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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: Hersheypark guide. 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.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Henryemix (CC0). 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): Jonas, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is basically just a regular boomerang, but there’s…”; Gabriel Semsel, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The theming is unbelievable, and just enjoying the smell…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The tunnel also had a nice touch where it…”; Producer Land, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I absolutely love the retheming of this ride to…”; Beau, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Not only is the ride very smooth for a…”; Blake Stoudt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Good intensity with six inversions, and the vest restraints…”; luke hershey, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The anticipation leading up to the coaster dropping you…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Pretty intense ride and relatively comfortable thanks to the…”; Sean Colligan, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The backwards loop succeeding this is the best part…”; Bubble Gaming, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The loop going backwards is insane, even more than…”; Wicked Cyclone, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Also the inversions backwards felt like I was about…”; Henry Japha, rider review on Captain Coaster: “They have an intense backwards loop and fun inversions.”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: The CoasterKid's back row POV, Jolly Rancher Remix HD Back Row On-Ride POV - BRAND NEW 2022 RE-THEME!!!!! | Hersheypark (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.