Comments on: New Verbolten Teaser Video & A Construction Update

By: Caveman

Caveman — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:43:52 +0000

I really like dark rides like this. It's more of a visually exciting experience and may not be as thrilling, but it's still fun as hell and is a nice break from the action.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:52:25 +0000

Same for me Matt. My oldest daughter is interested in coasters, but I wouldn't dare take her on a heavily themed dark ride. She's only 4. What's your local park by the way? Does it have a mine train coaster? They can be nice in-between rides.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:46:29 +0000

I've been wanting to do a cross-Missouri trip too. I'd love to hit those three parks in a two or three day blitz. Since Canda is my major destination this year, Minnesota and/or Missouri will be next for 2013.

By: Piedude81

Piedude81 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:34:22 +0000

Do you think that this video will keep getting longer and longer until they release the entire layout?

By: Quil

Quil — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:11:02 +0000

Probably.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:34:41 +0000

Zierer did do what sounds like one relatively intense coaster, Wicked at Lagoon in Utah, which has a 110-foot vertical launch and drop and a zero-g roll. They do seem to specialize mostly in family and kiddie coasters.

By: coasterer22

coasterer22 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:41:53 +0000

I'm excited about Verbolten because it's Busch Gardens. They never seem to dissapoint or come up short, especially with thier coasters (well, except Drachen Fire). This new teaser just gets me even more excited, as the theming looks great.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:31:52 +0000

I think it's basically a remake of the final drop of the Big Bad Wolf, which was in exactly the same place and was pretty steep.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:25:55 +0000

I get excited these days about news of family coasters for exactly this reason: I want rides I can share with my kid, now or in the near future. My local park has something of a gap between their kiddie coaster and the big rides.

Height requirements aside, though, it will be a few years before she's up to riding something with spooky dark-ride elements like Verbolten; the idea of a ride going through a simple tunnel is still too much for her.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:50:51 +0000

I believe BGW and Kings Dominion are still on my 2013 trip radar. That, or a cross-Missouri trip to Six Flags, WOF, and SDC. One of my first coasters was a Zierer–What is now called Pepsi Orange Streak at Nickelodeon Universe. They've come a ways from POS, but how far is the envelope away from its starting spot?