Comments on: Mean Streak @ Cedar Point | Coaster Reviews

By: Cpguy

Cpguy — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:09:53 +0000

This year when I visited in 2012 it got WAY smoother then 2011. I think they should do what the New Texas Giant and the rattler to Iron rattler. I think it could be one of the better wooden coasters if it turns into a hybrid. At least it is better

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:32:55 +0000

They really improved that ride in 2012 not it way less rough and the speed it better. The best part is that the people in the park don't know that the ride improved, so there is not that long of a line

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:13:24 +0000

It seems that for most wooden coaster reviews, I dont add up. I found Mean streak super dooper ulta boring, but thats it. Not rough just no airtime. And i dont even know why it had no airtime. It had a bad trim on the drop but it was just slow and boring. Thats it. One of the most decieving looking coasters out there because it looks super awsome, but is actually super lame.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:44:56 +0000

Woodies were not designed for girls with boobs in mind….that sounds wrong but you know what I mean lol. Owwwie! It really feels like the longest ride ever. When will some punk go and burn this thing down for the good of mankind so Cedar Point can put something good there in its place? Wishful thinking I guess!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:29:04 +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 07:21:37 +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 — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:03:01 +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 17:07:06 +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 15:35:52 +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 09:00:37 +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.