Comments on: Mean Streak @ Cedar Point | Coaster Reviews

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:29:04 +0000

I rode it in May last year for the first time on my first trip to Cedar Point and for me it was the most disappointing ride in the park. I enjoyed every other ride I was able to get on but this was a major let down. Far too rough (my ribs were rattling and I was in pain long before the end of the ride) and the whole layout was a bit dull. I’m a pretty skinny guy and I suspect those people who are defending the ride comfort (or lack there of) are somewhat chunkier than me with more natural padding! Blue Streak and Gemini were much more enjoyable for me, despite their placid thrill levels compared to other coasters in the park. I realise wooden coasters will never be as smooth as the steel coasters and I expect a rough ride on a ‘woodie’ but Mean Streak was just excessive. The roughness killed any possibility of ride enjoyment for me. Visually it looks awesome but I think they’d be better off ripping it down and building a new wooden coaster with a more exciting and varied layout and more comfortable ride.

By: Max McMullen

Max McMullen — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:21:37 +0000

I’ve ridden countless woodies and no other woodie was as boring, rough, disappointing, and dangerous as this one was. A real woodie is not this. A real woodie would be Blue Streak, Holiday World’s The Voyage, Coney Island Cyclone, SFMM’s Apocalypse, Knott’s Ghostrider, and many other woodies. I LIKE THE ROUGHNESS OF WOODIES! But not if they are this rough and boring. Sorry guys for the namecalling but YOU josh are the imbecile.

By: coasterer22

coasterer22 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:03:01 +0000

I rode Mean Streak about 6 years ago, so I was very little (I think I was just tall enough to ride it). I don’t remember any specifics, but I do remember that it wasn’t rough. Of course that was 6 years ago, but I don’t know why some people HATE this ride. It’s not that bad. I rode Wildcat at Hershey Park at around (or at least near) the same time and I remember it being wayyyyy rougher than Mean Streak was. Like Mark said, Rocky Mountain should spice up this coaster a bit.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:07:06 +0000

I rode Mean Streak for the first time this year. I rode twice – front seat and second to last seat. I didn’t find it that rough, probably because Cedar Fair spent a lot to retrack it last winter, but found it boring and not worth waiting for. All that wood and no airtime … especially when Maverick is next door.

It was particularly weird to have the ride be that high yet many of the drops don’t go down to the ground. It would be a much faster, more fun ride if it did that.

The weird insults that some have for not liking their internal organs scrambled is beyond my understanding.

I hope Rocky Mountain redoes Mean Streak to make it a more interesting ride.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:35:52 +0000

While I agree name-calling is unnecessary, I share the frustration with younger coaster enthusiasts– and the general public– who have grown up with B&M steel coasters and GCI wood coasters are much less tolerant of roughness. I skipped The Mean Streak on this year’s visit to Cedar Point not because I feared roughness, but because the last time I rode it I thought it was boring and not worth the wait.

When I ride Prowler at Worlds of Fun– which I think is a great ride that we’re lucky to have– I go nuts when I hear the GP denigrating the Timber Wolf because it’s too rough. It still has better drops and air-time hills. And when I get lucky and have brakeless rides like I did last Friday night, it blows Prowler away.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:00:37 +0000

Josh, I haven’t been on Mean Streak in years and while I didn’t find it as rough as the MANY others have I find it hilarious when people defend rough rides the way you have here. To each his own, but you don’t need to call people imbeciles and wimps because they don’t have the same pain or discomfort thresholds that you may have. This shouldn’t be a shock to you, but you can’t expect people to think through the environmental factors and realize that they should skip Mean Streak because its proximity to the lake might have made the ride rough. You also can’t expect the average park-goer to know ‘how’ to ride a rough roller coaster.

When you, or people like you start holding “How to Ride Roller Coasters That Are Rougher Than They Should Be” seminars or parks put big fat notices in front of their rough woodies that says, “You Might Want to Skip This One If You Don’t Like Riding Roller Coasters That Are Rougher Than They Should Be”, then you’ll be seeing comments like the ones above for a long, long time. Get used to it and stop calling people names because they don’t agree with you.

By: Josh Stodola

Josh Stodola — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:57:56 +0000

Wow, you commenters are a bunch of wimps. Have you EVER rode any old wooden coasters in your life? If not, then stay away and stick to your wonderful joyrides. The thing is twenty years old, and has been subjected to the elements. The park is surrounded by water and the coaster is made of wood, it doesn’t take a brainiac to figure out the ride will not age well. I rode Mean Streak in May of this year, and just last weekend. It was much smoother in May than it was in September, but it was not unbearable if you know what you are getting into. In fact, I was down-right scared and I loved the complexity of the track design. They do their best to smooth out the rough spots in the off season. You really just need to know how to ride this to enjoy it. Yes, there is technique, which is why the 64-year old guy sitting next to me kept his hands up the entire time and got right back in line afterwards. There are people who LOVE and LIVE for the roughness of wooden coasters, it is a different type of fearful thrill and those who can’t handle have no business complaining. As if some CP employee urged you to get onto the train…? I, for one, will not be happy if they tear this ride down like SOB just because of a few whining imbeciles. The people who like these rides don’t usually scour the Internet and look for opportunities to complain, so if Cedar Fair is reading any of this, please take every negative review with a HUGE grain of salt.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:12:00 +0000

I was a ride op on Mean Streak during the summer of ’00. We test rode every morning before open. One op per train, front seat. I always left my seat belt loose and gave myself plenty of lap bar gap. Did get a little air time that way at least. I got so used to the chattering, bumping and grinding that I could almost sleep on the thing. My body got used to it. The trim breaks really were cranked that summer though, and I was often surprised that it didn’t stall on one of the turns right after the initial drop. Even with trim, it was still a back slayer.

We had a slogan we often said over the PA that year. “Fear so intense… some call it pain”. Indeed.

Fast forward to today. We were at CP and we were with a CP newbie, so I said “you have to have this under your belt”. Plus I like riding it, pain and all. Brings back good memories. Well, to me it was smoother than it was 11 years ago… for the most part. Everyone else in my party got tore up though. They weren’t too fond of the coaster at all. Interesting note though, it seems there was almost no trim break today. That thing rocketed. Much faster than it was back then, and faster than it was two years ago when we were there last.

I agree that it should undergo a complete reprofile or… as much as I hate to say it (the thing looks awesome and it holds a special place in my heart) maybe they should consider taking it out and building a new woodie. That IS some prime real estate!

By: Ann Marie

Ann Marie — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:34:07 +0000

I went to cedar point today and went on the Mean Streak.I was so scared because of the sounds it was making and the way the cars felt.I seriously thought it was going to derail around those many sharp turns.It didnt beat me up but It scared thee crap out of me.it didnt feel safe at all.I love costers,wooden or not but i never had an expirience like this one-
If I was assured that they was no way the train could slip off the track I would go on it again. It isnt the most thrilling coaster at cedar point but if it wasnt so rickety it would be a fun ride.But Im afraid its going to fall apart!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:56:28 +0000

I went to CP for the first time this week and agree the wooden coasters at the park are disappointing.
I rode Mean streak up front on Tuesday. The train bucked and banged me around continuously, very rough. Foolishly I went back the following day and sat in the last seat, what a mistake! It slammed my back and shook my skull. I’ve head headaches for two days.

I love wood coasters that shake and rattle and whip but Mean Streak is dangerous. Until now, I considered the Cyclone at SFNE to be the worst wooden coaster. But Mean Streak is my new low. I’ll never ride it again.