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Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction. It was built by Lichtenstein-based manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil .
Nemesis Inferno is an inverted roller coaster at the Thorpe Park theme park in Surrey, England, UK. The ride was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the same Swiss firm that built the Nemesis inverted roller coaster at Alton Towers. The 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) Nemesis Inferno is themed around an erupting tropical volcano.
Colossus at Thorpe Park is of a similar, but first-generation design. The later generation model features a more aggressively profiled first drop and trains that have lap-bar restraints. Trains also enter the final run of heartline rolls at considerably increased speed in comparison to the first-generation models.
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Thorpe Park has shared a glimpse into its much-anticipated new ride in a video that takes you into the action on the roller coaster Hyperia, set to open to thrillseekers in spring 2024.. Hyperia ...
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Colossus at Thorpe Park notably features five heartline rolls. In a similar element known as an in-line twist, the track remains at the same elevation throughout the inversion, producing a different point of rotation that is either above or below the rider's point of view.
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