Heide Park Colossos retracking (2019)
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Lofty
CF Legend
The name is still Colossos. The 'Fight of the Giants' is merely a tagline to signify a change has been made and to match the new theme of the ride.
kai phillips
Roller Poster
Th13teen X wicker man theme confirmed
kai phillips
Roller Poster
The majority of this is nothing new, a dark entity was awoken under the earth and its caused the fight of the giants, the fire is unexplained but I speculate its something along the lines of burning the wood of the tree structure and the coasters as apart of the fight.
KommissarLT
Roller Poster
I'm guessing this new theme is to tie Heide Park to Alton Towers, kind of like how Oblivion: The Black Hole is related to Oblivion and Nemesis Inferno is related to Nemesis.
SilverArrow
Certified Ride Geek
Legit no interest in any of this marketing stuff just get the blasted thing running again!
kai phillips
Roller Poster
well it's not called Wickerman: fight of the giants so i would say probably not.
kai phillips
Roller Poster
is wicker man not already inferno
I thought that was definitely just non-enthusiast rumours and here was little actual backing to it, especially the Nemesis one.
Fluorineer
Mega Poster
They should have named it "Adversary" instead of "Nemesis Inferno". That would have been clever, and it would have avoided the whole "comparing it to Nemesis" issue.
kai phillips
Roller Poster
I'm not even going to lie, I would rank it higher with that name, it does put me off that it compares itself to the legend.
Howie
Donkey in a hat
Really? I was also there in April 2016 (just think - we may have actually met!
), and I thought it was running perfectly fine. Had lots of rides on the thing over a 2 day period and didn't have any issues with roughness, was able to marathon it with no problems. But yeah, like you said, it'll be nice to just have it operating again. Great ride!
HeartlineCoaster
Theme Park Superhero
Me three.I found it was the wheel seats specifically that made it 'less favourable' to ride (the airtime was great, but the helix of doom was pretty dire). Was trying to avoid them, but the efficient German locals kept batching me into those rows to save time and I never said no.
cookie
Giga Poster
It was April 16th. The coaster was jackhammering like mad whenever it was picking up any speed, especially during the helix of doom. I rode Balder less than a month later and it was glass smooth in comparison.Really? I was also there in April 2016 (just think - we may have actually met!
But yeah, like you said, it'll be nice to just have it operating again. Great ride!
GeodieCoasterFan
Mega Poster
Would love to get a go on this but unfortunately the whole park seems to have a 6'4 max restriction so wont be possible
kai phillips
Roller Poster
I remember it being rough in 2016 but I still felt like my stomach was being ripped out from me with airtime so it'll be interesting how great it is smooth.
zazobo
Hyper Poster
Really!? That's good to know, husband is 6ft 5.Would love to get a go on this but unfortunately the whole park seems to have a 6'4 max restriction so wont be possible
Has anyone else who is over 6ft 4 been and not had any problems?
TheCoasterCruiser
Giga Poster
Pretty neat:
Source: https://www.coasterfriends.de/forum...ssos-komplettes-retracking-heide-park-28.html
Source: https://www.coasterfriends.de/forum...ssos-komplettes-retracking-heide-park-28.html