Blue Streak Review, Cedar Point PTC Wood Coaster | Park's Only Wooden Coaster

[@HellHoundTSO]

3:55 I was about to say Blue Streak has a weird airtime feeling. While most modern coaster throw you upwards, but Blue Streak throws you up and back against you're seat like someone just pushed you against a wall. I actually really enjoy that experience coming from an old woodie.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a fun quirk.

[@leftoverporkchop9972]

Riding this since 1976.....one of my favorite rides in the park.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@mclovin7440]

Fun fact for those who don't know: the reason why there are two hills on the ride that are abnormally tall is because the ride was constructed over the park's short-lived Monorail. You can see a small open pathway built under the two hills that is no longer in use, as the Monorail was demolished only a few years after Blue Streak opened.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Very cool, makes sense how they're by each other too.

[@urbex_coasters]

Good to know the wood has held up over the years. I'm always curious how much of the wood is original on older woodies, with the obvious understanding that most of the track is not. If the bents weren't majority original the path wouldn't be there.

[@olivervision]

The original Blue Streak was nicknamed the 'Brown Streak' it was so scary.. You felt like you literally had to clutch the lap bar for dear life. Back then airtime was just called 'Oh my God I thought I was gonna fly out!'

[@davidlins5689]

so excited to get to cedar point this summer!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Enjoy!

[@djsugarc1075]

i really love this ride, nothing wrong with it at all. anyone can ride it and have fun.

[@CanobieCoaster]

True.

[@cameron5575]

Made my first trip to cedar point last summer and was pleasantly surprised by my ride on blue streak!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@thecoastergnome8603]

looks like a fun little wooden coaster.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It is.

[@Spiderific]

Will always love classic woodies. 👍

[@CanobieCoaster]

Same.

[@mikemett1038]

Hoping to check it out this summer!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Hopefully!

[@mikemett1038]

@@CanobieCoaster 🤞

[@matthintz9468]

I love Blue Streak. It's a great looking coaster, and it's a fun throwback of what roller coasters used to be. It's also a good staple to have in the park - something constant, as so much changes over the years. I would like to see them make some modifications to the cars. Some have suggested getting some GCI-type trains for the ride, but I wouldn't want to run non-PTC trains on a historic PTC roller coaster. I would like to see Cedar Point commission a pair of trains that keep the seatbelts, eliminate the individual lap bars, restore the buzz bar, and eliminate that pesky individual seat divider. I think dispatch times would greatly improve, and the individual seat belts would maintain that additional layer of safety modern coaster rides like. The ride does have enough pop to potentially launch a kid big enough to ride the ride, but on the smaller end, dangerously out of their seat, so I wouldn't feel comfortable getting rid of seatbelts.

[@CanobieCoaster]

My dream would be for buzz bars to return, but I know that's unlikely.

[@DwayneETowns]

Blue Streak is the best family starter coaster., smooth out back. I'll always love Blue Streak, it's beautiful to see from a distance and up close.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a nice fit for them.

[@wayneg296]

👍👍😎✌️A must do on every trip to the park. Season pass holders for close to twenty years. We miss the area a lot.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I agree.

[@mutoneon]

I first rode in the days of the buzz bar and seltbelt combination. They let us adjust our belts however we liked. We were flying and loving it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I wish I rode it like that.

[@Lucky_9705]

Although it might clash with Steel Vengeance, I would love to see a modern wooden coaster come to Cedar Point by the Gravity Group

[@brycefourn2001]

Or GCI (Great Coasters International).

[@CanobieCoaster]

I would like that.

[@matthintz9468]

I, too, would like to see a GG coaster somewhere in the park. Nothing against GCI, but I'm a big fan of the woodies at Holiday World, two of which were built by Custom Coasters, and Gravity Group, who built The Voyage, is essentially just Custom Coasters part II. I'm a big fan of their work.

[@DwayneETowns]

Me to

[@porcelainthunder2213]

A GG would be ideal. No thanks to the GCIs.

[@TheNinjaDC]

Yeah, I can definitely see the similarities people mentioned to KI Racer in this layout. I wonder if CP will get Gravity Group to give Blue Streak an overhaul in a few years like they did Racer.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It would certainly make it a little smoother.

[@JamesonThomas24]

Blue Streak is the coaster you forget exists, but can't skip when you're there.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I enjoy it.

[@nicholasfield6127]

I absolutely love this little coaster. One of my must rides at CP.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's fun.

[@superthrills7398]

Every Classic Wooden Should Keep These Buzz bars

[@CanobieCoaster]

I wish, but I get why parks remove them.

[@pidgeydoodles7549]

Blue Streak is my absolute favorite coaster at the park along with Magnum, the others are awesome but i'm completely attached to this little ptc woodie. Row 11 is an incredible ride and i cannot wait for her 60th birthday next year.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I prefer it up front.

[@maxhagenauer24]

This is such a classic out and back airtime machine. It's a large woodstock express with an out and back layout. And what makes it even more classic is that it's the only wooden coaster in this 16 coaster park. The park definitely needs a modern wooden coaster but this is a good classic that is underated fir how overshoot it is.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I agree another wood coaster would be nice.

[@Joypyf]

I need to try the front!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Absolutely.

[@marcjsolis]

Blue Streak definitely serves its purpose at the park

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes

[@timk987]

Speaking from experience the buzz bars allowed for enough floater that you weren't in constant contact with the seat, making the ride seem less rough, and therefore more pleasurable. None the less the layout alone can bring me back to those good ole days and this is still a great ride. Great review!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

The Blue Streak is a GREAT RIDE. The very old buzz bars and the single bench seats, every seat offered air time in each seat. The ride has 2 trains and not 3. To me it is the best ride in the park. Plus it does look awesome.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I wish I rode this with buzz bars.

[@ellexking9136]

Great interview on the Blue Streak, but in one area I have to diagree on, and that is the speed of the Trains. Here's why. I've been riding Blue Streak since 1968, which also was my 1st Rollercoaster experience at age 9. Now Cedar Point advertieses Blue Streak with a max speed of 40mph. But with all of the changes done starting in 1994 from the operating systems to the Trains espically, a lot of additional weight was added. The Steel Brake Fins under each car of the Trains, The Rubber Seatbacks, and the Racheting Lap Bars that are heavier than the Buzz Lap Bars once used. The weight of the Trains increased so much, the Trains would bounce excessivly from the track bending too much. Park Carpenter and Mainteance crews had to anchor additional wood between the main Track Ledgers to add more strengh from the added weight to the Trains. By adding the extra wood, this actually made for a smoother ride experience, but made the Airtime more ejector like. This is why some people claim that the Blue Streak is rough. Bottom line, with the added wood between the Track Ledgers to reduce Train bouncing, and increased Train weight will allow the Trains to travel faster than 40mph, and the Seat Dividers serves two porposes. One, is to prevent riders from switching sides of the seats while the Trains are in motion, and Two, to keep riders from sliding into each other as the Trains travel the Turn Around. Like I've said, I've been riding the Blue Streak since 1968, and have never felt that much speed generated through the Turn Around. Before retiring, I knew someone who worked as Vice President of Ride Mainteance and did tell me that the Blue Streak Trains are now traveling faster than 40mph. Have you ever seen an empty Millennium Force Train cycle, without the Water Dummies? When a completly empty Train travels through the Magnetic Brakes at the end of the circut, By the time the Trains return to the Unloading Station, Santa Claus would have came and went. But when the Train is fully loaded with riders, it travels through the Magnetic Brakes in nothing flat before slowing down to a stop. Just like in Physics, more weight on a Coaster Train means more speed. This means the Blue Streak Trains are traveling faster with the added weight, and add the riders also.🎢

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks for the info! That's interesting the ride sped up with the heavier trains and weight.

[@ImVee10]

I remember the original seating. I can’t believe nobody fell out! The lap bar had so much give! And returning to the station, a ride operator manually pulled a brake - a big wooden plank. Only males worked the ride.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love manually operated woodies.

[@zacg_]

This is not a top 5 coaster in the park but that isn't really a bad thing when the park is so stacked. It really is just a super fun coaster. If you've got a full day at the park this one should not be missed.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I agree.

[@danielmkubacki]

I rode Blue Streak. You get a lot of airtime. A great Roller Coaster.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a good ride.

[@AirtimeProductions]

I’ve never experienced it with the buzz bars either but I bet it’s crazy!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I bet.

[@SkyrushFanboy]

This is one of the few coasters I prefer up front. I don't get much airtime in the back, but I get a lot in the front

[@CanobieCoaster]

It depends on the ride for me.

[@andrewdonohue1853]

i would also add i made sure i gave this old ride some love, rode on it twice. it's brutal or intense like magnum, steel vengeance, or millennium force, but the original designers really should be given credit. it's 60 years old and is still allot of fun. i respect and enjoy it, i wished cedar point had another woodie, but they are allot of maintenance. i will go back to cedar point someday and make sure i ride it again. it's still an awesome ride. you say it didnt have seat belts? it must have had safety restraints? it's still fast enough you could get thrown from the ride. i would like to someday visit kennywood and ride on jack rabbit built in 1927. i also rode the modern coasters at cedar point as well, they were all fun

[@CanobieCoaster]

It still holds up.

[@jameslitwin5635]

CP is my home park, and I used to really enjoy this ride but lately I've felt as if the airtime hasn't been as strong. Maybe that is because I typically go for the back

[@CanobieCoaster]

I did think it ran a little weaker than usual in 2021.

[@izduckii8143]

3:10 what do you think the dude in the red is thinking about?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Not sure!

[@RiffRaff654]

Love Blue Streak. Wish they'd install some type of shade for the line though. If it's over a 15 minute wait I skip it because I don't want to get sunburned.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I agree!

[@ndelli23]

I loooove blue streak, super rerideable, the perfect amount of bumpiness for a wood coaster, I love the ranking, makes me really happy to see it getting some love. My only real trip to CP was last summer and marathoning blue streak was how I closed out the night, I plan on doing that again (or maybe magnum) this summer.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's pure fun.

[@nicholasfield6127]

Blue Streak is one of my favorite rides close to the park closing.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I'm watching this review while staying across the street from Judge Roy Scream, which is appropriate, although I didn't ride it today. I like that one, but Blue Streak is far better. Better and more airtime, and smoother. Totally agree about front row. I love it when we get a grouper that lets us pick our own row. I have had very strict row assignments, even with no line. Other times, they just wave us in. That's when I ride it a lot.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've never had strict seating on this one.

[@charleskummerer]

really hoping they add an elite GCI or gravity group woodie on the boardwalk area

[@CanobieCoaster]

That would be great.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

What is with PTC 3 bench trains and the front being the best? I have been on multiple coasters with these trains (Wild One, Phoenix, Comet HP, Comet TGE, Thunderbolt, and many more) and the front is the best on ALL of them

[@CanobieCoaster]

The front 2 rows of a car are smoother.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

@@CanobieCoaster IK that I mean like the front of the train just seems to have more airtime than the back on all of the coasters with these specific trains. I'm guessing it's how they crest the hills?

[@solarwinds5114]

I think I need to reride this in a non wheel seat because it was super rough from my one ride on it. Assigned seating is tough

[@CanobieCoaster]

It usually doesn't have assigned seating.

[@mycobacteriem2540]

this coaster was fun but my memory of it isnt the ride itself, it was getting mauled by mayflies the last time i was at CP lmao. they were super concentrated near blue streak for some reason

[@CanobieCoaster]

That place can get swarmed by those bugs.

[@WCfanboy]

3:38 I would actually say it’s more like 45ish. Truly hilarious though is how it’s drop is roughly equal in height to cyclone at coney island yet is advertised to be 20 mph slower

[@CanobieCoaster]

That Cyclone speed is very suspect.

[@jeffshepherd1342]

Is this better or worse than Hershey’s comet? I’ve never been to cedar point

[@CanobieCoaster]

Better.

[@jeffshepherd1342]

@@CanobieCoaster packing my bags already

[@micoasters]

I don't know which I did this but I managed 30 rides over the summer. My back has been screwed up since and I've had a headache every day and I rode on June 19. I wouldn't be surprised if my brain got rattled to much from the roughness. Its smoother in the front but the far turnaround is super shaky.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Hope it wasn't this ride.

[@micoasters]

It was

[@bartsimpson8002]

I rode this as a kid with the buzzbars. It was amazing. The airtime would send you so high. But it also felt dangerous, so it’s understandable the modified it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Lucky!

[@dytamic]

cedar point could really use a new woodie not gonna lie

[@CanobieCoaster]

Wouldn't hurt.

[@amanor409]

I rode this the first time with the buzz bars and separate stations. It was a better ride then. I wish they kept it the same, but I understand why they made the changes they made. It could run 3 trains with the original configuration, but I don’t think it has enough block sections to run it with 3 now.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Very cool!

[@rhodyrhody8597]

Imagine if great coasters international and RMC made a breathtaking wooden hybrid

[@CanobieCoaster]

That would be interesting.

[@DwayneETowns]

Please don't anyone mess with Blue Streak.🤨 I seen the CGI hybrid it looks cool but it will never be reality.

[@collinparsons3363]

The engineer in me wonders why the double airtime pops happen. My guess is the hills that have this flatten out at the top, so you get one pop of airtime on the way up, and another on the way down.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Possibly!

[@rixrobin]

I mad the mistake of only riding it in the 2nd to back row and need to try it in the front.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's better there.

[@aflacmcquacc]

It sucks seeing so many comments say this coaster is little or not much lol. Blue Streak was my very first coaster ever this year and I was petrified 😂

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's still a fun one.

[@aflacmcquacc]

@@CanobieCoaster Yea, it was fun, but I was terrified and I wanna ride it again

[@hlytrin712]

Is it really true that blue streak is the Cedar points only Woody? I thought Gemini was a woody too

[@CanobieCoaster]

That one has a wood structure, but steel track.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

@@CanobieCoaster Mine Ride too.

[@jaydenchrist6152]

Cedar Point needs a new Wooden Coaster

[@CanobieCoaster]

Wouldn't hurt

[@jtwoolley]

like it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Me too in the front 2 rows.

[@Jrockten]

It gave me a really bad migraine first time I wrote it. It’s the only coaster in the entire park I had no interest in trying again upon return visits to the park.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've gotten good rides in the front 2 rows.

[@awhite1212]

So this for sure wasn't the parks only wooden coaster. I don't believe that was ever the case.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's the only wood coaster now. For a while, they had Mean Streak too.

[@MasonThatWeirdGuy]

I never really understand why you have to be 48 inches tall to ride this, as rides like Screamin’ Eagle, Judge Roy Scream, and Great American Scream Machine have a 42 inch height requirement. Was it because it originally opened with Buzz Bars and no seatbelts?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I'm not sure if that was selected by the park or state.

[@sergeantjadonsoriginalchan3063]

cedar creek mine ride is wooden according to the park's website

[@CanobieCoaster]

It has wood supports, but I count it as steel because of the track it uses.

[@soup6968]

I flew over six flags New England going to Michigan

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@thekewldude5443]

kewl

[@CanobieCoaster]

It is.

[@Skyla286]

I doubt they'd ever get rid of that ride that ride its a clasic many kids have rode on for years. Then brought there kids to ride on then there grand kids.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I suspect they'll maintain it too.

[@andrewdonohue1853]

Blue streak needs to remain in its current form and not see the track changes like steel vengeance. Steel vengeance is an awesome ride, but blue streak is a historical true woodie and needs remain that way. Who cares if it's not butter smooth

[@CanobieCoaster]

I suspect this will remain wood.

[@andrewdonohue1853]

@@CanobieCoaster i think they would repair the track with technology that was available in 1964, if repairs are needed

[@AceMaverick]

Gemini?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Solid ride.

[@AceMaverick]

@@CanobieCoaster but a.. wooden coaster. Still operating in Cedar Point. So old blue is not the only..

[@soup6968]

@@AceMaverick not a wooden coaster stupid

[@thomasxl200]

@@AceMaverick it's a hybrid, steel tubular track on a wooden structure

[@AceMaverick]

@@thomasxl200 oh shit you are yepp. Right. Totally forgot about that. Lmfao. Rode it this last summer even. My bad.

[@Porthuronrailfan]

I’m only reading the title but there are 3 wooden coasters at Cedar Point

[@CanobieCoaster]

Just one currently.

[@Porthuronrailfan]

@@CanobieCoaster Gemini is a wooden though so is Steel Vengeance so there is 3

[@nicholasfield6127]

@@Porthuronrailfan steel Vengeance and Gemini are considered a hybrid coaster due to having steel tracks. Blue Streak is the only true wooden coaster

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

@@Porthuronrailfan The Mine Ride and the Gemini are not wooden roller coasters. The Blue Streak is THE ONLY wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point.

[@Coop-su4qb]

I had an utterly horrible experience with this ride.. i actually timed the dispatches and they were averaging 8 minutes. Because of this the otherwise 10-15 minute line took 50 minutes, the ops were also not taking seating requests for the same reason. I got put last row of the third car, so probably one of the worst seats. Those first two airtime hills violently jack hammered me at the crests. I don't ride kiddie credits so among the adult coasters this was the worst in the park for me by far.

[@solarwinds5114]

You probably got a wheel seat

[@Coop-su4qb]

@@solarwinds5114 yeah the back row on ptc trains are wheel seats...

[@CanobieCoaster]

Usually they don't have strict assigned seating on this one.

[@Coop-su4qb]

@@CanobieCoaster well i think it was too do with the line moving so slowly. One of the ops that i assume was supposed to be checking restraints was leaning on the exit gate holding it open on their phone. It seemed like a group of newer ops that got put on a ride that isn't all that popular

[@Coop-su4qb]

I'll definitely be riding it again whenever i get back there, hopefully it'll redeem itself a little

[@joslynhayes8530]

To be fair, I can see why you didn’t say Steel vengence but Gemini is a wood coaster still in the park

[@CanobieCoaster]

I count Gemini as steel tracked.

[@joslynhayes8530]

I can understand that.

[@nicholasfield6127]

Gemini is a hybrid coaster, like steel Vengeance.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

@@CanobieCoaster Same thing as the Mine Ride. There is only one wooden roller coaster at Cedar Point and it is the Blue Streak!!

[@RayBcv1030]

Idk what happened to me but I HATED this ride. It jackhammered like crazy for me and the cars are so crampt and uncomfortable that I literally was in pain the whole time.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I know some rows can give a rough ride.

[@an_guitarist]

So Gemini’s wood is fake.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The structure is wood. The track is steel.

[@RedHitMarker1]

In my own humble and personal opinion, I think this blue streak should’ve burned down instead of the other one, I rode in the back and it had mild floater at BEST

[@CanobieCoaster]

I prefer this one.

[@EdwardmWhitney]

It is not often I disagree with you lol. With that said Blue Streak is one of the 5 worst coasters I have rode. There is 3 or 4 seats that are ok but, the others are horrible lol. It can be a walk and I’m still going to pass😎

[@CanobieCoaster]

The back of a car can really shake you.

[@cliquet3scliquet3s96]

What would you rate this ride?

[@CanobieCoaster]

See the review.