Colossus
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Colossus
Thorpe Park · GB · Intamin 10-Inversion Coaster
“Ten times the Surrey island turns you over, and proudly counts each one.”
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Fast facts
- Colossus opened at Thorpe Park on 22 March 2002 and remains in operation. coasterpedia.net
- The ride was manufactured by Intamin as a steel 10 Inversion Roller Coaster. coasterpedia.net
- Colossus stands 30 metres tall and reaches 72 km/h. coasterpedia.net
- Its layout contains ten inversions, including a vertical loop, cobra roll, double corkscrew, quadruple heartline roll, and final heartline roll. coasterpedia.net
- Thorpe Park describes Colossus as the world’s first ten-loop roller coaster. thorpepark.com
- The ride is listed with a theoretical capacity of 1,300 riders per hour. coasterpedia.net
- The reported construction cost was $20.3 million. en.wikipedia.org
The story of Colossus
Thorpe Park’s setting is part of the story. The estate gave way to a gravel pit, the pit was partly flooded, and the park that opened in 1979 took on its water-bound character between Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames. thorpepark.com
Colossus arrived in 2002 as a declaration of new ambition for that island park. Built by Intamin in steel, it made its name with ten inversions and gave visitors a procession of turns that no roller coaster had offered before. coasterpedia.net· thorpepark.com
The works moved swiftly. The ride was announced in August 2001, its final piece of track was installed on 8 November 2001, and the first public season began on 22 March 2002. coasterpedia.net
Its record stood as a point of pride for more than a decade. Thorpe Park notes that Colossus held the Guinness World Record for most loops on a roller coaster until 2013, when another British coaster finally passed its count. thorpepark.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- thorpepark.com Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- thorpepark.com Preferred source