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Mean Streak | |
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Cedar Point | |
Location | Cedar Point |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | May 11, 1991 |
Cost | $7,500,000 USD |
General statistics | |
Type | Wood |
Manufacturer | Dinn Corporation |
Designer | Curtis D. Summers |
Track layout | Oval path traced three times |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift |
Inversions | 0 |
Duration | 3:13 |
Max vertical angle | 52° |
Capacity | 1,600 riders per hour |
Mean Streak at RCDB |
Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. It is a wooden roller coaster and was the tallest and fastest one of its kind when it debuted in 1991. It was constructed using 1.7 million board feet (4,000 m³) of treated Southern Yellow pine, and if stacked one in front of the other could span the US from Washington DC to Sacramento just over three times. Although Cedar Point holds the record for the most roller coasters at one park (17), Mean Streak is one of only three wooden roller coasters there.[1] The track is re-tracked almost every year. The ride also has its own carpentry staff as well.[2]
With a duration time of just over three minutes, the Mean Streak is the longest ride of any roller coaster in the park.
The ride
After ascending the 161-foot-tall lift hill, Mean Streak drops riders at a 52-degree-angle and over two large elevated curves. The on-ride-photo is at the bottom of the second curve. Mean Streak criss-crosses the wooden structure nine times, and speeds through the wooden supports at 65 mph. Mean Streak truly lives up to its name as it known for its teeth rattling ride quality that many riders find painful.
In 1991, when the ride first opened, it was much smoother. However, as the years have passed and have naturally aged the wood, the ride has gotten much rougher.
Ride images
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image from P&D
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P&d
References
- ^ "Mean Streak at Cedar Point". Retrieved 2006-08-13.
- ^ "Mean Streak - Cedar Point - Experience the Point". Retrieved 2008-06-25.