Twisted Colossus in 2023
80°drop angle, twin tracks side by side Pulled up by a chain

Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California

Twisted Colossus

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“We get some EJECTOR AIR here in the back.”

4,990ftNo. 24 longest of 398 US coastersTwisted ColossusGoliath 4,500 ftRiddler's Revenge 4,370 ft3:40ride time121fttall
POV
Ride it: back row POV
Back row
a big dumb grin plastered on my face
watching the other train fly along next to you
What riders love
  • I couldn't believe how often I felt weightless on this ride.
  • This ride has the most airtime of any coaster I’ve ever done! It’s like you don’t properly sit down for all of the ride!
  • Everyone on my train was like, “Woah!” whenever we went over one of those hills.
  • this element is so underrated, and you can always see everyone hats and phones flying out on this part.
  • The 80 degree drops are crazy insane & I got jolted by the strong ejector forces on every single hill.
  • The two halves are absolutely insane with some of the strongest ejector I've felt anywhere, especially on the first drops where I somehow still get a stomach dropping sensation.
  • And once you're through the first time? You get to do it all again!
  • It seems like the ride goes on forever because you essentially run through the course 2 times.
  • The best part is once the blue side ends, you get to go again on the green side!
Twisted Colossus Watch Performance Should I ride it? Specifications Reviews Planning History

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain

Very strong airtime at multiple points, two awesome inversions, and the dueling element should be really fun if it ever worked.

Aiden Davenport

The sheer amount of ejector air-time on this ride is incredible.

The Coaster Kings

...while I typically like RMC coasters as much as the next guy, this one just isn’t for me, mainly due to the constant airtimes, which, due to the lap bar restraint, makes it very uncomfortable for me.

Ben C

We get some EJECTOR AIR here in the back.

Incredible Coasters

After the drop, you’re just ejected from your seat throughout the course of both runs with sharp drops happening constantly.

Max S.

It is often considered one of the less aggressive RMCs, but the way it throws riders around and ejects them out of their seats on every hill means it is no mere tame beast.

Theme Park James

It’s incredible how smooth it feels, while you’re floating upside down, being ejected out of your seats, or are twisting in all directions within seconds.

The Coaster Kings

And when the two trains don’t perfectly sync up, its still a great ride all around: airtime, comfort, duration, etc.

Panthrpants

It’s sad that getting a duelling ride is something to be coveted rather than expected, as it was clearly designed for the trains to race, but it is still a fun, smooth, airtime machine.

Theme Park James

A great first drop (twice), good airtime, crazy inversions, smoothness, comfort, and fun from start to finish.

John Montague

Maybe when I ride it with a full train in a few weeks, my opinion will change, but as of now it’s just a pretty good dueler that’s far rougher than it should be.

Kellen Grady

Two incredible drops, a luxurious amount of thigh-bruising ejector airtime, and some incredible dueling moments.

Zach Payne

This is a really fun and aggressive ride from beginning to end, and if it were dueling it would be an easy 5/5, but it didnt for me.

Ryan Armstrong

No head rest makes no sense on a coaster with this intensity

Dodonpa Donpa

One of the funniest ride in my Life, smooth intense the right way,very good inversion anche a lot of airtime/ejection.

Alessio Romano

The G-forces (especially the negative’s) are super powerful and the layout is actually really cool (in my opinion).

Nicolas Mattioli

The inventor of this ride needs to be paid triple whatever they got lol it was so intense, blew my mind away

@chokolatekittee

Honestly one of the craziest rides there, it’s wayyyy more intense than it looks.

@lilpancit

Twisted Colossus is an amazing coaster with a long but fast paced layout.

Erik C.

You reach the apex on the first drop very fast too.

Jonah S.

The second first drop does make up for the second lift "dead spot", and the first airtime hill on each side are great.

Ryan Brewer

A fine ride, but I enjoy the other RMCs in CA and Texas more because they lack the dead spot in the middle, Twisted Colossus rarely duels for me, and other rides feel more complete.

Spokker Jones

Not bad enough to drop the rating, though I did go when the park was dead and everything was a walk on.

Ryan McDonough

There was almost no wait while we were there so it was a treat to just walk straight on and finally feel like a coaster was long enough, as there are a lot of rides I enjoy but feel are much too...

Meng Ma

...ride is great for Magic Mountain; this park has terrible operations, but because the crew wants TC to duel consistently (and they are the only ride that run 3 trains) the line moves extremely fast.

Zach

The only gripe I have is the capacity, the line for Twisted Colossus is usually very very long and moves at a painfully slow pace.

Alexia Englund

Capacity is bad sometimes because if the ride ops but i got a duel surprisingly many times, so good job ride ops.

random 00
Height fear

I was really scared about the drop tho so I sat in the third seat to the back.

Arabella Grant

I last rode it in 2018 and was so terrified I think I repressed a majority of the ride LMAO.

Neily Green
Motion sickness risk

It also just causes me discomfort and motion sickness.

idkwhatnametoput Osinaga

I felt so sick after the first lap, and my friend said that the look on my face after seeing that we were going again was priceless.

@tenblade0660

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

121 ftHeight
235 Goliath 188 Viper 170 Tatsu 164 FullThrottle 156 Riddler'sRevenge 121 TwistedColossus
128 ftFirst drop
255 Goliath 171 Viper 146 Riddler'sRevenge 141 Scream! 128 TwistedColossus 127 WonderWomanFlight of
57 mphTop speed
Goliath85 Full Throttle70 Viper70 Riddler'sRevenge65 Scream!63 TwistedColossus57 085 mph
80°Drop angle
87°WonderWomanFlight of80°TwistedColossus61°Goliath59°Batman TheRide45°GreatAmericanRevolution36°Ninjadashed line: straight down, 90°
2Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtimeRider favouriteEjector airtimeLong rideHuge first dropGreat layoutHangtime

Criticised for

Uncomfortable restraintsWeak themingRider fit issuesOften closed

This ride is very close to my heart, the first drop has some of the best airtime ever, and is is ejector city, I really just wished it duels, I only ever have gotten one half duel

Matthew Powell, Captain Coaster review

I’m going to be honest, while I typically like RMC coasters as much as the next guy, this one just isn’t for me, mainly due to the constant airtimes, which, due to the lap bar restraint, makes it very uncomfortable for me.

Ben C, Captain Coaster review

I love twisted colossus and it is such a great ride that greatly fills its spot.But the shin guards on the lap bars take away from the ejector airtime.

Xander Bardin, Captain Coaster review

I rode it a night and it was a lot of fun, I liked how they turned the racing coaster into a two-loop race with different courses each time.

David, Captain Coaster review

I had no idea what this ride did, what it’s layout contained and the resultant first lap was one of the greatest I’ve had on any coaster in recent memory.

Heartline Coaster, published review

I’m confused how people have this as top 2 for Magic Mountain’s line up.

Ethan C, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Goliath & Twisted Colossus
Roller Coaster Philosophy, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus
METRO96, CC BY-SA 4.0
Twisted Colossus Entrance
METRO96, CC BY-SA 4.0
Twisted Colossus
METRO96, CC BY-SA 4.0
Twisted Colossus at night
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0
Twisted Colossus
Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0

11 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

May 23, 2015Opened

Built by Rocky Mountain Coasters, designed by Alan Schilke.

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 11 polls, 2015 to 2026

28th2015, its first poll
6th2019, its best placing
43rd2026, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Magic Mountain. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, thecoasterkings.com, incrediblecoasters.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, heartlinecoaster.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Roller Coaster Philosophy (CC BY 2.0), METRO96 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Caleb Kwong, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You are out of your seat for at least…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “I couldn't believe how often I felt weightless on…”; Leonardo S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride has the most airtime of any coaster…”; Brandon L., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Everyone on my train was like, “Woah!” whenever we…”; Josiah, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The best way I can describe it is like…”; cres sidalia, rider review on Captain Coaster: “this element is so underrated, and you can always…”; Nicolas Mattioli, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The 80 degree drops are crazy insane & I…”; Scott Quisenberry, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The two halves are absolutely insane with some of…”; Meng Ma, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Going around twice makes it a pretty long ride!”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “And once you're through the first time? You get…”; brian d., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It seems like the ride goes on forever because…”; Jake Williams, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The best part is once the blue side ends,…”; Nolan Bateman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I always come off of it with a big…”; Elan Godoy, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Between watching the other train fly along next to…”.

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