Mean Streak

Mean Streak is a wooden roller coaster built by Dinn Corporation at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It opened to the public on May 11, 1991, as the wooden roller coaster with the world's tallest lift and the longest drop. Although the height record was only held for one season, it is still one of the tallest, fastest, and longest wooden roller coasters. It is located in the Frontiertown section of the park behind the Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad station. With a duration of 3 minutes and 13 seconds, Mean Streak had the longest ride time of any roller coaster in the park until 2000. It is also one of only two wooden roller coasters operating at Cedar Point; the other is the Blue Streak, located at the front of the park. The ride was announced in late 1990 and was officially named "Mean Streak" on October 24, 1990. Mean Streak opened to the public on May 11. In 1994,trim brakes were installed on the first drop, slowing the ride down. Over the years, Mean Streak has been retracked several times. Some retracking has been completed by Martin & Vleminckx. Prior to the 2012 operating season, many sections of track after the first drop were replaced. This was the most major work done on the ride since it opened. After leaving the station, the train passes through the storage tracks and makes a U-turn to the right, before ascending the 161-foot-tall (49 m) lift hill. After cresting the top of the hill, the train drops 155 feet (47 m) at a 52-degree-angle, reaching a top speed of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h). While dropping, riders go through a set of trim brakes on the first drop. Riders then go through a 123-foot-tall (37 m) twisted turnaround followed a small airtime hill then another twisted turnaround. The train then travels over the lift hill and dips down to the right. After that, the train travels through the rides structure and goes down another hill, turning to the left into the mid-course brake run. The train then dips down to the left into another airtime hill. Riders then go through several small airtime hills and turns in the ride's structure followed by the finalbrake run. One cycle of the ride lasts 3 minutes and 13 seconds.