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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Great America. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, limitlesspark.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jonrev (Public domain), Jonrev at en.wikipedia (Public domain), Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Jonrev at English Wikipedia (Public domain), Great America (Public domain), Christophe95 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Gabriel Feffer, rider review on Captain Coaster: “But the sense of speed and sustained floater airtime…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The entire train and I seemed to be floating…”; Aric The Kakapo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Its filled with several epic flojector moments in the…”; Jamie Óchi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “first section has great floater, and the last few…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It looks absolutely massive, and feels massive when you're…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's also a very long ride so you get…”; Cal Schattschneider Jr., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is a nice, long, enjoyable ride overall.”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is taller, longer slightly faster and it has…”; Jay Van Linden, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is really good and surprisingly fast…”; Inverting Thrills, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This drop provides virtually no airtime but you do…”; Lettuce Two, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is one of my favorites and…”; Chermaine Streppel, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is great and all the airtime…”; I'm NotHere, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Some would consider it a dead spot, and it…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: East Coasters's back row POV, American Eagle POV 5K Back Row GIANT WOODEN COASTER Six Flags Great America Gurnee, IL (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.