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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Well he could have meant 3... Yellow was pulled last night due to a harness stuck shut... or it might just be that its a holiday and it's been raining all day so they only need 3 trains because no one is there
 
Not to change the subject or anything, but is the on-ride video working this year. Last year, out of all the times that we rode Verbolten, the on-ride video only worked once.
 
I believe it was working during CT, but that is all I know...

And stuck shut wow, hope no one was in that seat :p. That's a very easy fix with hydraulic restraints, but takes some time to fix, so I'm sure that's why it was taken out.

Since yellow was out last night, was yellow running today?
 
Unless I'm blind...yellow, green and blue in that order.

According to a ride operator for Verbolten last night, a drunken male somehow managed to hit his head on the harness. A ride op. for MT says the same thing. Take that for whatever it's worth.

And the park is rather dead since I've been here...5:30.
 
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chickenking said:
According to a ride operator for Verbolten last night, a drunken male somehow managed to hit his head on the harness. A ride op. for MT says the same thing. Take that for whatever it's worth.
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Doubt that... from what I was told (by sources and people in the station when he came back) the injury was on his forehead... so he couldn't have hit the harness
 
Well if he was drunk (according the the operators) then he was probably kinda wobbly and hit the brakes which will catch a drunk off guard and he could have hit the pole or something.
 
Believe what you want... I just dont trust ride ops (the op probably wasn't even there and heard three different stories of the incident) and dont see how he could bend down far enough to hit his head that bad
 
I questioned it too and the ride operator suggested that maybe he hit a harness to the left or right somehow. I never take anything at face value, but what else is left? Is this possible?
 
The only real thing to do is wait and ask at a later date... there seemed to be a lot of confusion going around last night, so I bet that by the end of the week, we should know what went on after the park finishes their investigation
 
Evan said:
3 other colors? Do you mean 4 but typo? Is the park dead? They could have it put away because it's not needed.
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To end the confusion, I think that there is a red train as well but it was not running tonight.
 
I was in line Sat night when this happened. The guest boarded the ride with no visable injuries, was definately over emphasizing word with arm movements and somewhat loud. Sat in the car by themselves, upon returning to the station blood was all over their face, shirt and hands. Guest then proceded to hurry out of the station as fast as they could despite operators telling them to stay put as a medic was on their way. The park employees caught up with them where the pics/vidoes of your ride are available for purchase. The injury was to the forehead and small, not sure if it was a cut or not, couldn't tell as I walked by. We were ushered back into line after boarding the blue car and the operators then ran the cars for a test run each, and then we were told that the ride was shut down due to housekeeping. I'm not sure what happened, but when the guest boarded I didn't see any loose articles on them other than a hat. The videos were working earlier in the day just fine, although they were "unavailable" as we walked out (which makes sense). My best guess is that the guest hit their head during the exit from the event building, whether by turning around or leaning to the side...I don't know.
 
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i'm guessing it was because he was drunk and scared, then his emotions kicked in, i'm guessing, from embarrassment.
 
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