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.


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Development Documentary​

Ride Recordings​

On-Ride Videos​

Backstage Footage​

 
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This coaster just needs an major refurbishment when the season ends,not to mention last time i went to HOS on the 12th of october..I saw a broken panel inside the show building..breaks my heart to see my favorite coaster get treated this way.
 
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ok so not to double post but.Got bored decided to watch a Verbolten POV by CoasterForce.....CMON BGW REFURBISH MA GIRL,SHES NOT LIKE SHE ONCE WAS!
 
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I chose not to ride when I went this Howl-O-Scream. Seeing it in this condition would only sour me on it further. I'd rather give it another chance if they restore the show building.

I just realized most of my complaints about Verbolten's actual ride experience boiled down to "it kicks too much ass to be a family coaster". I was wrong to hold this against Verbolten. It's a problem with the coaster industry, every family coaster wants to be a Cheetah Hunt and nobody wants a Slinky Dog.
 
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horsesboy said:
Really wish they do what they did that one year and start off Christmas Town with Alp or some other coaster so that they had some extra time to give Bolt so TLC.
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If Gadv will run Batman and Nitro in the cold, BGW has no excuse not to run Alpie and Apollo. Just got back from Gadv yesterday and they were still hauling in the just-above-freezing temperatures.

Nicole said:
I know you never rode BBW so maybe that is part of the problem. The Wolf was know for it's intensity. Especially given how fast you felt you were going, it was much more akin to Cheetah Hunt than Slinky Dog.

I was shocked at how slow and mild Iron Dragon and the Bat were, when I first rode them; I was expecting a much more thrilling ride.

I think Bolt is a completely appropriate replacement for BBW, including the ridership niche it fills. They are both high intensity family coasters.
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All this time I thought the Wolf would have been comparable to Ninja/Vortex/Bat. Is Verbolten really a match intensity-wise? If so, that only leaves scenery. As it is, Verbolten's show building is a poor man's Skull Mountain (comparing my ride on that yesterday to Bolt's recent POVs).

Verbolten can be something special if only the show building lived up to what stood there before.
 
SLC Headache said:
All this time I thought the Wolf would have been comparable to Ninja/Vortex/Bat. Is Verbolten really a match intensity-wise?
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Schmeriously.

VB’s final drop is notably less intense than BBW’s was, particularly in the back. BBW’s first half was semi-intense due to the close proximity fly-by effects in the village it menaced, but I’d put VB’s first half clearly ahead intensity-wise. Both rides had/have pacing issues, so that’s a wash.

BBW was the best suspended I have ridden, well beyond Ninja and company. Really wish I could have ridden Eagle’s Fortress when I was in South Korea, but I didn’t know it existed at the time. A shame.
 
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halfabee said:
VB’s final drop is notably less intense than BBW’s was, particularly in the back.
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100% agree—the Wolf's second half was incredibly intense. Dropping into a tight left turn with, effectively, a beyond 90° bank followed by swinging aggressively 180+° to switch directions to climb the hill to the right was nuts.

BGW has been "accidentally" making their family coasters shockingly intense for decades and the public seems to eat it up. They must have something right.
 
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Road it last night it's always depressing to see it in its current state. I almost feel like turning off all the lights and running it in the complete dark would be an improvement at this point.
 
Pompeiiboy said:
When I rode it at night the car headlights were on throughout the show building and there was just a bright light shining in the building
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When I road last night the headlights were on and it was on the storm seen so the lighting strobe was going making it painful clear that it was more or less an empty warehouse with track at this point.
 
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I have never seen a lights on ride on bolt pretty neat.

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Any guesses on how interactive the new spire supports will be with the Verbolten track? Handchop or just a near miss?
Also makes me wonder if Verbolten is looking at some serious downtime in late 2020.
 
I imagine those supports over verboten will be some 100 feet above or more. Will still be quite a sight from the ride.
 
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