Mean Streak?

Roger, Roger.

surely you can't be serious

I am serious, and don't call me Shirley

Mean Streak Henry was out this week as well, saw him in line for MF and MS a few times.

randi b said:

Example: for every 1 complaint, 26 people feel the same (White House Consumer Affairs).

To me, every negative at the park people can talk about ("that ride was awful") deters a substantial amount of consumers that may reconsider attendance by going elsewhere.

...but even if you up that to 260 people feeling the same about each complaint on a coaster enthusiast website, you're still talking about a fraction of a single percent of the park's annual attendance.

CPNostalgia said:

Does anyone know what purpose that stake would serve if it is indeed legitimate? Perhaps the delta and the number 18 tell what it's purpose is?

Delta stands for "change". 18 could mean "2018".

"RMC Change in 2018".

:: shrug ::

There's also delta 15 and delta 14 spray painted on the concrete:

That stake, ribbon, & paint marking is a common symbol used in construction of "Lemon Chill Guy Stands".

That is the new location.

noggin said

...but even if you up that to 260 people feeling the same about each complaint on a coaster enthusiast website, you're still talking about a fraction of a single percent of the park's annual attendance.

It was my understanding, there would be no math...;)

I get ya noggin. But I was thinking more broad then just the enthusiast's point of view I guess. I was including the people that walk by the entrance of it saying, "that ride sucks". Basically all the people that won't ride or when they do say never again. I do know you get the "tear it down people" & all, but I tend to believe that although this site is small, it speaks for a larger silent majority. And that's not ego talking because I'm not on here much at all due to a self imposed exile & time restraints.

I heard a woman at a kids' soccer game last week complaining they should tear Mean Streak down. Of course she complained about everything for the entire game so I'm not sure how much weight I give to her opinion ;)

Im curious as to why they marked almost every single footer. There are only a few that arent marked so I wonder if they marked ones would actually be the ones that stay.

Have you looked extensively under the entire ride?

Cedar Point GCI said:
Im curious as to why they marked almost every single footer. There are only a few that arent marked so I wonder if they marked ones would actually be the ones that stay.

Because Tony wanted to get his money's worth out of those spray paint cans and not let any of it go to waste.

All us haters have one thing going for us. MS is likely very expensive to maintain. Lake Erie weather can only increase southern yellow pine decay. Here's to hoping that Delta 18 is more than just a stick in the ground.

Randi b, your signature made me think of one of my favorite 80's songs.

randi b said:

I was including the people that walk by the entrance of it saying, "that ride sucks".

I know I am prone to being overly literal (thanks ASD!), but few people walk by Mean Streak's entrance. People at Mean Streak's entrance are there because chose to make their way across the train tracks to get there.

OMGosh-LOL-How did I ever miss that song?! What a hoot. Ok...maybe not THAT stereotypical ;)

Yea, it is rather isolated. But I think too many negatives such as outdated, non patronized rides effect the overall perception. Even if people have plenty of other rides/things to do it makes an impression. I remember going to see the Narnia exhibit at Disney only to find it was gone. Not enough interest so down it came. I was bummed but understood they don't waste space with things that don't payoff.

But that being said it might just be my personality. I would rather have less that was just right over more that was just OK.

If you search "Julie Brown" on YouTube you can enjoy some other fun songs. She's best known for "The Homecoming Queen Has Got A Gun."

I still think that as long as the ride has sufficient riders and as long as Cedar Fair has no better use for the land, MS will remain rolling. CF may have plans in place now for the land for all I know.

From the drive to Soak City today at least as far as we could see from the road there are orange dots on most footers but not all as described above and and a few survey stakes throughout the ride. These are only the ones you can see from the road. This is in addition to what has been observed in the line. Interesting...

Maybe it's just me but I never considered MS to be isolated in it's little corner of the park. The train which is one of the top non-coaster rides in the park in terms of ridership lets out right in front of it. Any person walking to Maverick unless they're completely blind can see it from either Magnum or Millennium as they walk towards Maverick's entrance, people just choose to not ride it cause of how much it sucks. I was at the park today and while I waited about 45 minutes for Maverick I watched MS because it is a very gorgeous structure. I don't think I saw 1 train go by with more then 6 riders. Now this was around noon and I'm sure it picked up a little through out the day and I left at 2:30 today but I just don't see MS being around much longer or continue in its current form. The Ouimet era of leadership has proven to me they'll ax a ride to improve the park over just keeping it around for coaster count.

Mean Streak is pretty dead the first part of the day. Most crowds don't make it to the back until afternoon.

I was alerted of some survey equipment that was being used today by the entrance area. Very interesting.....