Verbolten will be a Zierer

Zierer

Zierer is a German company located close to Deggendorf. Zierer manufactures Tivoli and Force line of roller coasters, as well as panoramic wheels, wave swingers, flying carpets, Hextentanz and Kontiki rides...

 multi-launching

Launched roller coaster

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 steel

Steel roller coaster

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 roller coaster

Roller coaster

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 scheduled to open in spring of 2012 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg, Virginia

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. Details about the ride were released on September 17, 2011 including a teaser video, ride statistics, and more. The new ride will replace the Big Bad Wolf

Big Bad Wolf (roller coaster)

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, an Arrow Dynamics

Arrow Dynamics

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 suspended roller coaster that was retired in 2009.

Announcement

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, it was revealed that:

• Name: Verbolten
• Manufacturer: Zierer
  Zierer
  Zierer is a German company located close to Deggendorf. Zierer manufactures Tivoli and Force line of roller coasters, as well as panoramic wheels, wave swingers, flying carpets, Hextentanz and Kontiki rides...
  
  
• Speed: 53 miles per hour (85.3 km/h)
• Drop: 88 feet (26.8 m)
• Length: 2835 feet (864.1 m)
• Duration: 3:25
• Theme: Car/Autobahn

Theme

The ride will be inspired by the Autobahn, a German highway. 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. In addition, one launch will take place inside an indoor "event building", which will house multiple special effects.

Many Theme Park critics have related the theme/ coaster style to Th13teen at Alton Towers. As of October 23rd 2011, the track for the indoor event building has been laid and has a drop similar to the one at Alton Towers Th13teen.

Trivia

• The name Verbolten is a pun on "verboten", which is German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  for "forbidden"