Colossos (Heide Park)

Colossos
Heide Park
Park section	Main Street
Coordinates	53°01′23″N 9°53′00″E / 53.02306°N 9.88333°ECoordinates: 53°01′23″N 9°53′00″E / 53.02306°N 9.88333°E
Status	Operating
Opening date	April 13, 2001
General statistics
Type	Wood
Manufacturer	Intamin
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Wooden Coaster (prefabricated track)
Track layout	Out and back
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	59.98 m (196.8 ft)
Drop	48.49 m (159.1 ft)
Length	1,343.97 m (4,409.4 ft)
Speed	110.1 km/h (68.4 mph)
Inversions	0
Duration	2:25
Max vertical angle	61°
Capacity	1500 riders per hour
G-force	3.8
Height restriction	55 in (140 cm)
Age restriction	12
Colossos at RCDB Pictures of Colossos at RCDB

Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. Unlike traditional wooden roller coasters, Colossos is prefabricated, meaning the track is laser cut in a factory to achieve a higher degree of precision. The sections are designed to snap together like Lego pieces. Some of the wood is tightly bonded together in multiple layers instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand.

The "Plug and Play" aspect of the coaster speeds construction and lowers building costs by reducing the amount of labor required. Three other prefabricated wooden roller coasters have since been built: Balder at Liseberg, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, and T Express at Everland in South Korea.

Awards

Golden Ticket Awards: Top wood Roller Coasters
Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Ranking	16[1]	11[2]	15[3]	19[4]	23[5]	23[6]	18[7]	18[8]	18[9]	29[10]	19[11]	17[12]	24[13]	23[14]

Panoramic of Colossos

References

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2. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 10–11B. September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
3. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 14–15B. September 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
4. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 22–23B. September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
5. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 30–31B. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
6. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 11 (6.2): 42–43. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
7. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 12 (6.2): 42–43. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
8. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 13 (6.2): 38–39. September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
9. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 14 (6.2): 38–39. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
10. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 15 (6.2): 46–47. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
11. "Top 50 wood roller coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 16 (6.2): 46–47. September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
12. "2013 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 17 (6.2): 40–41. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
13. "2014 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 18 (6.2): 38–39. September 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
14. "2015 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today 19 (6.2): 45–46. September 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

External links

• Colossos at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Media related to Colossos at Wikimedia Commons