Colossus the world's first ten looping roller coaster made its debut in 2002. It was the first major roller coaster ever to be installed at Thorpe Park and really put them on the map. Colossus attracted millions of visitors, however, like most things, it has aged extremely.

Colossus is still a very daunting ride to look at, standing 100ft (30m) above the ground, and roaring around its 850m track at speeds in excess of 45mph. Although this doesn't seem too fast as you probably drove to the park at more than 45mph, but you weren't outside, you weren't going upside down and you weren't dropping down steep drops. The dramatic music enhances the atmosphere around the area and makes the ride very daunting, especially for first time riders.

Despite Colossus being quite young it still manages to throw you around as if it was there before the war. We recommend that you sit in the front row and avoid the back, AT ALL COSTS, the further back you sit, the more of a headache you will have. Even with all of this pain everyone is still drawn to it, with queue times reaching two and a half hours in the summer months, it is a ride that, if it has to be ridden, has to be ridden first/early on.

The ride, you start by climbing the 100ft tall lifthill, once at the top you can see the M3 over the trees, a small dip to the left is quickly followed by a steep drop. You then enter a vertical loop before diving under a path. An airtime hill follows before you enter the vicious cobra roll, diving back down under the shop, you suddenly enter two corkscrews, have your picture taken and make a banked turn towards the rest of the ride, 4 barrel rolls follow this, these leave you hanging onto your restraint like there's no tomorrow. A banked turn to the left is then followed by a much faster and closer to the ground barrel roll before you enter the breaks. Thats it, your ride on Colossus is over!

Riders must be a minimum of 1.4 meters tall to ride.