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

 

[Nora]

The endings rotate one after the other. Wolf- Spirit- Lightening Storm (I think) and they just repeat that same cycle.

So the color of the train means nothing. It seems random, but there is a equal rotation... but what you get is pretty much luck anyway you look at it.

Except the day it first opened and I got the orange car and the Big Bad Wolf ending all 5 times I rode it. The spirit of the Wolf was with me that day!

 

[BGW Family]

Anyone experience a 15 to 20 second delay after the drop, before the second launch? We had it once Saturday and once Sunday. You drop, then sit there with the sound effects repeating before finally rolling down to the second launch.

 

[pandorazboxx]

I was there and kept getting the storm and spirit, then I hopped in line with Nora and boom Wolf.

I prefer Cheetah Hunt to this though as far as family coasters go. The experience is so different though. The pacing on Verbolten is weird because of the drop and delay between the next launch.

 

[chickenking]

I had no idea there were multiple endings to this ride. Kinda like a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book except you can't really choose. Now I really gotta get in shape.

 

[netdvn]

Anyone experience a 15 to 20 second delay after the drop, before the second launch? We had it once Saturday and once Sunday.

The power system for the launches can only launch one train at a time. If you're sitting there, a train is probably being launched into the building as you're leaving.

Random note - The Spirit of the Black Forest appears in the moon, flashing as you roll out of the building to warn you of the broken bridge. Not sure if they still play that effect (I didn't see it the last few times I rode). You can clearly see it if you're sitting toward the back and looking up. Nobody seems to notice it since they're always looking forward.

I actually prefer Verbolten over Cheetah Hunt because of the better theming. CH's a good ride, but doesn't really have the theming to match.

 

[Peter R.]

I have rode Boltie a few times this year. For a long stretch I was not getting wolf, but when I rode this weekend (once Friday and twice Sunday) I got wolf all three times. Strange how that happens.

 

[pandorazboxx]

That question is about a different place in the ride. After the drop, not after the loading platform. I think it has something to do with the next block not being totally clear yet. Like I was saying I think it really messes up the pacing when you have to wait 10 seconds after the drop to launch.

And we should probably move this into a CH vs. Verbolten topic but CH has a lot of theming. I thought the theming on it was awesome.

 

[netdvn]

That question is about a different place in the ride. After the drop, not after the loading platform. I think it has something to do with the next block not being totally clear yet.

Once again, the ride can only power one launch at a time, so if you're sitting at the bottom of the freefall, another train is being launched into the building.

And we should probably move this into a CH vs. Verbolten topic but CH has a lot of theming. I thought the theming on it was awesome.

Other than the cheetah statue, stylized buildings, the treehouse, and Rhino Rally portion, there isn't too much theming to be found anywhere on the ride. I definitely found the layout to be better and more forceful than V-bolt's, but the overall experience on V-bolt surpasses anything CH has to offer.

 

[pandorazboxx]

Once again, the ride can only power one launch at a time, so if you're sitting at the bottom of the freefall, another train is being launched into the building.

Gotcha.

 

[IndyRacingNut]

It's still not the most impressive ride I've ever been on. Methinks they're using it as a test platform for something MUCH bigger & better for BGT.....Anyone think otherwise?

 

[netdvn]

Tampa got their family coaster the year before, so they're not getting anything for a while.

 

[Peter R.]

Other than the cheetah statue, stylized buildings, the treehouse, and Rhino Rally portion, there isn't too much theming to be found anywhere on the ride. I definitely found the layout to be better and more forceful than V-bolt's, but the overall experience on V-bolt surpasses anything CH has to offer.

You forgot abot the Cheetahs themselves.

 

[Shane]

Anyway, there is a Cheetah Hunt thread...

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

Once again, the ride can only power one launch at a time, so if you're sitting at the bottom of the freefall, another train is being launched into the building.

You are right Netdvn. I would just like to explain it a little more because I went on the insider tour, and our tour guide talked about it. Well, you see it's not only if another train is being launched into the building. It is because the ride has to have two trains in the building before they can launch the other one out of the building. So let's say that you loaded in the second loading zone, and you finished the building , but there was a back up at the station. The ride will not launch you out until the train at the station is launched into the building. So you could be waiting there for a very long time.

 

[iliketurtles]

I'm sorry, but that is entirely untrue. Netdvn was right, the first train will not leave the drop until the second train clears the first launch. However, if there is a back-up, the train will leave the drop. My tour guide said that it had to do with the block system. The first block being from the end of the brake underneath the control booth to the end of the first launch. If there is a train occupying the first block, the train ahead will not leave the drop. If there is no train occupying the first block, the train ahead will launch as normal.

Edit: Not *entirely* untrue, but mostly untrue. Maybe a little miscommunication between you and your guide? The Op in the control booth is normally pretty willing to answer any question the guide may not be able to answer, should that occur. Of course, though, don't interrupt if they're too busy with operating the ride.

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

Oh! You know what, you are right I mis-understood her. I meant to say that you have to wait there because if they released the train onto the s-turn heading for the first launch then you have to wait there until the train is launched into the building. However, their main goal is to keep a pace of "launching one in then launching one out." That means there is usually a small period of time where there are 2 trains in the building, until they launch one of them out.

 

[Nora]

Also, I would like to note that on the tour it was distinctly said that there are enough block brakes to hold all five trains on the track and keep them from running into each other outside of the station.

Safety is key with Verbolty (as I call it).

 

[FAL NR OX]

According to my source, the ride automatically favors 2 trains in the building instead of none if it is for a few seconds, which is why you wait on the drop and not the dispatch block longer... I have actually noticed that if you are at the bottom of the drop, you can look back and see the strobe lights for the next train going in just before you roll out of the building.

 

[Planeteer]

Thought this looked cool.

 

[pandorazboxx]

Hey so who won that car?