Verbolten
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| Busch Gardens Williamsburg | |
| Park section | Oktoberfest |
| Coordinates | 37°13′53″N 76°38′42″W / 37.231498°N 76.644919°WCoordinates: 37°13′53″N 76°38′42″W / 37.231498°N 76.644919°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Soft opening date | May 11, 2012 |
| Opening date | May 18, 2012 |
| Replaced | Big Bad Wolf |
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| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Model |
Family Launched Coaster Elevated Seating Coaster |
| Track layout | Custom terrain design |
| Lift/launch system | 2 LSM Launches |
| Drop | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Length | 2,835 ft (864 m) |
| Speed | 53 mph (85 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 3:25 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 5 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 16 riders per train. |
| Theme | Car/Autobahn |
| Slogan | Brave the Black Forest |
 Quick Queue http://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-williamsburg available |
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Verbolten at RCDB Pictures of Verbolten at RCDB |
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Family Launched Coaster
Verbolten is a Zierer multi-launching steel roller coaster that officially opened on May 18, 2012 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia after a soft opening began on Friday, May 11, 2012. The concept was jointly designed by the park's creative design team and by Zierer of Germany. Details about the ride were released on September 17, 2011 including a teaser video, ride statistics, and more. The new ride has replaced the Big Bad Wolf, an Arrow Dynamics suspended roller coaster that was retired in 2009. "Verbolten" is a play on words of the German word "verboten," which translates to "forbidden" in English. On 26 January 2013, the red train got stuck on the first launch, but no injuries were reported.
The original announcement of Verbolten took place in September 2010, with the park only saying the ride would be a "Multi-launching roller coaster" featuring many "firsts."
Slowly, fans began to find details of the ride until they were officially released to the first thousand season pass members to enter Das Festhaus, a popular restaurant at Busch Gardens. Guests also learned details about 2011's Howl-O-Scream, the park's Halloween event.
During the September 17 announcement, the following details were released:
The ride was inspired by the Autobahn, the German highway system. As shown in the teaser video, a car takes a leisurely trip down the Autobahn, but suddenly lightning strikes the car and causes it to drive into the Black Forest, a "forbidden" forest in which the ride takes place. The dark forest encounters weather changes, such as lightning, as shown in the video.
The queue and station are themed as a motor tours agency owned and operated by the brother and sister team of Gerta and Gunter Schwartzwald. A portion of the queue is decorated as Gunter's office which houses such curious items as plant samples, monitors, and the luggage of the unlucky tourists who have come before. The station house is themed as a garage where riders board trains that resemble stretched roadsters in one of 5 colors (Orange, Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow). The theme of the ride itself is the Black Forest and various legends associated with it.
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