Colossos (Heide Park)

Colossos
Heide Park
Park section Main Street
Coordinates 53°01′23″N 9°53′00″E / 53.02306°N 9.88333°E / 53.02306; 9.88333Coordinates: 53°01′23″N 9°53′00″E / 53.02306°N 9.88333°E / 53.02306; 9.88333
Status Under construction
Opening date April 13, 2001 (2001-04-13); reopening sometime in 2019 (2019)
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 50 m (160 ft)
Drop 48.5 m (159 ft)
Length 1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Speed 110 km/h (68 mph)
Inversions 0
Duration 2:25
Max vertical angle 61°
Capacity 1500 riders per hour
G-force 3.8 g
Height restriction 48 in (122 cm)
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 was prefabricated, meaning the track was laser cut in a factory to achieve a higher degree of precision. The sections were designed to snap together like Lego pieces. Some of the wooden planks were tightly bonded together in multiple layers instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand.

Construction

The "plug and play" aspect of the coaster sped up construction and lowered building costs by reducing the amount of labor required. Three other prefabricated wooden roller coasters have since been built: Balder at Liseberg in Sweden, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in United States of America, and T Express at Everland in South Korea.

As a first wooden coaster features magnetic brake run just before station, which makes final braking very smooth and comfortable against other coasters with usual friction claw brakes.

Closing in 2016

Since July 28th, 2016, the coaster ceased operations and will not be open at all for the 2017 season. Since then, all paths to the coaster have been blocked off.[1]

Inspections since 2016

It was repeatedly announced that inspection revealed unacceptable conditions of the track. Future options would be revisited. After complete examination it was claimed that the track needs to be repaired and the price will be over € 10 million.[1]

Reopening

In early January 2018, the park announced that the entire track surface will be replaced by new one and the ride will reopen with the summer season opening of the park in 2019. Expenses are counted to roughly 12 million euros.[1]

Awards

Golden Ticket Awards: Top wood Roller Coasters
Year20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Ranking 16[2]11[3]15[4]19[5]23[6]23[7]18[8]18[9]18[10]29[11]19[12]17[13]24[14]23[15]18[16]34[17] 28[18]
Panoramic of Colossos

References

  1. 1 2 3 "HEIDE-PARK Germany". Screamscape. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Top 25 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 6B. September 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 10&ndash, 11B. September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 14&ndash, 15B. September 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 22&ndash, 23B. September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 30&ndash, 31B. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 11 (6.2): 42&ndash, 43. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 12 (6.2): 42&ndash, 43. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 13 (6.2): 38&ndash, 39. September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 14 (6.2): 38&ndash, 39. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 15 (6.2): 46&ndash, 47. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 16 (6.2): 46&ndash, 47. September 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "2013 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 17 (6.2): 40&ndash, 41. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "2014 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 18 (6.2): 38&ndash, 39. September 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2015 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 19 (6.2): 45&ndash, 46. September 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  16. ↑ "2016 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 20 (6.2): 46. September 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  17. ↑ "2017 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 21 (6.2): 50. September 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  18. ↑ "2018 Top 50 wood Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 22 (6.2): 48. September 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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