Colossos

Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the first wooden roller coaster to use prefabricated track. Colossos is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in Europe and the second tallest wooden roller coaster in the world (the tallest is Son of Beast at Kings Island). Colossos is very different from a traditional wooden roller coaster because it is prefabricated. Instead of trackers cutting, ... more

Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the first wooden roller coaster to use prefabricated track. Colossos is the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in Europe and the second tallest wooden roller coaster in the world (the tallest is Son of Beast at Kings Island). Colossos is very different from a traditional wooden roller coaster because it is prefabricated. Instead of trackers cutting, shaping, and laying down the track by hand, the track is laser cut in a factory, achieving a higher degree of precision than could ever be done by hand. It is also made so that it snaps together like Lego pieces. The track also is made of more layers of wood that are tightly bonded together instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand. This has three major benefits, two for the park and the other for the riders. The "Plug and Play" aspect of the coaster speeds construction, since track does not have to be completely manufactured on... less