Wender·Vista
Steel Vengeance
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileOhio · United States
on the Cedar Point peninsula, jutting into Lake Erie

Steel Vengeance

— — the airtime that keeps coming back.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The longest hybrid roller coaster in the world sits on the lakeshore at Sandusky, built on the bones of Mean Streak. Iron rails on a wooden skeleton. Riders count airtime seconds the way old captains counted soundings, and Steel Vengeance gives more than any other coaster on earth. The lake wind carries the screams east toward the breakwater.

from the studio
Steel Vengeance
— bring it home

Steel Vengeance, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Steel Vengeance

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Steel Vengeance opened on May 5, 2018, at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, on the sand peninsula reaching into Lake Erie. Designed and built by Rocky Mountain Construction on the reused wooden support structure of Mean Streak (Dinn Corporation, 1991), it stands 205 feet tall, runs 5,740 feet of track, reaches 74 mph, and carries riders through four inversions. Cedar Point itself opened in 1870, making it the second-oldest operating amusement park in North America. The peninsula reaches roughly four miles into Lake Erie north of downtown Sandusky.

— the ride

Over 30 seconds of airtime, more than any other roller coaster on earth. The hybrid construction (steel Iron Horse track bolted to a wooden support frame) lets the train hold sustained negative-G moments that a pure wooden coaster would shake itself apart attempting. The first drop falls 200 feet at a 90-degree angle. Four inversions sit inside the layout, two of them stalls that hang the train upside down at low speed. Amusement Today has placed Steel Vengeance at or near the top of its Golden Ticket steel-coaster poll every year since opening.

— the year

Cedar Point operates from early May through HalloWeekends in late October, then closes for winter. Steel Vengeance runs the full park season, weather permitting. Spring and early-fall mornings hold the shortest queues; July and August waits regularly exceed two hours. The single-rider line moves faster than the main queue. Lockers are required in the station, with no loose articles permitted on the train. The ride closes for lightning and for the high crosswinds that come off Lake Erie in shoulder season.

— informed by Cedar Point park hours
— where
United States · Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio
— within
Cedar Point
— elevation
174 m · 571 ft
— position
41.4789° N · 82.6824° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
5 km SW
Sandusky
lakeshore city
10 km E
Marblehead Lighthouse
Great Lakes lighthouse
12 km N
Kelleys Island
Lake Erie island
20 km NW
Put-in-Bay
South Bass Island village
N
Steel Vengeance
Sandusky
Marblehead Lighthouse
Kelleys Island
Put-in-Bay
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Steel Vengeance — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Rocky Mountain Construction designed and built the coaster, opening it in May 2018. RMC reused the wooden support structure of Mean Streak, the 1991 Dinn Corporation wooden coaster that stood on the same footprint.

A hybrid uses steel running rails (RMC's Iron Horse track) bolted onto a wooden support structure. The combination keeps the wooden silhouette while allowing inversions and sustained negative-G airtime that pure wood cannot survive.

Steel Vengeance stands 205 feet tall with a 200-foot first drop at 90 degrees, reaches 74 mph, and runs 5,740 feet of track through four inversions and over 30 seconds of airtime.

Cedar Point opens in early May and runs through HalloWeekends in late October, then closes for winter. Steel Vengeance operates the full season as weather and crosswinds off Lake Erie permit.

Mean Streak, a 1991 wooden coaster by the Dinn Corporation, occupied the same footprint until 2016. Its support structure was retained when RMC converted the ride into Steel Vengeance two years later.

On a sand peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, reaching roughly four miles into Lake Erie. The park opened in 1870 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in North America.

— about the piece in your home

Many of our customers with ties to Cedar Point have chosen this tile. Coaster enthusiasts who track airtime and Golden Ticket rankings know the silhouette immediately. A Small or Medium suits a desk; the Large carries a dedicated wall.

The Voynich treatment leans into deep blues, rust oranges, and structural geometry. It carries well in industrial-modern, mid-century rec rooms, and theme-park-collector spaces where the architecture of the ride itself is the subject.

Yes. Coaster art has moved from poster prints toward gallery-finish pieces in serious collector rooms. A Medium or Large on a feature wall reads more curated than a printed sign, and the ceramic surface holds up under strong lighting.

A single Large covers a console or reading chair. Above a sofa, a 4-tile Mural gives the proportion; a 9-tile Mural fills a feature wall. The hybrid track silhouette reads cleanly at every size.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to humidity. The Glossy finish is best kept to dry display walls and framed pieces.

Microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive pads, no ammonia or solvent cleaners. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface beneath a thin protective layer, so it does not lift or fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Reid Wender curates and signs every WenderVista piece. The work is made in our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, with no licensing from outside artists or stock libraries.

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