Colossus (Thorpe Park)

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This article is about the roller coaster at Thorpe Park, England. For the roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, see Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain).

Colossus
Location	Thorpe Park
Park Section	Lost City
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	March 22, 2002
Manufacturer	Intamin AG
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Looping Coaster
Track layout	Intamin Tri Track
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	98 feet (29.9 m)
Drop	92 feet (28 m)
Length	2,789 feet (850.1 m)
Max speed	45 mile per hour (72.4 km/h)
Inversions	10
Duration	1:32
Capacity	1,300 riders per hour
Cost	£10,000,000
Max G force	4.2
Colossus at Theme Park Junkies
Colossus at RCDB
Pictures of Colossus at RCDB

Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park. Colossus was the world's first roller coaster with ten inversions; another, called the Tenth Ring Roller Coaster, was later built at Chimelong Paradise in Guangzhou, China, and is in fact an exact replica of Colossus, just painted different colours. [1] Colossus is also the world's first roller coaster with four heartline twists in a row. Also this was the first roller coaster to feature Intamin's new stadium style seating outside their mega coaster style cars. Colossus was manufactured by Intamin AG of Switzerland.

The roller coaster is located in the Lost City area, in the south of the park. Many people find the ride exhilarating, although some find it rough and painful. The ride is formed of a vertical loop, a cobra roll, two corkscrews and five inline twists.