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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Carowinds. 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, coastercritic.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California (CC BY 2.0), Coasterman1234 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), mliu92 from San Mateo (CC BY-SA 2.0), Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands (CC BY-SA 2.0), Chris Hagerman (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): Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “An underrated ride with its sneaky airtime and solid…”; Michael M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout was nice and it had a few…”; Jessica Beddingfield, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Sure, it’s rough, but it has some fun airtime…”; Cameron Haines, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I went on this coaster expecting to hate it…”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It feels like it has a lot of speed…”; Toby Stephens, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great old school wooden roller coaster! It's a great…”; Atilla Caspi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is little to no wait time and This…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Our first ride was in the very back row…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is great and you get lots…”; Christopher S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “First drop is better with seventh car, with some…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Thrill POVs's back row POV, Hurler Back Row 4K On-Ride POV Wooden Roller Coaster Carowinds NC April 2025 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.