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Colossus

Colossus Information
Location	Thorpe Park
Park Section	Lost City
Type	Looping roller coaster
Opened	2002
Max. Height	98 feet (29.9 m)
Length	2,789 feet (850.1 m)
Max. speed	45 mph (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 is a giant assault on both the body and mind - 850 metres of twists, turns, loops and plunges, not to mention a world record 10 inversions!

When Colossus opened in 2002 it meant that Thorpe Park housed the only roller coaster in the world to feature ten inversions. The previous record for number of inversions on a roller coaster was Dragon Khan at Port Aventura, with eight. Amazingly, Colossus goes upside down more times than all of the roller coasters at Alton Towers combined - pretty good going, considering there's eight roller coasters there!

There is now another roller coaster in the world with 10 inversions, but it's an exact replica of Colossus located nearly 6000 miles away in China!

Colossus features a colossal track length of 2789 feet, reaches heights of 100 feet, and makes a top speed of 45 mph - there's also an incredible barrel role section of track that features four inversions in a row!

Take a look at the video clip....Colossus.

Colossus is located in the Lost City area of Thorpe Park, and it has a minimum height restriction of 1.4m.

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