Mean Streak
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| Manufacturer | Dinn Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,600 | ||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Drop | 155 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 65 mph | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 5427 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Angle | 52° | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 3:13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | ||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||
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Mean Streak was a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. Constructed out of 1.7 million board feet (4,000 m³) of treated Southern Yellow Pine,[1] it was the tallest and fastest wooden coaster when it opened in 1991. The track was re-tracked almost every year and had its own carpentry staff.[2]
History
On October 24, 1990 the name "Mean Streak" was revealed.[3] It opened on May 11 the following year.
On August 1, 2016, Cedar Point announced that Mean Streak would close on September 16, 2016 in a YouTube video entitled 'The Axe'.[4] In October, deconstruction of Mean Streak had begun and Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box track was spotted onsite, confirming rumours that the ride would be retracked by RMC. However, this wasn't officially confirmed until August 16, 2017, when Steel Vengeance was announced.
Ride Experience
After climbing the 161 foot tall lift hill, Mean Streak drops riders at an angle of 52 degrees and over two large elevated curves. An on-ride-photo system takes rider's pictures at the mid-ride block brake run. Mean Streak criss-crosses its wooden structure nine times at speeds up to 65 mph. Trim brakes were added to the ride's first drop at some point after opening.
Trains
3 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train. The seats are divided, with headrests, individual ratcheting lap bars and seatbelts. The colors of the 3 trains were red, gold, and green.
Trivia
- Mean Streak was one of the last two coasters to be built by Dinn Corporation. The other was the now-defunct Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Photo Gallery
The entrance to Mean Streak
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References
External links
- Mean Streak on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Tallest wooden roller coaster May 1991 - May 2000 | ||
| Preceded by Texas Giant |
Tallest wooden roller coaster May 1991 - May 2000 |
Succeeded by Rattler (Six Flags Fiesta Texas) |
| Tallest wooden roller coaster drop May 1991 - March 1992 1990s - May 2000* | ||
| Preceded by Hercules |
Tallest wooden roller coaster drop May 1991 - March 1992 1990s - May 2000* |
Succeeded by Son of Beast |
*Rattler opened at Fiesta Texas with a taller drop than Mean Streak, however it was reduced in height a few years after opening.
