Intamin's 10 Inversion Roller Coasters: Great, or Gimmick? | Sik, Colossus
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Let's discuss the core layouts and differences of the two iterations of Intamin's 10 inversion coasters! It all started with Colossus at Thorpe Park, and has progressed onto our latest version, Sik at Flamingo Land!
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I like how the review for the 10 inversion coaster is 10 minutes and 10 seconds long. 10/10
Thats “SIK” lol
@@ZiggyIsHere1😂😂😂
A colossal video
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It's like the video was handwritTEN to neaTEN and exTENd the video without creating disconTENtment in the viewer. When I had the enlighTENment discovering that this consisTENtly enjoyable video was TEN minutes and TEN seconds, I wondered if it was inTENtional. I would be roTENly dishearTENed if it was just a coincidence. The unbeaTEN commitment towards shorTENing this conTENt truly blows me away.
I've only ridden Colossus but I have the complete opposite opinion of the 4 heartline rolls. It's probably one of the best elements I've experienced on a coaster yet, and gives great airtime especially sat near the back.
It's like Fahrenheit, but without the quad heratline roll! (and the vertical lift, beyond vertical drop, vertical loop, and other heartline roll...)
I did experience Colossus at Thorpe park back in 2018 as well, certainly a very dizzying experience. You gotta make sure you drink lots of water before riding something like this so you don't get headaches and get good oxygen circulation in your blood.
Also this is just a fun fact but Sik is actuallly the oldest of the revised models of this ride. It was originally supposed to open way back in 2012 in Brazil at Hopi Hari but the park ran into financial difficulties and didn't have enough money to actually assemble the ride after it had been delivered. After that it was mothballed around and sold to a failed theme park in Malaysia where it was also never assembled, until it was put up for sale AGAIN and Flamingo land managed to buy it. Presumably at a big discount. I wonder if the one in Turkey for the failed Wonderland Eurasia will experience a similar fate, but so far I've yet to see the rides from it be put up for sale.
This was first big coaster 20 years ago. Cool to see you talk about it
Only ridden colossus but I find it really underrated. I get why some people hate it because it's rough and dizzying but it is bearable. Though it is my worst intamin coaster, it doesn't stop it from being in my top ten rollercoasters. Not as good as dragon's fury at Chessington world of adventures but better than storm chaser at Paultons park. By the way, colossus is rougher than saw for me and I find that of the big five coasters at Thorpe park colossus is better themed than stealth but worse than nemesis inferno. And colossus is the worst of the big five coasters at Thorpe park. With my thoughts, of the big coasters that I have ridden in the world this is the second worst. Better than oblivion at Alton towers but worse than nemesis inferno at Thorpe park. ( I just want them to give colossus lap bars).
I disagree strongly about those 4 Heartline-rolls. That element is absolutly one of the best and most intense moments on any coaster for me and probably my 2nd or 3rd favourite inversion.
I've ridden Collosus more times than I can count and have to say.. I've never found it that rough however, the trains and restraints are horrible!
I'm only 5ft 11 and average build but can't sit in the back of a car due to not even being able to crawl under the restraints to get to a seat and then if I do I have no leg room!
The queue can take a very long time on busy days when there's people bigger than me who physically can not fit into the seats they've been allocated! so they have to be removed from the car, moved to queue for another row, more people brought in from the airgates and repeat the pre-launch checks.... I've seen this happen 5 times in a row!!
Yes I agree that the 4 inversions are a bit much but I still enjoy the ride overall! Only change I would make are those cars / restraints!
The 10 Inversion Coaster Is Awesome!
The first five inversions of this model look so aesthetically pleasing. If you change up the ride after that I think you’d have a much more enjoyable experience.
I rode Sik and initially thought it was fantastic, but the more I rode it the more I found myself really only enjoying the first half of the ride... and I'm a big fan of super intense coasters. There's something about the way the quad corkscrew actively drops you onto the lap bar over and over again that's really just... not much fun... There's fantastic, quite brutal laterals as you go around and around, but something in the profiling feels off, because you are basically HANGING on the restraints for a long time and I had some pretty gnarly bruises the next morning.
I think it should be like a heartline roll or two following up with some airtime
great coaster!
I hated Colossus, but I really enjoyed Sik. It feels like a completely different ride, and is much much better.
"This coaster is too intense for me"
not really about intensity at all. I've done tons of rides that are way more intense than this.
@@CoasterStudios it's a rollercoaster tycoon 3 joke when the peeps don't want to ride the coaster and say that
not too much
Gerstaluer making The Smiler: strong variety of inversions, chaotic, intertangled track design, dueling effect, well themed, pacing out inversions to not be too nauseating
Intamin: just put in 4 heartline roles back to back to back to back screw it
Looks cool though.
I think you mean entangled
I'm from Guatemala and I've to admit that I felt excited when you mentioned us, haha. When Xetulul opened, this roller coaster was a huge thing, but now that time has passed it gets rough and rough, I have to push my head backward with strength to not have a bad headache. Still, it has a nice layout and give the park a "world class" feeling. Hope you come one day to Guatemala and check out our theme parks and water parks!
I would love to visit Xetulul one day, I’ve heard great things!!
That place looks beautiful from every picture I’ve seen over the years. Would love to visit.
The ironic part is that Sik was the first of the Updated 10 inversion coasters, even though it open last year. See Sik was meant for Hopi Hari in Brazil around 2012. However, due to financial issues, Hopi Hari shipped Sik to a park in Malaysia. But that park also faced financial issues and sold it to Flamingo Land.
I think every park that buys one of those models from manifacturer (not second hand) gets bad luck or something. Turkey had it on wonderland eurasia which became bankrupt one year after opening. Hopi hari we all know and etc..
I've ridden colossus, I do agree it's a gimmick but I enjoyed the whole ride including the set piece of 4 heartline rolls and I didn't think it was rough either. I think Smilers 14* inversions are way better implemented
Wanna try Sik.
14 btw
@@Magicmason100yeah my bad haha I never even realised my typo till today when I've incidentally been to thorpe park. Colossus was rougher than when I was last there but Hyperia was insane. Sooo good.
as a brazilian this model is so fascinating to me, as hopi hari purchased one of these which was about to be built and would have been the standout coaster in the country but then an accident happened and it got shipped away, even though the track was physically there and groundwork had already started ;-; our 8i monte makaya also was closed with its park a few years earlier and it's yet to be rebuilt in a new location! that's why this ride model is so fascinating for brazilians, and i can't wait to try one of these someday. hopefully in brazil!!
It turns out that it wasn't an accident. Hopi Hari had financial issues after they received the ride, and could not afford to build it. That ride was eventually sold to Movie Animation Park Studios in Malaysia (now closed), but was not built, and was held in storage. It was finally sold to Flamingo Land in the UK, and opened as Sik, which is reviewed here.
@@DaveR1974Grows it changed hands twice? didnt know that part.
@@DaveR1974Grows the accident was on another ride i meant. that lead to the park's financial troubles. sorry if that was unclear on my original comment. and i know the ride's story and path it took to get to flamingo land, i just didn't think it was important to share
I wasn't aware of what led to the financial issues, so thank you for letting me know.
Monte Makaya q era do Terra encantada foi comprada por um parque do Nordeste, se não me engano de Pernambuco
The smiler: this is pathetic
I mean at least this one did not kill people you know
@Spiritwonder420 Nobody died on the Smiler, you brainless baboon.🤦
@@Spiritwonder420the smiler didn't kill anyone
@@Spiritwonder420lol what. The smiler didn't kill anyone. Nobody even got knocked unconscious.
@G3R0George Nah, just some leg amputations...
For real though, it's actually not the ride's fault. The block zones worked as intended. A negligent maintenance worker overrid the controls, which made the train continue the layout and hit the empty train that valleyed.
The GP not understanding lapbars is very relevant with colossus and the UK, seeing as the UK gp here put up large quantities of statements saying it's unsafe having a lapbar on hyperia
I think there is more people saying the gp are saying that then actualy are tbh.
@@epicdumbgaming8943💯
@@epicdumbgaming8943trust me theres not. On tiktok any vid about hyperia are people scared that its just a lap bar
@@epicdumbgaming8943 It's pretty common on Facebook.
4:45 yeah when british gp found out that hyperia had lap bars, they all went wild saying that it will be a dangerous ride
I am not surprised
In my opinion, it adds to the immersion, the immersion in question being it closing for half a month 1 day after it opened to the public
These rides are great however the leg room on colossus is well…
I think the model needs to be slightly modified as these with lap bards can be painful…
I got to ride collosus this summer! As an american that doesnt see inversion terribly much, I thought the ride was really solid! Those restraints and the age of the steel take it down a few points but nothing beats the silly laughing during the heartline rolls.
I've only done Colossus but I actually really enjoy the quad-heartline rolls! My favourite part of the ride is probably the vertical loop but I still enjoy the rest of it! And I agree, I don't find it to be a particularly rough ride, especially if you sit further forward and keep your head forward. The legroom on Colossus' trains does kinda suck though.
I've only ridden 10 Inversion Coaster (yes that is the coaster name) at Chimelong Paradise in Guangzhou. Fun ride, didnt have a problem with it. I went before the pandemic and they modified the restraints so I dont fit in it anymore. Would like to try SIK since it looks more comfortable.
For a park that wants a coaster really focused on inversions, I think it's honestly fine. Smiler has 14 and it doesn't mix up other things either and nobody complains about that so it doesn't seem right to say its to much. The Intamin 10 inversion coaster is designed for inversions, not airtime or other things.
Smiler definitely mixes things up more than the 10 inversion model. And it paces out the inversions better and doesn't have anything as nauseating as 4 back slow paced heartline roles.
As much as I love the heartline rolls on colossus (and think it's the best part of the ride), it's definitely more repetitive and dare I say, a brutal comment to say the smiler is as repetitive, or anywhere near the 10 Inversion rollercoaster
@@TheJudoJokerAre the heartline rolls really nauseating? What's it like? Does it make you sick or something?
Yeah I agree - they’re good, solid coasters and I’m not just saying that because I’m in the U.K.
@@maxhagenauer24honestly for me it's not too bad but I might have a higher tolerance than the general public
I suppose I agree that it’s a gimmick in that I’m not eager to marathon any of these. But I thought Thorpe’s Colossus was pretty fun - certainly better than its reputation at least.
I got to do Altair at Cinecitta World in Italy last year, and I thought it was supremely underrated, mainly cause this model doesn't get talked about much due to it not being in North America. I thought this model was great, smooth, good intensity, and I personally loved the quadruple heartline roll at the end for the hangtime.
Personally I love the quad roll on colossus, it’s a lot of fun and it makes it stand out compared to others
Thorpe is my home park and I once rode colossus over 10 times in a day. I left with legs like jelly and a splitting headache. I've ridden colossus over 100 times and it's different every time. Sometimes it's very enjoyable and sometimes it's utterly unbearable.
It’s bad enough when a coaster has a commercial sponsor, but when the coaster is actually named for a commercial product (e.g., Sik) I find it insulting. I’m already paying to get into a park. I’m not paying to be subjected to more commercials.
Personally, I find saw less rough than colossus- I came out bleeding in my left ear… Idk why it might be the restraints or just me but colossus either needs to be torn down or buy more comfortable restraints. I think it would be a great ride with comfy restraints!!! Love ur vids
as a thorpe park local I can say there are many days where colossus feel more rough than Saw The Ride. I do like colossus but i think its just outdated. can we replace it with an intermin or Vekoma Multi launch like Abyssus at Energylandia
Colossus is indeed not rough compared to SAW, but I got off banging the restraints into my neck pretty hard. It is great they are re-tracking the ride, but new trains could be beneficial.
Ive ridden both Sik and Collosus several times, and i have to say, Sik is streets ahead. I love inversions, so having 10 of them is great. The quadruple heartline with lapbars is terrifying and i love it! And Sik was so smooth, i didn't detect any rattle - unlike The Smiler, which i love, but is a proper painful headbanger.
One thing maybe its missing is about the layout. Even though Colossus was the first 10 inversion coaster, the prototype and layout base for the model was Monte Makaya, which held the record with Dragon Khan. The only new thing Colossus came up with was a new set of trains and mirrored heartline rolls to increase 2 inversions to the layout
As long as you don’t sit in a wheel seat then Colossus is a Great Coaster, on a wheel it gets a bit uncomfortable
Colossus is such a frustrating coaster. I love it, but good lord, does it take its toll on the body. I really really hope that Thorpe Park will upgrade the trains at some point, opting for lap bar restraints instead of the old over the shoulder ones.
Sik is a fantastic ride, I love the rolls at the end with just the lapbar and how much you dangle. Colossus is hit and miss, sometimes you’ll get a ride that’s ok but at other times it’s quite rough, Sik is a way better coaster.
They should do a maverick and add S-bends to replace the rolls
I really don’t know where this myth has come from about Colossus getting retracked. They replaced one piece of track this year that needed it, I think because it might’ve been slightly damaged, and then that will be it.
I can’t see them repainting the whole coaster during project sparkle and then continuing retracking next year!
The park said last year that the retrack will be a multi year project, and they've recently said they are only painting sections that aren't due to be replaced over this winter I assume
Ever gonna stay at the seaworld Orlando RESORT???? 😉
Siks my 2nd favourite coaster out of the major uk parks
I had a different experience with Colossus Vs Saw. Saw had a couple of jolts in parts but on the whole wasn't unbearably rough. Colossus, on the other hand, was.a headache inducer.
I'd agree that the 4 inversions at the end just aren't fun.
I have ridden Altair at Cinecittà World, the one in Rome. It was a walk-on the whole day and got something like 3 or 4 rides, then got tired and went to the other better coaster of the park, Inferno. First of all, in the front row Altair is almost butter smooth, but in the back it has this nasty and constant vibration throughout the whole ride that's quite annoying. And in terms of layout, I found the first half to be pretty disappointing. The drop, loop, "airtime hill", cobra roll did absolutely nothing. Then in the second half it got a bit better, the corkscrews are quite snappy, and the consecutive heartline rolls have insane upside down airtime. But as you said, 5 is too much. It becomes uncomfortable with a lap bar, and that's not something you hear quite often when talking about restraints🤔
Inferno is so good! Loved my visit at Cinecittà World.
Colossus at its best is a great ride experience and one of the best rides in the country, beating out the smiler by a long shot in my opinion. Every time apart from my visit this year I have found the ride rough and the trains were so uncomfortable. That ride experience is the worst major coaster in the UK that I have done.
Personally I've been lucky enough to get to ride colossus twice, once in the front row and then again in row 11. It's definitely true that being closer to the front greatly reduces the roughness of the ride, as when I rode in front row, I thought the ride was immensely enjoyable and the cobra roll being my favourite element, however when I went back about 3 months later and rode in the back row, I was honestly surprised as to how rough it was, and I got off with my ears hurting from how much they'd hit against the sides, however interestingly the quadruple heartline rolls were actually my favourite part of the ride my second time. Out of all the elements, since they were a very repetitive motion, they were much smoother than everything else, and with the over the shoulder restraints keeping me in place, it was a really enjoyable sensation going upside down like that 4 times in a row, and even though I can agree that they probably were a slight gimmick, I think the quadruple heartline rolls are currently one of the best parts of the entire ride.
Genuinely think Sik is a better ride than the Smiler.
I agree, the heartline rolls are weakest part, but they're still fun.
Remember, most people won't ride again and again, most people are one and done, so having four rolls is fine.
Absolutely agree the double corkscrews are great, they're surprisingly forceful too.
I supposed to ride Sik back in 2012, when it was going to open at Hopi Hari, but that never happened 😅
Good review, I imagine the ride experience would be somehow tiring (and maybe even nauseating?) but smooth and had good restraints
When I had the enlighTENment that this consisTENtly enjoyable video was TEN minutes and TEN seconds, I wondered if it was inTENtional. It's like the video was handwritTEN to neaTEN and exTENd the video without creating disconTENtment in the viewer. I would be roTENly dishearTENed if it was just a coincidence. The unbeaTEN commitment towards shorTENing this conTENt truly blows me away.
"Looks cool but isn't that fun to actually ride" is how I feel about Smiler - I love Colossus and it's Heartline Rolls!
Hmmmm - Sik and Colossus are very popular rides at both Flamingo Land and Thorpe Park. The heart lines are my least favourite but I prefer these intamin coasters to most B&M’s out there.
Never understood the ‘rough’ comment of Saw. I really enjoyed it. Good coaster. Maybe it’s where you sit 🤷🏼♀️.
Wow, Intamin and a lot of these theme Parks hired John Wardley to design a lot of these multi inversion coasters and I'm talking about the multi inversion coasters built by Intamin, not by S&S, not by Gerstulaur, or MACK. Just Intamin.
I absolutely loved Colossus back when I rode it as a teenager when it opened in 2002 but over the years my opinion has soured. I don't know whether it's the fact that it's got rougher or that Thorpe's newer editions have got steadily more impressive, probably a combination of the two. I totally agree about the 4 heartline rolls in a row feeling like they're just there to get the inversion count to 10, pretty much always felt that way about that section of the ride.
You know, this isn't even the most inversions on a stock model. The current world record holder, Smiler, is also a stock model, an Infinity Coaster 1140... which also happens to be roughly the same price. So I have no clue why parks buy these when Gerstlaur's offering is a far better value.
fun fact: flamingo land tried to advertise sik as the rollercoaster with the most inversions IN THE WORLD. and the press just ate it up like the smiler didnt even exist... dont even mention colossus
I Personally Believe Colossus Is Ten Times Better Then Sik !
Why? Sik has better trains, better restraints with a more open feeling, superb hangtime, and is smooth as anything. It destroys the cramped and often rattly Colossus.
I've ridden both Saw and Colossus twice on 2 different visits a few years apart and what I find interesting is that I found Colossus to be intolerably rough, like genuinely painful, but found Saw to be completely smooth, no issues there. I'm genuinely struggling to see how you got them the other way around
I do normally agree with most of your coaster takes on here but I feel you're really wrong on this one. those 4 heartline rolls with a lap bar are probably one of the most crazy things I've ever experienced on a coaster with Sik sitting at number 6 on my overall list. Meanwhile The Smiler sits down an number 20 being way too rough to be enjoyable anymore.
i think its great when coasters do stuff like this because it makes them memorable and iconic and they become known for it
Having ridden both UK ones, the layout is pretty good but both rides are ruined by the restraints. Colossus is rattly and bashes your head, Sik has lap bars that feel like a buzz bar stapling you and those inversion absolutely kill my thighs.
Also got to disagree on the heartline rolls, those on Colossus with OTSRs are comfortably the best element between the two rides.
Whenever I go to italy, I MUST take a ride atleast on this model. It's always empty! I love it alot.
I think I could enjoy Sik if the lap bars were a bit wider. I'm a bigger guy, so the way the lapbar fit me, it ends up pushing on my rhighs in a way that gets quite painful during those heartline rolls. It's perfectly fine the rest of the ride.
I think this because I don't have this issue on the jojo roll from Ride to Happiness, which also just has lap bars, but Mack's lap bars are wider, so they distribute the pressure more evenly.
I will always remember someone calling those 4 heartline rolls a washing machine.
Totally gimmicky not impressed. Maintenance doesn't look great.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Glad Cedar Fair walked away from Intamin...
Not as bad as the chinese knock-off "Eleventh Roller Coaster" with 11 inversions designed by Hebei Zhongye Metallurgical Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Taylor,
What? Intamin overdoing it with a ride design .... shocked I tell you!
That said, even they would've been like "Uhh, no that's not going to work" in regards to Arrow's 'Fishhook Coaster'
I got to ride Altair in Rome earlier this year! The finale felt like 5 mosasaurus rolls in a row, and it’s my favorite hangtime moment ever with those lapbars!
Crazy talk Six Fair!
Colossus would be fun if the shoulder harnesses were replaced. I just hated the excessive head banging!
Grew up with Collosus... it's very very shakey indeed.. you're absolutely right.. I agree with everythign you said, you made me laugh to when you said, Saw next door is legitimately rough.. you got that right. Saw is a serious headshaking ride.. one of my favourites in the world though, next to duelling dragons, hulk, montu and kumba.
Hmm... Look at my Profile Picture.
Funny Thing, I Hate Colossus but it is my Profile Picture???
There's also an 8 inversion coaster previously produced by Intamin and it follows the same layout/model of Colossus but has only three consecutive heartline rolls and an extra helix where that final left turn is.
When I went on Colossus, I thought after the 4 heartline rolls, it was over and then I’m greeted with a really snappy inversion that took me by surprise!
Those rides, new versions, are really, I absolutely mean really, snappy. The vertical loop, made my neck forcefully tilt forwards and come down like when you have a whiplash even when I tried to keep my head as back as it can be. Cobra rolls, it shoots you into the sky, snaps you around and pins you back down. Corkscrews, they actually gently flip you upside down but just right as you come to the top of it there is this sudden whip mixed with positive G's that makes you feel like someone is tryna get you off the train like how you get someone out of their car in GTA games. The quadrouple rolls, I don't even know what happened there I just remember entering there then idk what happened, I was at the middle of the shallow turn when I could finally process whats going on. Then the last one just felt like my neck has popped out, I can imagine if that happened 4 times a few seconds ago. I could only ride twice before my face became yellow. I had back pain that night.
It was my first non family coaster, I was a child back then. I remember that in the next year of that summer we went to Land of Legends and I rode the hyper coaster there thinking that 10 inversion is how your average coaster feels and I was like: is this a childrens ride? I get more G's in the bus than this
I’ve been on both of the coasters you mentioned and I agree that you kinda get yanked around the heartline rolls on sik but i still found it fun and on colossus you don’t have that problem
personally i much prefer gerstlauers 14 inversion coaster the smiler
Sik just has lap-bars??? I really need to get up to Flamingo land. I seriously love the layout of collosus but the seats make it horrible (for me at least). Really, really hope Thorpe replace the seats/train.
They should have extended the run into the final turn and remove two of the four consecetive heartline rolls with an airtime hill and a vertical loop, and then after the final turn have an additional heartline roll for the run into the station. Not sure if the train would have enough speed to do this, but it would work much better than 4 heartline rolls in a row and still be able to boast about 10 inversions (although I don't think that really means much anymore since if you just want inversions the smiler has 14).
To be honest, I think Colossus rides a little bit like a shopping trolley simply because of how bulky the restraints are causing me to head bash on some of the elements. Albeit, If I rode Sik or Altair, those 4 inversions would be too much as it’s way too whippy and fast despite being much more of a newer and smoother coaster than Colossus.
Nah the further back u sit on the train the more it rattles and sitting forward helps the roughness this is coming from someone who’s home park is Thorpe and I’ve ridden colossus over 50 times, the thing I disagree with is saw being rough, all u need to do is sit with ur fair enough forward it’s much more bearable and I’ve had butter smooth rides on saw I’ve never had them on colossus
Finally the UK do something better than America rollercoaster wise
Smilers better than both of these coasters
BTW saw isn’t rough compared to colossus on any row that isn’t the front
Great video. I've ridden both this coaster with sik only last year. I agree that the four rolls is too much. Sik is the superior coaster simply because the more modern train and lap bars. My opinion is all lap bars on all coasters needs to be outlawed
4 heartline rolls in a row is way too much. I never liked the corkscrews on Arrow coasters being back to back. One at a time like on Batman at SFOG would be so much more fun.
The heartline rolls are more fun to watch than to ride for sure
I've only done Altair at Cinecitta World and totally agree. Those ending inversions after the first few aren't enjoyable. The rest of the coaster is actually good though.
Just watching the POV makes me dizzy at the end. I always knew this coaster was too much. I would still ride it once for the credit though 😊
it was originally an 8 inversion design, they just added the two extra twists to take the inversion record, have only been on colossus and it was rougher than SAW but it was the year SAW opened have heard its much rougher now.
I find it interesting that Colossus uses flat track for the 4 corkscrews and Sic uses triangular track for the same elements.
I have been on the new 10 inversion model in Turkey and it is really, I absolutely mean really snappy. It is hauling through the rolls. When I compare the povs, colossus looks way slower than new version. I can imagine why the track has to be beefier.
The vertical loop? Makes you lurch into your seat. Cobra rolls? rips you around. Corkscrews, you can feel your chest pop. Not even gonna talk about rolls you can't even process whats happening there, you are just looking at a blurry sky and ground mixture. I had back pain at the night after riding it and my face became yellow after 2 rides that I legitemately wanted to leave the park
I like inversions on Roller Coasters. However, Inversions aren't my favorite. 10 inversions is just too much imo.
Gonna have to say I'm trusting coster studios less in its reviews. Sik has cheap teaming. At least with colossus they built the landscape up around the ride and it feels less like a ride plonked in a carpark.
I had the really cool (and random) experience of riding the one operating in Russia. I thought it was a really fun and solid ride tbh!
I did colossus as one of my first thrill coasters and it bashed my ears in a lot. I don’t mind the layout but back row is unbearable with head banging. I also just dislike it because I threw up after my first ever ride on it
Thorpe Park needs to get rid of this ride - it absolutely sucks. The fact that there is a better version of the ride in the UK now just confirms they have to get rid of it and replace it with a better coaster!
I think its great for flamingo land apparently they got it at a really really low price so they got a standout almost world class ride for cheap.
Even though its my home park if it wasnt for sik i would hardly go.
Nah sik is amazing and it’s not full inversions as that ejecter airtime hill is amazing
I walked up the Swarm and they said why detonator was closed. by the sounds of it its not just maintenence
Kudos to making a video about a sickening coaster named "Sik", and yet never making a joke about "sick"