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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay guide. 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: Gordon Tarpley from Tampa, USA (CC BY 2.0), supercrewboy (CC BY-SA 3.0), Adog (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson (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): Fjårt Lorin V, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The second launch into the windcatcher tower is absolutely…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The second launch is one of the highlights of…”; Coaster Bird, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love the roaring soundtrack that goes along with…”; OutlawRun Glazer, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Every launch hits and this is a top tier…”; Daniel Hertzman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Went with the kids and this ride was super…”; Basil Robinson, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I saw people of all ages, shapes and sizes…”; Waluigi’s Perfect Potato, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Some solid airtime on some hills, the first launch…”; Tom F., rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of the most over-hated rides I know of,…”; MapleFlakes, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Ripping through Busch Gardens' savanna right over the animal…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Flying over and diving into the Serengeti is so…”; caden, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The S-turns with the flowing river below was an…”; Joshua, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Also I really love the scenery of this ride,…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: CoasterMaven's back row POV, Cheetah Hunt 4K BACK ROW POV Busch Gardens Tampa (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.