The original track can still be seen below the block brake. The valley between the hills was leveled off and a block brake was added. One very visible change was done in 1991 to a pair of camelback hills on the parking lot side. In 1988, the original PTC trains were replaced with new "California" style trains from Morgan Manufacturing, these new trains are able to make speeds go faster. The "speed hill" between the second drop and the double-up hill was reprofiled in 1979 to reduce roughness. ChangesĬolossus has gone through a number of changes over the years. This is known to be one of the reasons the block brakes were added in place of the bunny hills later on. When testing began, a problem with the brakes caused the train to not stop when needed and caused the train to complete up to 3 circuits before it was stopped.
ĭuring construction, a tornado caused part of the structure to collapse. Magic Mountain specifically asked for an all-wood coaster because it would "rumble and sway." It cost $7 million to build the coaster. The coaster was designed by Doug Bernards, who is president of Bernards Brothers Construction in San Fernando. In October, Six Flags runs the old Psyclone trains backward up the track because of the Fright Fest Halloween Celebration. Its duration is two and a half minutes and it goes as fast as 62 miles per hour (100 km/h). The ride features two drops greater than 100 feet (30 m): a 115-foot (35 m) one at the beginning and a 105-foot (32 m) one later. The coaster's six trains are six cars long each car contains two rows of two seats, for a total of 24 seats per train.
They can line up at the lift to race, however the chance is so slim that it almost never happens.Ĭolossus was built by International Amusement Devices, Inc. Colossus features two identical side-by-side tracks, but it is not considered a racing roller coaster since the trains do not normally race due to the setup of both tracks pre-lift. When it opened on June 29, 1978, it was one of the tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world, and the first roller coaster in the world with two drops in excess of 100 feet (30 m).
For the roller coaster at Thorpe Park, England, see Colossus (Thorpe Park). This article is about the roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
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