BRISTOL, Conn. — It towers over the amusement park, dwarfing the Ferris wheel just visible through its slender, serpentine contours. Reaching and arcing, curving and twisting, soaring and looping, it looks like a gigantic purple and orange spider web shimmering against a blue sky.

It’s the Phobia Phear Coaster, the newest ride at Lake Compounce Family Theme Park. The triple-launch coaster features an inversion at 150 feet and speeds of up to 65 miles an hour. Triple launch means that the set of cars moves forward and then back before shooting forward again to launch the ride. “Inversion’’ (also called a cobra roll) is a gentle way to say that the track rolls over 360 degrees, so riders are momentarily upside down with nothing securing them to the car but a lap bar.

Phobia uses state-of-the-art linear synchronous motor technology, which applies the principles of magnetism to allow the train to reach a high speed quickly, said Sara Frias, the park’s marketing director. The name addresses many popular “phobias,’’ including the fear of heights, speed, enclosed spaces, and of course the fear of roller coasters, she added.

Alex Mitchell of Southington, Conn., is apparently not familiar with any of those fears. Riding Phobia for the second consecutive day at Lake Compounce, the 15-year-old said the coaster was his new favorite ride.

ELLEN ALBANESE