Colossus (Thorpe Park)

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 (28.0 m)
Length	2,789 feet (850 m)
Max speed	45 miles per hour (72 km/h)
Inversions	10
Duration	1:32
Capacity	1,050 riders per hour
Cost	£10,000,000
Max g force	4.2
Colossus at RCDB Pictures of Colossus at RCDB
Amusement Parks Portal

Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, England. It was built by Swiss roller coaster company Intamin using a Werner Stengel design of the 8-loop Monte Makaya in Brazil. Tussauds designer, John Wardley adapted the project to include an extra two inversions as well as reducing its height. 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. Manufacturers Intamin used a similar train style to their Hyper Coaster models which are exposed by removing the sides of the train. This caused problems as riders could lift their legs outside of the train whilst it was in motion. For a brief period in 2002 and 2003 the ride was equipped with metal bars on the sides of the train to prevent this. During 2003 the trains were fitted with new style restraints to prevent riders from doing this and the metal plates were removed. The roller coaster is located in the Lost City area, in the south of the park. The ride is formed of a vertical loop, a cobra roll, two corkscrews and five inline twists.

References

bango

External links

• Official site for Thorpe Park
• Colossus at Thorpe Park Insider
• Colossus at Thorpe Park Guide