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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Gavin said:
The best start up warning spiel of any ride, change my mind.
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Random fact: It was originally decided to do the standard "clear the track" spiel, but shortly before opening, one of the area supervisors came up with that line and they recorded her saying that instead. That's why it sounds like a different person, since Ashley did that one instead of the voice actor who recorded the other spiels.
 
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ControlsEE said:
Random fact: It was originally decided to do the standard "clear the track" spiel, but shortly before opening, one of the area supervisors came up with that line and they recorded her saying that instead. That's why it sounds like a different person, since Ashley did that one instead of the voice actor who recorded the other spiels.
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After listening to @Travis...'s video, that's a pretty impressive impression of Gerta. In all these years, I had no idea that wasn't her.
 
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While I worked the ride (2013 and 2016), it was programmed to leave when the first entered the first set of brakes before the drop. The idea is to time it where the train is dropping while launch 1 is launching. If the train leaves the dispatch before the previous train leaves the drop, the train will wait on the drop until launch 1 is clear.
 
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Someone just released LEGO designs for all five of Verbolten's lead cars!

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Did anyone notice that there is scaffolding around the second launch. I am guessing it's normal maintenance but it wouldn't surprise me to she it shut down for a while after the end of March.
 
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Nicole said:
With year-round operations, it is inevitable that rides will have to close for routine maintenance, while the park is open.
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That’s exactly what I said. When we first spotted the scaffolding it was typically the off-season and we don’t usually get to see the off-season maintenance

I wouldn’t freak out about it at all
 
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