Blue Streak Re-tracking

So, no idea if it's just one spot, or the whole thing, but from that amazing facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468582986513399&set=a.123609...=1&theater

Blue Streak and Mean Streak both get significant amounts of retracking every off-season. It's part of the reason Cedar Point gets such consistent performance out of Blue Streak.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Blue Streak is still a damn good ride. It's been a while, but rode it during Halloweekends and we were flying all over the place and couldn't stop laughing. This ride is about all "air-time".

I won't get started on Mean Streak. I've seen the threads. I'll just say I wish retracking Mean Streak actually did something.

Mean Streak needs to be retracted from the park, once and for all.

3snoH un=l said:
I won't get started on Mean Streak. I've seen the threads. I'll just say I wish retracking Mean Streak actually did something.

It did this season.

He's saying he wishes that it actually made a difference. I could tell the difference in May but when I rode it in October, it was its same old self.

I have to disagree ^. I rode Mean Streak on closing weekend and it was the best ride I ever had on Mean Streak.

Blue Streak is always a great ride every time I ride it. The drops are awesome, it's really smooth especially for the coaster's age (that's what happens when you build a coaster correctly), and I love the fast turnaround.

I've dismissed Blue Streak for the past few years that I've gone to Cedar Point. In my mind, I didn't remember it as a great ride from when I was a kid.

This year, I went with a buddy who has never been to CP before, so we rode it...and I am so sorry that I have been skipping over it for so long! It may be my favorite wooden coaster in the park!

xfireboyx said:
It may be my favorite wooden coaster in the park!

That's not too bold of a statement, yet I agree with you 100%.

Blue Streak is such a great coaster. It's a good coaster for younger riders, yet packs enough of a punch for riders that enjoy large coasters. The fact that it is 50 years old is amazing, but CP does take great care of it.

Sause said:
[The fact that it is 50 years old is amazing, but CP does take great care of it.

Almost 50.

Ensign Smith said:
Mean Streak needs to be retracted from the park, once and for all.

Ahhhh.....I see what you did there. Looks like no one else did........shame. :)

Not my MEAN STREAK!
*Evil Face*

Still one of my favorite Woodies, Yes I'm a die-hard MS fan-boy. Still waiting on that topper track and those MFlyers.

I love both Mean Streak and Blue Streak!!! Blue Streak gets me laughing every time I ride it! I love it! And Mean Streak has been great this year too!!!

Cedar King said:
Not my MEAN STREAK!
*Evil Face*

Still one of my favorite Woodies, Yes I'm a die-hard MS fan-boy. Still waiting on that topper track and those MFlyers.

Is your collection of wood coasters Mean Streak and Blue Streak?

I'm sure Son of Beast is in there too :) But seriously guys, you need to give Mean Streak a break or maybe another chance. Like I said before, closing weekend was the best ride I have ever had on Mean Streak.

I have never had an issue with roughness, pain, etc. riding Mean Streak. I just do not find the ride interesting or enjoyable. Particularly not the second half. On the other hand, Blue Streak is still one of my favorite rides in the park. Typically I ride it at least once per visit.

TwistedWicker77 said:
I'm sure Son of Beast is in there too :) But seriously guys, you need to give Mean Streak a break or maybe another chance. Like I said before, closing weekend was the best ride I have ever had on Mean Streak.

I also had a "best ride" on Mean Streak. It doesn't mean it was an enjoyable thrilling wooden coaster. Mediocre at best. Mean Streak either needs a real major re-tracking / modification or be removed from the park. Simple.

You're just not riding it correctly. Duh. ;)

This year, I finally got a few full-darkness rides on Voyage, so tales of "best Mean Streak ride" hit my ears in the same way "best Busch Light I ever had" do. ;) There's just a ceiling on how good it can really be.

That said, Blue Steak holds its own against such competition. Not the very best by any reasonable stretch, but still in the "not to be missed" category.

what does a "real" major re-tracking/modification consist of? And what do you expect it to do to the ride experience?