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| Manufacturer | Dinn Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers | ||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,600 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
| Height161 feet
Drop155 feet Top speed65 mph Length5,427 feet Inversions0 Steepest drop52° Duration3:13
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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]
On August 1, 2016, Cedar Point announced that Mean Streak would close on September 16, 2016 in a YouTube video entitled 'The Axe'.[3] 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, Cedar Point is yet to officially confirm this, despite the track all but confirming an RMC I-Box conversion.
Ride Experience[edit]
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 have since been added to the ride's first drop.
Trains[edit]
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.
Trivia[edit]
- 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[edit]
The entrance to Mean Streak
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References[edit]
| Tallest wooden roller coaster May 1991 - May 2006 | ||
| Preceded by Texas Giant |
Tallest wooden roller coaster May 1991 - May 2006 |
Succeeded by Voyage |
| Tallest wooden roller coaster drop May 1991 - April 2001 | ||
| Preceded by American Eagle |
Tallest wooden roller coaster drop May 1991 - April 2001 |
Succeeded by Colossos |
| Roller coasters at Cedar Point | |||||||||
| Present | Blue Streak • Cedar Creek Mine Ride • Corkscrew • GateKeeper • Gemini • Iron Dragon • Magnum XL-200 • Maverick • Millennium Force • Raptor • Rougarou • Top Thrill Dragster • Valravn • Wicked Twister • Wilderness Run • Woodstock Express • unknown | ||||||||
| Former | Broadway Trip • Cyclone • Dip the Dips Scenic Railway • Disaster Transport • High Frolics • Jumbo Jet • Leap the Dips • Loop the Loop • Mean Streak • Racer • Scamper • Super Coaster • Switchback Railway • Wild Mouse • Wild Cat • WildCat | ||||||||