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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 Tampa Bay guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, incrediblecoasters.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from United States of America (CC BY 2.0), Suedepop at en.wikipedia (Public domain). 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): CoasterKing, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Every element either whips you so hard, exerts so…”; Josh Miller, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Montu is still butter smooth after 25+ years, and…”; Sam M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is so intense, you can barely take a…”; John Doe, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Insane intensity from start to finish, the ride absolutely…”; Theme Park Avenue, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Every inversion is great, but the batwing stands above…”; Carter Smith, rider review on Captain Coaster: “On the batwings you feel like your lips will…”; Gage M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are incredible, especially the zero-g rolls.”; Chris Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Diving through the tunnels and pulling up into the…”; Dylan JM, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Flying through the trenches feels like you're bout to…”; Samantha P., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Love the near miss against the wall, feels like…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I also like how each trench is themed, with…”; Thomas Mitschke, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Montu was very intense and every inversion was memorable…”; Mike Davis, rider review on Captain Coaster: “And that little nosegrab you do in the tunnel…”; Jordan Pelaez, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Very whippy and intense and always leaves me slightly…”; Kieran Deadite, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Highlights are for sure the batwing and final corkscrew…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: CoasterForce's back row POV, Montu back seat on-ride 5K POV @60fps Busch Gardens Tampa (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.