Mean Streak
Encyclopedia
Mean Streak is a wooden
roller coaster
located at Cedar Point
in Sandusky, Ohio
, United States
. Opened in 1991 and constructed using 1.7 million board feet (4,000 m³) of treated Southern Yellow Pine
, it was one of the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coasters in the world. Mean Streak is one of two wooden roller coasters operating at Cedar Point; the other being the Blue Streak. The Gemini and Cedar Creek Mine Ride have supports constructed out of wood, but run on tubular steel track thus they are not wooden roller coasters, but steel roller coaster hybrids.
The track is re-tracked almost every year and has its own carpentry staff.
With a duration time 3 minutes and 13 seconds, the Mean Streak is the longest ride of any roller coaster in the park. This year, Cedar Point celebrates the Mean Streak's 20th anniversary.
, Mean Streak drops riders at a 52-degree-angle 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 mi/h. Trim Brakes have been added to the rides first drop, and it is today considered a rough ride.
. The other is the now-defunct Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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Wooden roller coaster
A wooden roller coaster is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlaid upon a wooden track. Occasionally, the structure may be made out of a steel lattice or truss, but the ride remains classified as a wooden roller coaster due to the track design...
roller coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
located at Cedar Point
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
in Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Opened in 1991 and constructed using 1.7 million board feet (4,000 m³) of treated Southern Yellow Pine
Southern Yellow Pine
Southern Yellow Pine doesn't refer to any one species of tree, but rather a group of species which are classified as yellow pine , and are native to the Southern United States. They grow very well in the acidic red clay soil found in most of the region. The varieties include Loblolly, Longleaf,...
, it was one of the tallest, fastest and longest wooden roller coasters in the world. Mean Streak is one of two wooden roller coasters operating at Cedar Point; the other being the Blue Streak. The Gemini and Cedar Creek Mine Ride have supports constructed out of wood, but run on tubular steel track thus they are not wooden roller coasters, but steel roller coaster hybrids.
The track is re-tracked almost every year and has its own carpentry staff.
With a duration time 3 minutes and 13 seconds, the Mean Streak is the longest ride of any roller coaster in the park. This year, Cedar Point celebrates the Mean Streak's 20th anniversary.
The ride
After ascending the 161-foot-tall lift hillLift hill
A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point or peak in the roller coaster ride...
, Mean Streak drops riders at a 52-degree-angle 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 mi/h. Trim Brakes have been added to the rides first drop, and it is today considered a rough ride.
Trivia
Mean Streak is one of the last two coasters to be built by Dinn CorporationDinn Corporation
Dinn Corporation was a former roller coaster designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio in 1983 by Charles Dinn. They are noted for building twelve wooden roller coasters in the United States, including:* Georgia Cyclone* Hercules...
. The other is the now-defunct Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In...
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