Next, the train enters a double-down, followed by a top gun stall and then goes under the blue track. The train goes up the lift hill (again, often dueling with the adjacent track), and then enters the same process: the 128-foot drop, the airtime hill, the left-hand turn, and then the high-five. The train then enters a zero-g roll, and then a double-up and a quick left turn before hitting a brake run and officially entering the green track. The train then makes a left-hand turn and through a high-five element, and the train drops down and under the green track. The train then descends 128 feet, and then goes over a small airtime hill, and then up another hill. Twisted Colossus officially opened to the public on May 23, 2015, along with a new themed area called the Screampunk District.Īfter the train goes over several small hills, it ascends the 121-foot lift hill, often catching up to the dueling train on the adjacent green track. The park was closed during the incident, and the fire was contained quickly. On September 8, 2014, while demolishing parts of Colossus, the top of the lift hill caught fire. A promotional video was released, and shortly after, Rocky Mountain Construction began work on the ride. Six Flags Magic Mountain then announced that Colossus would be transformed into Twisted Colossus. On August 28, 2014, twelve days after the closure of Colossus, Six Flags announced what each Six Flags park would be receiving for the 2015 season. Colossus permanently closed on August 16, 2014. Out of the 24 participants, only six completed the 328 laps on the ride. On August 4, 2014, the park held a 36-hour riding marathon. In 1991, the valley between the camelback hills was leveled off and replaced with block brakes.ĭuring the 2014 season, the park revealed that Colossus would permanently close on August 16, 2014. In 1979, the speed hill between the second drop and the double-up hill was re-profiled, and in 1987, the trains made by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company were replaced with trains from Morgan Manufacturing. Colossus opened to the general public on June 29, 1978, as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, and the first to feature two drops over 100 feet.
During the construction, a tornado struck that caused part of the structure to collapse, but Colossus was completed on time. Construction officially commenced in August. The coaster's design process began in January 1977, and was finalized in May.Īfter a member of the design team studied Mexico's Montaña Rusa, which was the largest wooden roller coaster in the world at the time, to help plan for the project.
Six Flags Magic Mountain wanted a wooden coaster for their 1978 season for the classic "rumble and sway" movement that they felt was missing from steel coasters.
Ride history Colossus (1978-2014) Construction
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