Unlike traditional wooden coasters, its track was prefabricated, laser-cut in a factory to a high degree of precision, with sections designed to snap together like Lego pieces.

Three other prefabricated wooden roller coasters have since been built: Balder at Liseberg, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, and T Express at Everland in South Korea.

[1] Heide Park announced that inspections had revealed significant problems with the coaster's track, and that repairs would cost over €10 million.

[1] In early January 2018, Heide Park announced that the entire track surface of Colossos would be replaced and that the ride would reopen for the 2019 summer season.

Within the new theme, Colossus is under attack by a large fire monster and needs the rider‘s energy to vanquish it.