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. Throughout the ride, a mock German language is used, implementing puns and “k”s for “kamera”s. The station house is themed as a garage where riders board trains that resemble stretched roadsters in one of 5 colors. The theme of the ride itself is the Black Forest and various legends associated with it. The ride features an indoor portion which represents a ride through the Black Forest and features one of three alternating special effects driven story lines. The inside of the event building is decorated with painted drops and set pieces, as well as featuring unique sound and lighting effects, such as low whistles. Currently, there are three randomized story lines inside the event building.
The Spirit of the Forest - In this story the effects feature a peaceful sounding spirit who lures riders into the forest and then turns on them.
Lightning Storm - In this story the effects feature a violent storm that threatens to destroy the riders and their vehicle.
The Big Bad Wolf - In this story the effects feature a pair of glowing red eyes that stalk the train during its journey through the forest, a nod to the ride's predecessor.
The train departs the station and gently dips to the left into a leisurely winding S-curve. Exiting the S-curve, the train enters the first Linear Synchronous Motor launch, which accelerates it into the event building. Inside the event building, the train crests an airtime hill and then dives into a series of high speed turns, followed by a helix that guides the train onto a brake run, while psychedelic leaves appear with blowing sounds. The train then dives into a curve and up a medium-sized hill onto a second brake run, while psychedelic branches appear with varying sounds depending on the theme. The train finally comes to a stop on a section of track, with blackness for a while, followed by various thematic elements, then the entire train drops 18 feet vertically. Once dropped, the train rolls forward and down a small dip onto the second LSM launch, which quickly accelerates it out of the event building and through an 'S' turn up a hill. At the crest of the hill, the track hits a brake run themed as a decaying bridge. The train then enters a section of track that recreates the Big Bad Wolf's finale as it drops 88 ft off of the bridge into a hard left hand turn along the river bank. The train then enters a high speed S-curve and goes over a bunny hop into a turnaround onto the final brake run.
Multiple nods to Verbolten's predecessor, the Big Bad Wolf, can be found throughout the ride and queue:
One of the five trains, the orange train, reads "WOLF X ING" on its license plate.
One of the three stories played within the event building features glowing red wolf eyes that chase riders through the forest.
The final drop down to the riverbank as well as the turns that follow it copy the original coaster's drop towards the river and reuse the concrete footers.
