Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

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Colossus

Location	Six Flags Magic Mountain
Type	Wood
Status	Open
Opened	June 29, 1978
Manufacturer	International Amusement Devices, Inc.
Height	125 ft (38.1 m)
Drop	115 ft (35.1 m)
Length	4325 ft (1318.3 m)
Max speed	62 mph (99.8 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:30
Capacity	2600 riders per hour
Colossus at RCDB
Pictures of Colossus at RCDB

Colossus is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. When it opened in June of 1978, it was the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world, and the first roller coaster in the world with two drops in excess of 100-feet.^{[citation needed]} Colossus features two identical side-by-side tracks. While the ride does have two parallel tracks, the two sides do not normally race.

Colossus was built by International Amusement Devices, Inc. and opened on June 29, 1978. The coaster's six trains are six cars long; each car contains two rows of two seats, for a total of 24 seats per train.

The Colossus has been reprofiled several times since it opened. The most significant reprofiling was in 1979. One very visible change was done in 1991 to a pair of camelback hills on the parking lot side. The valley between the hills was leveled off and a block brake was added. The original track can still be seen below the block brake.

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Colossus Review Photos and more information on Ultimate Rollercoaster.com.

Roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Batman: The Ride - Canyon Blaster - Colossus - Déjà Vu - Flashback - Goldrusher - Goliath - Goliath Jr. - Ninja - Psyclone - Revolution - The Riddler's Revenge - Scream! - Superman: The Escape - Tatsu - Viper - X