LOUP-GAROU

One week after the major RMC announcement, Walibi Belgium gave Loup-Garou's farewell a tangible form. The park introduced a special souvenir line called The Last Full Moon, a direct reference to the wooden coaster's werewolf identity. Shirts, hoodies and a poster show a werewolf on top of the lift hill, alongside the ride logo and the years marking its opening and closing.

The news shows that Walibi is not letting Loup-Garou's final phase pass quietly. The 2001 coaster may not be a perfect ride for every visitor, but it is a recognisable part of the park's history. By turning the farewell into merchandise, Walibi created a fan moment: a way to capture memories before the coaster disappears into its RMC hybrid transformation. For the attraction's timeline, this detail matters because it marks the moment when Weerwolf shifts from controversial wooden coaster to nostalgic icon with an official send-off.

On 1 June 2026, the long-running debate around Loup-Garou finally reached its answer. Walibi Belgium officially announced that the wooden coaster will be transformed into a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid coaster. The ride will operate in its current form for the last time in 2026; construction work starts in January 2027, with the successor planned to open in spring 2028.

The impact is substantial. Looopings reported that the Belgian RMC is intended to be higher, longer and faster than Untamed at Walibi Holland. At 49 metres tall and 1,231 metres long, Walibi Belgium is preparing a new signature coaster that also responds directly to Loup-Garou's reputation as a rough wooden ride. The coaster will anchor Festival World, a new area themed around Mardi Gras and New Orleans. For fans, this is more than a renovation: it is the end of Weerwolf as guests have known it since 2001, and the beginning of a far more ambitious chapter for Walibi Belgium.

In late 2024, the future of Loup-Garou shifted into a much higher gear. Looopings reported that Walibi Belgium was in talks with Rocky Mountain Construction about a possible conversion of the wooden coaster into a hybrid coaster. The comparison with Untamed at Walibi Holland was obvious: there, too, an older Vekoma wooden coaster had been radically rebuilt by RMC with steel rails and much more intense elements.

The article was not yet an official announcement. Walibi only confirmed that it was considering retracking Loup-Garou and that nothing had been signed. Even so, the news mattered to guests and coaster fans. Weerwolf, long discussed because of its ride comfort and long-term value, appeared to be more than a candidate for maintenance; it could be heading for a full reinvention. That shifted Loup-Garou from nostalgic wooden coaster to possible future European headline ride. The report laid the groundwork for the later, far more concrete announcement of Festival World and the RMC transformation.