- Sep 18, 2015
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Fun story about mean streak. Back when I briefly worked there as I expect they still have there were after hours ride nights where one ride was open for an hour or two exclusively for employees.. Mean streak had one which you might assume hardly anyone showed up for. The employees dressed up fittingly as chiropractors.
I rode with a guy addicted to coasters who was a ride op people we referred to as Mc'lovin. This was around Superbad coming out, looked just like the movie guy. Anyways apparently the ride ops can trick mean streak, being an older coaster, to run without the trims by stopping the coaster with the breaks halfway outside of the station as far as I can recall. This apparently lets the coaster hit 70+ mph making it pretty much the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world. It was raining to add and we were the only ones on board in the front row. We always rode with the belts as loose as possible in the front leaning forward as much as possible to make it bearable but still terrible. Easily the scariest ride at cedar point that night maybe ever. I'm happy I was young enough to take that kind of punishment.
Really great memory to have done that, but it was more about the challenge of bearing a bad ride than the thrill of a great ride. I can't wait till they tear that POS down.
I rode with a guy addicted to coasters who was a ride op people we referred to as Mc'lovin. This was around Superbad coming out, looked just like the movie guy. Anyways apparently the ride ops can trick mean streak, being an older coaster, to run without the trims by stopping the coaster with the breaks halfway outside of the station as far as I can recall. This apparently lets the coaster hit 70+ mph making it pretty much the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world. It was raining to add and we were the only ones on board in the front row. We always rode with the belts as loose as possible in the front leaning forward as much as possible to make it bearable but still terrible. Easily the scariest ride at cedar point that night maybe ever. I'm happy I was young enough to take that kind of punishment.
Really great memory to have done that, but it was more about the challenge of bearing a bad ride than the thrill of a great ride. I can't wait till they tear that POS down.