Verbolten

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Manufacturer
ZIERER

Model
Elevated Seating Coaster w/ Vertical Drop Element

Hamlet
Oktoberfest (Germany)

Official Opening
May 18, 2012

Soft Opening
May 11, 2012

Tallest Drop
88ft


Top Speed
53mph

Inversion Count
0

Launch Segments
2

Riders Per Train
16

Number of Trains
5

Height Requirement
48in



Verbolten is an indoor/outdoor ZIERER Elevated Seating Coaster that features a Vertical Drop Element. It officially opened in mid-May 2012 on the site formally occupied by the Arrow Suspended Coaster, Big Bad Wolf.


Videos​

Development Documentary​

Ride Recordings​

On-Ride Videos​

Backstage Footage​

 
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Hi All,

My daughters and I would like to share this picture of Verbolten but we are not sure which thread would be appropriate so we are hoping this is the proper one.  This took a bit of planning and testing but we were able to get the shot.  Well, actually, it was Busch Gardens that took the photo :)  Anyway, as a tribute to the Big Bad Wolf, we felt that it was only proper that the Big Bad Wolf ride Verbolten while chasing Granny and Little Red.  Hope you enjoy!  It brings together our memories of wonderful times on Big Bad Wolf AND Verbolten and in on picture :)  No Photoshop work - it is just the way it came out at the photo booth.  Hope you enjoy!

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Mod Edit: Fixed photo embed- Dropbox can be funny with what link you use to embed photos ~Evan
 
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^ why do you conclude that it would be "a blackout machine"? There's a reason that Verbolten does not launch from a standstill. The train is already traveling at a fair speed when it hits the first launch, so the forces exerted upon the riders are very different than a launch from zero mph. Someone should find out the speed of the train before launch and after launch and the differential will be the actual speed imparted by the LSMs.
 
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He is saying that if you launched to 53mph at the first launch, then the forces produced in the building layout will cause you to blackout. Not the launch itself causing you to black out.
 
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I find it difficult to believe that a difference of 8 mph (45 vs 53) is the difference between tolerable forces and, as MrLaptop claims, a "blackout machine". I have seen plans of the track layout, as well as pictures of the track inside the building and I don't believe that the helices are tight enough to cause blackouts at either 45 or 53 mph, nor do I believe that Zierer would engineer a ride, especially a family ride, with such narrow physical tolerances.
 
^ Since it was trimmed and re-engineered, I don't think the grey-outs are quite as prevalent.

But the claim I'm interested in debunking is that Verbolten inflicts forces near the level of loss-of-consciousness (blackout), which is different than just causing momentary grey-outs.
 
I grey-out on verbolten and on I-305, that's one of the main reasons why I don't particularly like either ride. I don't recover till the drop so I don't get to see most of the theming because of this. Its no fun for me, kinda sucks!
 
I gray out on the helix occasionally but it's not very severe. I just have a hard time seeing the moon when it comes on at first.
 
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