Originally known as Project Odyssey, revisit the construction of the Intamin 10-inversion rollercoaster, Colossus, which opened in 2002 as Thorpe Park’s first major coaster.

Galleries

1st November 2000

4th December 2000

7th January 2001

26th January 2001

6th February 2001

22nd February 2001

15th March 2001

6th April 2001

16th May 2001

17th June 2001

15th July 2001

21st July 2001

29th July 2001

3rd August 2001

25th August 2001

9th September 2001

15th September 2001

26th September 2001

3rd October 2001

28th October 2001

18th November 2001

29th December 2001

3rd January 2002

19th January 2002

2nd February 2002

24th February 2002

11th March 2002

13th March 2002

1st November 2000

John Wardley’s Rollercoaster Tycoon recreation of what Colossus would look like, and views across the construction site where land clearing had been completed, along with the installation of the first piles and foundations.

4th December 2000

Further piles were being driven into the ground for the cobra roll trench. A model was installed at the edge of the construction site, providing guests with an insight in to how the finished attraction would look.

7th January 2001

Work on the foundations and footers had started, with a retaining wall built between the construction site and X:\ No Way Out, to allow space for the maintenance building to be constructed.