The Interpreter Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Breathtaking? That's one word for it. Boring and painful are two more. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Agreed. I wonder if we will ever see another wooden coaster built at Cedar Point. There have been a lot of new and innovative concepts to appear on wooden coasters in the last several seasons. Believe it or not, Mean Streak is over 20 years old! It opened in 1991 and was designed by the then leading wood coaster designers of Summers and Dinn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Which, sadly, explains a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I rode Mean Streak without trims earlier this summer, and it was a phenomenal ride. Not boring, not painful, not a waste of time. Phenomenal. This ride has potential of they were to do something with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 The trims make it more painful? Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 More painful, but helps so the ride doesn't tear itself apart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 It's a careful balance between low maintenance cost vs. rider comfort/thriils. One of many reasons I worry so much about new Holiday World. We have already seen many reasons to think cost is much more of a driver than it was for old management there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74Gibson Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 The trims make it more painful? Who knew? Go to the Meanstreak threads on PBuzz for a good explination of this. Just read RideMan's posts... on anything really, he's brilliant. Basically, without the trims the train has enough speed to interact with the track the way it was designed to. A good example is the first banked turn. Here's a simplified explanation. The train should be going fast enough that it is forced onto the outside track, basically holding it in place. The guide wheels stay in contact with the side of the track. At the lower speed it has now, it shuffles... basically going on and of that rail and shaking the train. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Sadly if a guest does this they get a good ride..which ticks me off, but if it happens they usually get stapled anyways. If they take a camera on the ride, get stopped in the transfer track. It causes the computer to think a train is being transferred (empty train=no weight) so trims are turned off.. True story...but don't do it! No loose articles on rides 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I highly doubt it is Timberliners! Very true, as I HIGHLY doubt that CF would be nearly as "understanding" about multiple delays as the park in Southern Indiana. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 The Timberliner story at Holiday World probably isn't over; since the trains couldn't suit the requirements, perhaps suit may suit the park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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