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My first ride on the Mean Streak hurt. The roughness was actually pretty excessive and unpleasant. The pain in my back actually kept me from enjoying the coaster. I recently re-rode it in the front seat while leaning a little forward in my seat. It did wonders! I could then actually judge the Mean Streak for its merits beyond the ricketiness. Admittedly, theres not a whole lot of airtime on this one. Maybe some of thats because of the trim brake? You do get some air towards the end of the ride, however. What this ride brings to the table is fun turns and drops (without much air at first, of course) and a real cool look. I might be tempted to give the Mean Streak a 5 out of 10 (which is actually in the middle between bad and good), but its so visually impressive, I had to add points. To begin with, it has the coolest line queue ever! The queue winds throughout the beautiful wooden structure, making the wait fun in itself. Seeing all the cracked boards up close even caused a bit of fear and uncertainty in my girlfriend, whom I rode it with. In addition to an amazing line, the ride gives you a long triple out-and-back ride through the woden structure. There are some head-choppers in there as well. Once I got past the roughness, I really appreciated the speedy winding through all the timbers. Probably the worst part of the ride IS the trim-braked first drop. A lot of size and potential was wasted by that brake. After that though, the rest of the ride isnt boring at all. The Mean Streak probably isnt as good as most other woodies, sure, but its not actively bad.
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