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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 Williamsburg guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, themeparkjames.co.uk, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: City-state (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), busch gardens (Public domain), Cmedinger (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0), Coasterman1234 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Cjh1452000 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sebastian Hirsch (Diskussion) (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): Jax Lunsford, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That first drop is one of my favorite coaster…”; Gatsby Roberts, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My heart was pounding when I was hanging over…”; Producer Land, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That 90 degree drop after hanging for 8 seconds…”; Clementine Northcutt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That first drop felt like I was diving and…”; Michael M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The transitions are so smooth and there is so…”; Liz Barnes, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride is smooth as glass and no matter…”; Coaster Carl, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing is glassy smooth and provides some of…”; Chris Coaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is incredibly smooth, you get a great view…”; Zach Payne, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The back row is the best because you get…”; Ben Lilly, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Hanging over the first drop is always fun, and…”; Kw6sTheater, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It’s a floaty and fun coaster that doesn’t offer…”; Cooper Zimmerman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Both drops gives some awesome sustained ejector, the valleys…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The train is this freakish ten-across thing like flying…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: JohnYChen's back row POV, Griffon Roller Coaster On Ride Back Seat 4K POV Busch Gardens Williamsburg 2023 07 25 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.