Blue Streak
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Blue Streak
Cedar Point · US · Philadelphia Toboggan Company John Allen out-and-back
“Cedar Point found its coaster heart again in this Sandusky timber run.”
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Fast facts
- Opened at Cedar Point on May 23, 1964. coasterpedia.net
- Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Company, with Frank F. Hoover and John C. Allen credited as designers. coasterpedia.net
- A wooden out-and-back roller coaster on Cedar Point’s Main Midway. coasterpedia.net
- Stands 78 feet tall, about 23.8 metres. en.wikipedia.org
- Reaches 40 mph, or 64 km/h, and has zero inversions. en.wikipedia.org
- Listed capacity is 1,400 riders per hour. coasterpedia.net
- Cedar Point invested $200,000 to build the ride. thehistoryjunkie.com
The story of Blue Streak
After Cyclone was removed in 1951, Cedar Point went more than a decade without adding another major roller coaster. For the 1964 season, the park turned to Philadelphia Toboggan Company, and Blue Streak arrived as a straightforward wooden out-and-back for the Sandusky midway. en.wikipedia.org· thehistoryjunkie.com
The new ride opened with the park on May 23, 1964. Contemporary park-history listings place it alongside Calypso and Broadway Trip among Cedar Point’s new amusements for that season, a proud little procession of mid-century resort improvements by Lake Erie. pointbuzz.com· coasterpedia.net
Blue Streak was modest in cost and lasting in consequence: a $200,000 wooden coaster, 78 feet high, with a 72-foot first drop and a top speed of 40 mph. Its success is widely credited with helping renew Cedar Point’s appetite for roller coasters in the years that followed. en.wikipedia.org· thehistoryjunkie.com
In 2022, American Coaster Enthusiasts announced Blue Streak as the forty-sixth ACE Roller Coaster Landmark, noting its May 23, 1964 opening and its place as Cedar Point’s oldest roller coaster. The old timber work had become civic memory, still taking visitors out and back. cdn.ymaws.com· sixflags.com
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- thehistoryjunkie.com Acceptable source
- pointbuzz.com Acceptable source
- cdn.ymaws.com Acceptable source
- sixflags.com Preferred source
This background is AI-drafted from public sources and human-reviewed before publishing — approved 20 August 2026.