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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Kings Island. 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, kicentral.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from United States of America (CC BY 2.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), DD Lover (CC0), Patrick Mize (CC BY 2.0), Tkexb173 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Chris Hagerman (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
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Quote at the top of the page: DJSkyFoxx, kicentral.com.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “At a couple points during the transitions, the front…”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The swinging mechanism of the ride, coupled with the…”; Tyler P., rider review on Captain Coaster: “My latest ride on Bat, my car nearly entered…”; Matthew Hustler, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's a very fun ride, and includes swinging cars…”; Reed Dutton, rider review on Captain Coaster: “But something about just flying through the trees really…”; Skylar, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The lack of theming drags it down, but I…”; Sam M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “You are just flying through the Ohio foliage, and…”; Michael M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “There, it is a smooth, well-paced, and surprisingly-intense series…”; CoasterKing, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The Bat may appear to be a smaller family…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is deceptively fast and intense, but not too…”; DJSkyFoxx, forum post on kicentral.com: “I mean heck, there have been days I have…”; Taylor Williams, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It has some surprisingly intense turns, and the layout…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: James C's back row POV, The Bat Back Seat POV 2025 FULL HD Kings Island (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.