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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, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: METRO96 (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): Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Magic Mountain's first coaster (operating since opening day, May…”; Zach, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride is a fantastic tour of the mountain,…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's also located on a hill, so it gives…”; Erik C., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Because this is one of the original coasters, other…”; Neily Green, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My friend and I marathoned this back in 2018…”; JarvisTheAllosaurus, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Really fun winding layout across the hills of Magic…”; Joolz US, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I liked how chaotic it was, definitely a kid/teen's…”; RThirtyEight Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I recommend siting in the front few rows I…”; Peter Glenn Mihelich, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout was awesome running back and forth across…”; Joel Simon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout nicely uses the terrain and has a…”; Gabe S, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout is unhinged in a way that makes…”; Dylan JM, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Pretty good helix finale.”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's back row POV, Gold Rusher Back Row (HD POV) Six Flags Magic Mountain (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.