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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Magic Mountain. 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, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from United States of America (CC BY 2.0). 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): Erik C., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout is very fun and the pace is…”; CoasterKing, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride seems to quickly take a turn or…”; Ethan Finn, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is one of the faster woodies I’ve ever…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I feel like this might be the first wooden…”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Walking through the queue is so much fun because…”; Elan Godoy, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is also some really immersive and ominous theming…”; Cole Coombs, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The unanticipated speed matched with the intense turns and…”; Shmee, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Good duration and the best theming I've ever seen…”; Marcelo Milk, rider review on Captain Coaster: “once i got of this ride, i felt like…”; Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Ride this one at night; it becomes a lot…”; Matheus Castello, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's got this quick pacing and airtime pops that…”; Noah Sanchez, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Apocalypse is very rough but honestly in a fun…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's back row POV, Apocalypse: The Ride Back Row (HD POV) Six Flags Magic Mountain (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.