Park section Main Street Opening date April 13, 2001 Manufacturer Intamin Height 60 m Opened 13 April 2001 | Status Under Refurbishment Type Wood Designer Werner Stengel Max speed 109 km/h Park Heide Park | |
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Address Heide Park 1, 29614 Soltau, Germany Similar Krake, Scream, Big Loop, Flug der Dämonen, Expedition GeForce |
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.
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, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, and T Express at Everland in South Korea.
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