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Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

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What riders love
  • The first drop gives you the feeling that butterflies aren't just in your stomach, but in your entire body.
  • I really like the straight up and the more than straight back down.
  • The completely vertical lift and beyond-vertical first drop really caught my by surprise.
  • I always put my arms up on the lifthill to dangle around. It almost feels like your about to fall out.
  • The lift hill going straight up with decent height is something I've never experienced before and my nerves were super high before the first drop.
  • The way it lifts you up 90 degrees is surreal. Then the hang time at the very top is also very scary.
  • It's paced well and packed with forceful inversions.
  • I will say that the “spaghetti bowl” style layout this coaster boasts has one of the best cobra rolls in terms of head choppers and slight disorientation.
  • From there its a frantic whirlwind of tight turns and inversions.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Knott's Berry Farm

The first drop was spectacular and the inversions were solid, there is also an intense airtime hill in the middle of the ride.

Ryan Hanna

Great pops of airtime, one during the ride, and the first drop, especially in the back row.

California Coaster Addict

Awesome Gerstlauer Infinity coaster has some great moments of ejector, specifically the double down and the first drop.

Zach R.

It provides great ejector and you feel like you’re getting punched in the stomach by Mike Tyson, and it feels amazing.

cres sidalia

There are only two real problems with this ride and they are that it is too short and it doesn’t have very much good airtime aside from the drop and double down.

HockeyNinja

There are some good hangtime inversions, and the ride is smooth and comfortable (in contrast to Saw at Thorpe Park, which is painful in the extreme).

Richard Able

Excellent forceful airtime filled drop which delivers an excellent gut punch, the next few inversions are smooth and graceful, translating to a forceless ride, albiet in an excellent setting.

Francisco Perez

The only bad part about it is the rattle but unlike Shellraiser, this doesn’t really affect the ride with head banging because it has lap bars.

Lightning Productions

However, the "lap bar" creates a bit of discomfort.

California Coaster Addict

really intense, with a one-of-a-kind negative g-stall loop element right after the drop.

Emmett Seguine

Really enjoyed the Infinity format…solid intensity throughout after a climactic start.

Sean Reardon

The ejector right before the cobra roll was so intense I had to grab the handle bars.

Ayden Rodriguez

...in select conditions, and only in the back row based on my experience, the rest of the ride manages to be forceful, both whipping you pining you to the seat with force, not long but excellent...

Francisco Perez

I love that cobra roll so much with all of the positive g’s it pulls.

@sniperguyAZ

...they made the right decision by not only having you hang at a downward angle for an extended period of time but then slowly drop into the near vertical drop which just brings the intensity up high.

Max S.

good inversions and it does not slow down till the brakes, only cons is that its short and that the pullouts at some points are pretty sharp, but overall very good.

Evosioa

It looks slow when you look at it but when you are on it its so fast

@juliaenriquez4558

It’s no Takabisha, but it’s good enough…and the queue moves far quicker than Takabisha…

Richard Able

There was absolutely no one in line.

Brian Sheldon

The capacity is also a plus.

Gabe S

The capacity kinda sucks and there is a small rattle on one of the trains.

joe m

long waits are caused by low capacity though.

Emmett Seguine
Height fear

The vertical lift hill was terrifying.

Stanley Worth

Scariest part about this is the initial hill.

@ModelY303

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

150 ftHeight
205 Xcelerator 150 HangTime 148 MonteZOOMa:TheForbidden 146 SilverBullet 118 GhostRider 52 CoastRider
122 ftFirst drop
200 Xcelerator 122 HangTime 109 SilverBullet 108 GhostRider 50 CoastRider
57 mphTop speed
Xcelerator82 HangTime57 GhostRider56 Silver Bullet55 MonteZOOMa:The Forbidden…55 Pony Express38 082 mph
96°Drop angle
96°HangTime90°Xcelerator51°GhostRider40°SilverBulletdashed line: straight down, 90°
5Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

HangtimeHuge first dropGreat inversionsComfy restraintsShort waitsComfortable

Criticised for

Too shortRough or rattly

Excellent forceful airtime filled drop which delivers an excellent gut punch, the next few inversions are smooth and graceful, translating to a forceless ride, albiet in an excellent setting.

Francisco Perez, Captain Coaster review

Great first drop, but I think it would be even better without the "hang time." Layout is fun with some good inversions and decent airtime.

Coaster Nut, Captain Coaster review

I will say that the “spaghetti bowl” style layout this coaster boasts has one of the best cobra rolls in terms of head choppers and slight disorientation.

Sean Elkins, Captain Coaster review

A fun ride,i loved the vertical lift and the first drop..like the name suggest you have a great hangtime and a lot of inversions.

Alessio Romano, Captain Coaster review

This was really fun the inversions have nice Hangtime there were strong airtime moments and that first drop is insane.

Henry Japha, Captain Coaster review

It’s really fun and that hanging over the drop gimmick is fucking awesome, but it is really brief.

Kellen Grady, Captain Coaster review

Photos

HangTime at Knott's Berry Farm
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
HangTime at Knott's Berry Farm
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 4.0

2 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

May 18, 2018Opened

Built by Gerstlauer.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Knott's Berry Farm. 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: 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): Richard Buman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great ride, and the pause at the top makes…”; Ayden Rodriguez, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop gives you the feeling that butterflies…”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I really like the straight up and the more…”; Panthrpants, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The completely vertical lift and beyond-vertical first drop really…”; Blythe Troke, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The vertical lift hill is terrifying and they let…”; nviidia, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I always put my arms up on the lifthill…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The lift hill going straight up with decent height…”; Chinny Chinn, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The way it lifts you up 90 degrees is…”; Zach R., rider review on Captain Coaster: “All five inversions are very enjoyable, and the lap…”; Rooted_Dirt me, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's paced well and packed with forceful inversions.”; Sean Elkins, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I will say that the “spaghetti bowl” style layout…”; Panthrpants, rider review on Captain Coaster: “From there its a frantic whirlwind of tight turns…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Theme Park POV's back row POV, March 2022 HangTime Roller Coaster On Ride Back Seat 4K POV Knott's Berry Farm (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.