Riders pass twice through the two key elements of the ride: the high five and the intertwining inversions. The first half of the ride is dominated by out-of-your-seat ejector airtime hills and you-better-duck headchopper under-crossings. On June 19, 1978, Magic Mountain, a California-based amusement park, debuted one of the worlds biggest and fastest wooden roller coasters, the Colossus. The 80-degree first drop is more like what I've come to expect from steel coasters like the nearby Goliath. Taking their place is a smooth, tight, inversion-filled ride that never lets up. This dual-track, racing wooden coaster featured a 'double out and back figure-8' layout with fourteen hills, three drops, a double up, double down, speed bump and bunny hop. Gone are the loose give of the track, the side-to-side movements of the trains and the slow-to-a-crawl turnarounds familiar to most riders of the old wooden coaster. For 36-years Colossus remained the tallest, fastest wooden roller coaster in the West, but when it opened in 1978 it was the world's largest roller coaster. The clickety-clack of the lift hill lulls me into a false familiarity until our train reaches the crest and everything changes.
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