Steel Vengeance, formerly known as Mean Streak, is an upcoming steel roller coaster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The roller coaster is being manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) and is expected to open in 2018. It will feature RMC's patented I-Box Track technology utilizing a significant portion of Mean Streak's former support structure. Upon completion, Steel Vengeance will set numerous world records.Originally constructed by the Dinn Corporation, Mean Streak opened to the public on on May 11, 1991, as the tallest wooden coaster in the world with the longest drop height. Cedar Point closed Mean Streak on September 16, 2016, casting doubt and uncertainty regarding the ride's future. The park dropped subtle hints over the following year that the ride was being refurbished. On August 16, 2017, Cedar Point officially announced the conversion of Mean Streak into Steel Vengeance, marketed as the first hybrid hypercoaster. Before its official opening, a virtual recreation of the ride was made available in the video game, Planet Coaster.HistoryCedar Point revealed in 1990 that a new roller coaster would be built for the 1991 season. It was officially named Mean Streak on October 24, 1990. Construction commenced later that year and continued through spring of the following year. Mean Streak opened with the park's seasonal debut on May 11, 1991, in the Frontiertown section of the park behind one of Cedar Point & Lake Erie Railroad's stations. The ride's media day press conference was held on May 22, 1991.
