friends managed to see a full-grown man crawl out of a maze because he was so scared.

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