Verbolten

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​

• From Dreams to Screams: Verbolten by Devin Olson

Ride Recordings​

On-Ride Videos​

• Opening Year POV (Storm Sequence)
• Opening Year POV (Spirit Sequence)
• Opening Year POV (Wolves Sequence)
• Spring 2019 Lights-On POV
• 2012/2019 Side-by-Side POV

Backstage Footage​

• Verbolten Control Booth Screens

 

[horsesboy]

I really liked it it's first few years but it's not enjoyable to me now that there is so much light population inside the building. Honestly I have found the best way to enjoy it is to close my eyes and just feel the motion of the ride.

 

[kulthus]

I liked it the first few times I rode it, but now the building has a little too much light in there and also the ending after the river drop is very rough IMO.

 

[Icer]

Verbolten's Zierer is starting to show, as the rattle it has developed after a relatively short lifetime is absolutely pitiful. It really ruins the ride for me, coming out of that drop to just have my jimmies rustled.

 

[SLC Headache]

Verbolten's Zierer is starting to show, as the rattle it has developed after a relatively short lifetime is absolutely pitiful. It really ruins the ride for me, coming out of that drop to just have my jimmies rustled.

I don't think I've been rattled on any other Zierer. Not Impulse, not Pepsi Orange Streak, not Jaguar. EDIT TO ADD: At the rate the ride is deteriorating, judging by the rattle for a ride of this size, refurbishing the show building theming would be lipstick on a pig.

 

[Coaster Takes]

The entire ride after the drop as aged like milk. That turn into the s-bend and up into the airtimeless hill is pretty awkward, and it doesn’t help that the ride pretty much has no heartline. The forces, rattle, and weird shaping don’t mix well at all.

The indoor section still kicks ass though so I’m gonna keep riding it until it gets axed.

 

[SLC Headache]

The entire ride after the drop as aged like milk. That turn into the s-bend and up into the airtimeless hill is pretty awkward, and it doesn’t help that the ride pretty much has no heartline. The forces, rattle, and weird shaping don’t mix well at all.

My guess is that the weird heartlining is due to the vehicles being based on Zierer's ESC (Elevated Seating Coaster) model.

 

[Nibbins]

Noticed the pictures of Gerta and Gunter as kids in the 1st Verbolten building for the first time last weekend.

 

[zachclarke]

Pretty much the only photos I took today not of Pantheon, figured I'd share here since they turned out cool I think. Probably took ~40 shots like these across 10 dispatches or so and ended up with a handful that were reasonably sharp.

 

[kulthus]

Pretty much the only photos I took today not of Pantheon, figured I'd share here since they turned out cool I think. Probably took ~40 shots like these across 10 dispatches or so and ended up with a handful that were reasonably sharp.

Great photos! It looks like someone threw a huge bucket of paint all over everyone, lol. ?

 

[SLC Headache]

Those photos really capture the sense of speed the ride was trying to convey.

 

[ludmarco]

If I remember correctly, the cabinets in the station with the stickers were taken from Zierer's factory. I guess if you're a big chain park giving a minor coaster manufacturer an enormous project, you can ask for just about anything you want—including their furniture.

Zierer must be pretty proud of their Verbolten creation. They’re using it as a cover photo...

 

[vacoasterfanatic]

Just watched a vbolt ROLLBACK!

 

[nick]

@Travis... @Pompeiiboy
Good size line on the bridge managed by park staff. No one in the actual queue. Temperatures are juuuuust getting there.

 

[vacoasterfanatic]

Yeah I was walking by the bumper cars when it rolled back

 

[SLC Headache]

A rollback? It's pretty cold today. Hmm, so this is why they raised the minimum temperature to operate this thing from 32 to 40 degrees.

And while I'm here, I wonder how big the backlash would be if they humored my fantasy by like 2030 and replaced this with the resurrection of the Big Bad Wolf (assuming they lead with "the Wolf is returning" and not "we're tearing down Verbolten").

 

[Nicole]

Seriously tiresome.

 

[madmax]

Apparently the headlights were on tonight

 

[ControlsEE]

Apparently the headlights were on tonight

They should be on every night... its just a small toggle switch on the bottom right side of the front bumper. Most team members when I worked there didn't know it even exists, they just thought they came on automatically at night.

 

[Zachary]

#NormalizeAskingOpsToSwitchOnCoasterEffects

Whether it's Apollo's lift music or Verbolten's headlights, I want the full experience damn it!

 

[WDWRLD]

Apparently the headlights were on tonight

Yes and they really stood out and looked great dropping down over the Rhine!