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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Great America. 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, coaster101.com, limitlesspark.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Plighting Engineerd (CC0), Catholic Laitinen (CC0), Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Harobouri (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
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Quote at the top of the page: Limitless Park, published review.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Ashley HanSolo Marie, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It feels like you are being rear ended by…”; Ibraheem Mustafa, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The best launch in the world no doubt, feels…”; Aric The Kakapo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Since the noise (made by the compressed air) goes…”; Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The launch is so powerful it feels like your…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The heartline roll has some serious whip.”; Adam Rouhiainen, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The "fastest inversion of any coaster in the world"…”; Wisconsin Thrills, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are spectacular and provide both hangtime and…”; holacoasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The barrel roll is probably the best part of…”; Ashley HanSolo Marie, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love every component of this coaster but especially…”; VelociGOAT, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The dog tongue has great hangtime, especially with just…”; Beau, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The Dog Tongue (which is just a weird cobra…”; Mik Gov, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get great hangtime on the dog’s tongue element…”; Joshua Gablin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I screamed out of confusion for most of the…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Kingda_Toro's back row POV, Maxx Force 4K Backrow POV at Six Flags Great America (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.