Colossus

Colossus is a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The minimum height to ride is 48 inches. Scroll down for readers' ratings and reviews.

Written by Marcos Raxtun
Posted: April 8, 2008

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Readers' rating:

The right side was being worked on so the left side was only side open. It was fine til you hit the 'valleys' & ka-wham...hits hard, more like a bad, rough, scraping feel when you hit the bottom. Hopefully they've finished w/the other side & I'd like to ride it again. Other than that, it was a bit long for my taste but good coaster, kinda scary but most woodies usually are. - Adrienne McDonald

Typical wooden roller coaster! It was okay...nothing special about it. I remember that it was in the opening of "Step By Step". One great thing was that there was no wait. - Lisa Jania

A true wooden classic that, in my opinion, is kind of underrated by today's standards, what with the park having much bigger and faster coasters that get a lot more attention. Easily my second favorite ride in the park, next to Goliath. - Bryce Lewis

this ride is good but the turn after the first drop when it turns around, not a fan of it. they should make that turn a little bit banked IMO. - isaiah mercado

A good woodie. Might be old but it gets the job done... My only complaint is the stupid block brakes that were added in 1990, they were added so they could run 3 trains on each side instead of 2, and the next year they began only running one side and by 1998 they were only using 2 trains again, due to low popularity!!!!! All Im asking is take them out, itll make the ride experience better and will bring more people to it! But as I said before it gets the job done, and only has one bad thing about it, 7/10... - Mateo sams

This might be strange but Colossus is one of my favorite rides at Magic Mountain. You get a lot more air time than on other rides. It might be a little rough and bumpy, but i luv it! and there is usually not a line for it. - Timothy Berg

good old coaster very bumpy but is still very fun to ride 6/10 - Michael Brunson

One of the older rides that still inhabits SFMM,(And was once considered the tallest in the world upon its completion) so old that I wouldn't be surprised if they tear it down sometime in the near future (Which seems to be the running trend in some theme parks these days). It's basically your classic wooden roller coaster with your classic drops, twists, and turns. Nothing too extordinary about it, but carries a ride worthy value to it alone on the simple premise that it is one of the few coasters remainng in the park from back in SFMM's earlier days. If you're into classic coasters, and don't mind nearly shattering your pelvic region, then this is definantly worth your time. - Steph Ramos

This ride is very boring now. It used to be awesome, but they slowed it down too much. - Sarah Meeks

It beats the crud outa GhostRider at Knott's. It is a good warm-up ride, along with revolution. nice airtime. 7/10 - Corey Nelson

Its defiantly and old ride, but its one of the classics so you have to ride it lol Just a tip for ladies: near one part of the ride it tend to jerk you in the wrong way, causing some discomfort in the upper area(happened to me and my female friend)lol - Kitty Kat

Cool to ride at night. The ride throws you around a bit, but it is surely better than Psyclone. Ride at night, when the colors light it up. - John Quinteros

my dad went on this ride when he was like 10 and now hes 35 they should take this ride down and make a modernized ride. - mark lunod

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