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​

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On-Ride Videos​

Backstage Footage​

 
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Pompeiiboy said:
In the past few years I have heard multiple times from many different people including tour guides that vbolts track is deteriorating insanley fast to where something big needs to be done in the next few years. Not a good thing at all especially cause I love the ride.
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What do you mean by "In the past few years"? Would you be talking about 2018?
 
Pompeiiboy said:
In the past few years I have heard multiple times from many different people including tour guides that vbolts track is deteriorating insanley fast to where something big needs to be done in the next few years. Not a good thing at all especially cause I love the ride.
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Oh man
 
Pompeiiboy said:
In the past few years I have heard multiple times from many different people including tour guides that vbolts track is deteriorating insanley fast to where something big needs to be done in the next few years.
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As in the people who lead the roller coaster tour? I find it hard to believe that they would say something like that. Park employees would not say anything that might lead guests to believe a ride is unsafe or could be replaced.
 
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DJTLG said:
As in the people who lead the roller coaster tour? I find it hard to believe that they would say something like that. Park employees would not say anything that might lead guests to believe a ride is unsafe or could be replaced.
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I have also known many a tour guide to bend the truth/spread some pretty crazy rumors/pull answers out of their butt to questions they don't know or don't want to answer. Not saying that this was the case here, just I always take what they say "off-script" with a grain of salt.
 
I went on the tour a handful of years ago, and never really got past the guide calling LNM "The Lochness" about ten times.

Such a petty thing to be annoyed about. But she never said the word monster. Not once. She was supposed to be the expert! Learn the name! What park were we standing in? "The Busch?"

Happily, she did not force a definite article in front of every single ride name. No "The Alpengeist," "The Verbolten," etc.
 
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I have heard this from maintenance talking to employees from employees saying it to tour guides to tour guides saying it to me. Not to mention the rides rails look worn out and the coaster has a nasty rattle so their is evidence to support it.
 
I noticed the rattle after the big drop the year it opened. It surprised me that it was not only noticeable, but (to me) distracting and a bit uncomfortable for a second or two after the river turn.

Not sure what, if anything, that might mean for the longevity of the vehicles or track structure. It may not be substantial enough to make any incremental difference at all vs. normal wear over time. But I do know it certainly isn't better for the ride than if the rattle weren't there. So "no difference" is presumably the best possible case.

I am always careful about judging steel track structure by its looks... one good lesson I picked up years ago from a well respected park maintenance supervisor was that there can be a really big difference between the way a ride looks and its actual mechanical condition. The former is often just a coat of paint.
 
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Jonesta6 said:
Deteriorating because of normal wear and tear, or because the forces it receives weren't all accounted for by Zieier when they tried to make an Intamin kind of ride that's a bit out of their wheelhouse?

If it's the second option, curious if they can get Intamin to do the rehab since there's now a relationship.
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I previously said Six Flags buying out SeaWorld and retheming Verbolten to Poison Ivy as part of slapping DC Comics characters on everything was the only way I'd get over my grudge towards this ride.

I stand corrected. If Intamin changes up the ride more than just retracking the rattly bits, it could go from wasted opportunity to worthy successor. Lowering the main hill so it's an airtime hill instead of a block section could go a long way.

Of course, I wouldn't be too sad to see Verbolten go.
 
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SLC Headache said:
I previously said Six Flags buying out SeaWorld and retheming Verbolten to Poison Ivy as part of slapping DC Comics characters on everything was the only way I'd get over my grudge towards this ride.

I stand corrected. If Intamin changes up the ride more than just retracking the rattly bits, it could go from wasted opportunity to worthy successor. Lowering the main hill so it's an airtime hill instead of a block section could go a long way.

Of course, I wouldn't be too sad to see Verbolten go.
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I don't see them getting rid of a block section without removing trains and/or lowering capacity.
 
Pompeiiboy said:
I have heard this from maintenance talking to employees from employees saying it to tour guides to tour guides saying it to me. Not to mention the rides rails look worn out and the coaster has a nasty rattle so their is evidence to support it.
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That's something that happens with age of rides, the wheels eventually wear through the paint and primer.

Incredible Hulk had holes in the track spine before the ride got redone, and track welding tends to become a thing when rides near the end of their lifespans.

Unless I see Verbolten being shut down for periods of time due to these situations, I don't think Verbolten is in that bad of shape being only 8 years old. Maybe another 10-12 years, sure, but nothing I have seen indicates the ride is in dire straits.
 
I'd imagine the worst signs would be coming from the sections with the most movement such as the drop track - if it were showing irregular signs of wear it'd probably be way costlier to refurb.
 
I think the chances of the drop track being an issue are slim to none. The design strikes me as damn near perfect. Actual track fabrication is much more likely to be the ride's weak point in my opinion.

That said, like @b.mac, I tend to think this isn't much of an actual issue—just some musings from people who claim to be more looped in than they are. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to reach out.
 
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Yeah this is about as credible as the theory that Magnum is sinking. Although, if the park ever wanted Intamin to come in and essentially convert V-Bolt into a Maverick 2.0 I’m all for that. The ride has a rattle at a very young age and the effects are slowly wearing away and disappearing, but I don’t see this ride going anywhere anytime soon.
 
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