Cedar Point's Next Coaster

Well I'd welcome a full treatment for Blue Streak. Go crazy. Vertical loop, Stengel dive, zero gravity stall.

Cobra roll.

Stop.

What about a 80 mph launch on RMC blue streak?

Just for you, RCMAC and everyone else:

Let’s just move on from this while we still can.

I am frankly appalled at this bastardization of a true classic woodie. How dare you add all those elements...

...without throwing in a sweet splashdown?

Blue Streak is the best blue thing this side of Tobias Fünke.

Look, I didn't make the video. I just linked it here because I thought it was cool. It's missing a stall though.

The only thing Blue Streak is missing is buzz bars.

What are buzzbars? Sorry I'm asking this...

Single position lapbars. No ratcheting down,

I said it b4... the next coaster will be a water coaster out and back near MXL over towards the old Sandcastles and then a pier coaster, then another Giga out and back into the parking lot. yup!!!

I sure do miss Buzz Bars.

WZNM said:

I said it b4... the next coaster will be a water coaster out and back near MXL over towards the old Sandcastles and then a pier coaster, then another Giga out and back into the parking lot. yup!!!

I don't think the Coast Guard will ever allow Cedar Point to build a coaster or a pier out into the lake.

Nobody said the pier would go out onto the lake. It’s just gonna go over the lagoon.

Wait, what's so great about buzz bars?

They are hardly lap bars at all. Often they are associated with a bench seat, no divider, and a single seat belt.

^ what maverick said + speed and efficiency

Or no seat belt. Or with a divider. No matter, they are preferred by fans who enjoy maximum lift on wooden coasters. Plus, they’re easy load and lock.
Blue Streak ran with them for years, as did rides like KI’s Racer and The Beast. PTC made that style of lapbar common. You can still find them on Knoebel’s Phoenix, for instance.
National Amusement Device also made wooden coaster trains and were quite prolific, and they also had two-position straight across lap bars. Sadly, most of those are gone now, but you can still find them at Kennywood, Camden, Conneaut, and on the kiddie ride at Rye.

One year I noticed CP’s Blue Streak had bent the bars downward so they rested closer to the rider’s lap. Eventually they were converted like many of the rest. PTC’s individual, ratcheting lap bars are ok, but for bigger guys like me they aren’t the most comfortable. They hit close to the body and there’s this odd jog on the leg of the restraint that leaves even less room. I’ve looked closely at that feature and I can’t come up with a reason they should be bent that way.

So, then how do buzz bars fit bigger people?

There was still a challenge, but less so. I can speak for myself, and in my case they were easier to lower and lock. Like a lot of men, I carry my weight around the middle and the straight across lap bar allows more room.
I’ve ridden several wooden roller coasters that had no lap bar at all. Now, there’s freedom.