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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Does anyone know why those 2 sensors at the beginning of the holding block extra long? Looks like it goes into the magnetics for the train.
 
Hoopla said:
It looks as if they had to replace a tire on the track.
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This!

I noticed earlier this year that the tire's they use on Verbolten's blocks are very basic ones. They are nothing like the ones you see on B&M coasters. These look like they could be used on a small car, as regular tires. So I looked at a lot of them and noticed the "tread" on the tires was really worn out and some were even torn. So a tire replacement seems about right.
 
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Evan said:
Does anyone know why those 2 sensors at the beginning of the holding block extra long? Looks like it goes into the magnetics for the train.
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I asked one of the workers that a while ago, and they said that those are to clear any debris from the magnets, so the launches or brakes won't get damaged... apparently, they are attached to smaller sensors, so that if there was something really stuck in the magnets, the ride will shut down until maintenance can get it out... I found all of this out because apparently one of the shutdowns over the past few weeks was because a cell phone got stuck in a magnet and the magnet-clean-inators could not clear it
 
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[split] Shrubbery (Park Landscaping)

By the way, Busch Gardens got tired of people using the plant cut through on Verbolten (I don't know how else to explain it), so they planted a TON more plants so it is impossible to pass through, unless you want to be pricked. If you don't understand what I'm saying, go on Verbolten and you will see. :)
 
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RE: Shrubbery (Park Landscaping)

Hoopla said:
By the way, Busch Gardens got tired of people using the plant cut through on Verbolten (I don't know how else to explain it), so they planted a TON more plants so it is impossible to pass through, unless you want to be pricked. If you don't understand what I'm saying, go on Verbolten and you will see. :)
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Glad to hear it! I hated it when people would do that.
 
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Hoopla said:
By the way, Busch Gardens got tired of people using the plant cut through on Verbolten (I don't know how else to explain it), so they planted a TON more plants so it is impossible to pass through, unless you want to be pricked. If you don't understand what I'm saying, go on Verbolten and you will see. :)
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At Disneyland, in 1956, the landscapers came to Walt and said "we need a fence up around the flowers in Main Street square."

"Why?" asked Walt.

"People are trampling the flowers," they said. "They walk through the beds trying to take a shortcut."

Walt replied, "Well then we don't need a fence. What we need is a sidewalk."

Correct response vs. incorrect response.
 
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No idea, haha. The story is in one of my Disney books, so it's either in:

Designing Disney by John Hench

Walt Disney Imagineering by Collaboration

Inside the Dream by Katherine and Richard Greene

At any rate, I know it isn't always practical to just cut pathways through, but I do agree with Disney's sentiment. If people feel inclined to walk through a certain area at Busch Gardens, and do so repeatedly, it might make sense to simply facilitate their efforts, rather than blocking them off.

But then, I'm a William Wallace type, so...
 
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I do think that this "shrubbed area" of the queue for Verbolten needs a short cut actually; it doesn't make sense to wind all the way around the side of the queue building if there is noone in the queue building. A small concrete cut through would make sense there. Just chain it off like any other queue if the length of line warrants the use of that area. I just really hated seeing all the trampled earth. But this isn't really a discussion for the shrubbery thread anymore is it?
 
Shane said:
I do think that this "shrubbed area" of the queue for Verbolten needs a short cut actually; it doesn't make sense to wind all the way around the side of the queue building if there is noone in the queue building. A small concrete cut through would make sense there.
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I agree, but I think part of the reason for not putting a cut-through there is the fact that it is some what steep (Don't believe me? The area next to the bushes has a retaining wall... It's steep), which would require stairs. Stairs in of themselves are no problem, but when you have 20 million teenagers sprinting over them to ride asap, you will end up with a lot more calls to first aid.
 
Well a simple solution would be to add a cut through with pavement that may be chained off when the line is longer. Just like every queue line in the park.

Everyone feels silly wandering around and around empty paths when they should just have an official cut through and solve the problem.

Edit: Just realized that what I said was the same as Doc's above me. Sorry, sometimes I do not read all the way up to the top of the thread but reply to the last post. Totally agree with everything you said Doc.
 
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I made this video earlier today of Verbolten's full preshow with the subtitles of what Gerta actually says. It's interesting and very cool, though it was exceedingly difficult to figure out what she was saying with her accent for the subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBnm4BzrUQ
Sorry about the sound quality at some points...between the pop music blaring outside, the wind, the quiet, echoing audio, and some obnoxious people walking by me, disregarding that I was clearly filming. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Gerta is one crazy "German." :p
 
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