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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.
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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Ethan Finn, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Probably one of the more classic coasters in the…”; Your Coaster Friend, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The track is beautifully placed with the Six Flags…”; Erik C., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout is long and has a very nice…”; Dave Scott, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Nontheless it's in a good location, uses the trees…”; Proxy 303, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Imagine my surprise when I got an incredibly smooth,…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I absolutely love that they have a sign over…”; Josh Miller, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Runs smooth as butter, fun drops and tunnels, and…”; Bradley D., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This coaster was meant to be a fun coaster…”; Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Not only is it smoother than one would expect…”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “However, it absolutely nails the vertical loop.”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The loop is fittingly dramatic, the positives on the…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is something about a Schwarzkopf loop that is…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: JimmyDoesCoasters's back row POV, Great American Revolution Back Row POV | Magic Mountain | World's First Looping Coaster (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.