Verbolten
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| Manufacturer | Zierer | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Launched | ||||||||
| Propulsion | 2 LSM launches | ||||||||
| Height | 88 feet | ||||||||
| Drop | 88 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 53 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 2835 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
| Duration | 3:25 | ||||||||
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Verbolten is a Zierer launched roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The ride uses the location of the former Big Bad Wolf.
Design
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Verbolten features two launches, sounds, and lights. The same famous drop formerly found on Big Bad Wolf has been replicated in this design. The ride also has a vertical drop track.
The name "Verbolten" is a play on the German word verboten, which means forbidden. The attraction takes riders on a high-speed drive on the German autobahn before venturing into the forbidden Black Forest.[1]
Ride experience
As the train exits the station, riders hear a paragraph that says "Remember, don't look back as you brave the Black Forest!" The train makes a left and right turn. After the right turn, the train accelerates from 0-45 mph in 2.3 seconds into a building. The building has lights and sound effects. After a short drop, riders go pass an over-banked curve and a helix. The train goes through a block brake and makes a left turn. Riders will slowly move along, as sounds are heard. A vertical drop track then plunges the train 18 feet. Three different sequences can be played before the drop; there is a storm element, spirit element, and wolf element, which is a reference to the coaster's predecessor. Riders exit the building by launching from 0-53 mph in 2.7 seconds. The train hits an s-curve and a block brake, reaching a max height of 88 feet.[2] Riders drop 88 feet near the water, reusing some of Big Bad Wolf's footers as they pass an s-curve and the final brake run.
Trains
5 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 16 riders per train. The automobile-themed trains have lap-bar restraints.
Photo Gallery
Verbolten zooming by.
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References
- ↑ "Busch Gardens Williamsburg to add Verbolten coaster for 2012". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/19/news/la-trb-verbolten-busch-gardens-coaster-09201119.
- ↑ "Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg Reviews & Info". https://www.themeparktourist.com/guides/busch-gardens-williamsburg/verbolten.
External links
- Verbolten on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Articles on Busch Gardens Williamsburg | |||||||||
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| Present | Alpengeist • Apollo's Chariot • Griffon • Grover's Alpine Express • InvadR • Loch Ness Monster • Pantheon • Tempesto • Verbolten • Unknown | ||||||||
| Former | Big Bad Wolf • Das Kätzchen • Die Wildkatze • Drachen Fire • Glissade • Wilde Maus | ||||||||