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Colossus
	Colossus
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Location	Thorpe Park
Park section	Lost City
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	March 22, 2002
Manufacturer	Intamin AG
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Multi looping Coaster
Track layout	Intamin Tri Track
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	103 ft (31 m)
Drop	98 ft (30 m)
Length	2,789 ft (850 m)
Max speed	45 mph (72 km/h)
Inversions	10
Duration	1:32
Capacity	1,300 riders per hour
Cost	£10,000,000
Max G force	4.2
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Colossus is a roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. It was built by Swiss manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil.^{[citation needed]} Tussauds designer, John Wardley adapted the project to include an extra two inversions as well as reducing its height.^{[citation needed]} Colossus was the world's first roller coaster with ten inversions; an exact replica, called the Tenth Ring Roller Coaster, was later built at Chimelong Paradise in Guangzhou, China.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

The roller coaster is located in the Lost City area, in the south-east of the park. The ride is formed of a vertical loop, a cobra roll, two corkscrews and five heartline twists. The ride's rough theme is the ruins of a recently unearthed Atlantean civilisation. The music for the ride and surrounding area was composed by Ian Habgood, and is shared with the roller coaster Colossos in Heide Park, Germany. During planning and construction Colossus was known as Project Odyssey; both names allude to Ancient Greece, albeit in different ways.

In 2009, the ride's lift hill chain was replaced and station area was cleaned of rust.