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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. 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, kicentral.com, incrediblecoasters.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollercoasterphilosophy/ (CC BY 2.0), WillMcC (CC BY-SA 3.0), Chris Hagerman (CC BY-SA 3.0), DD Lover (CC0), Alan Light (CC BY 2.0), Rcfreak339 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Reed Dutton, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I don't think people realize that the Racer is…”; I'm NotHere, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Racer is about one thing: supplying good air all…”; thomas stanley, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride seemed smooth and had nice floater air…”; Jackie ODoyle, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ahead-of-its-time airtime from modern profiled hills shows the…”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's a blast to have your friends in the…”; Zach S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The racing aspect is beyond fun and adds a…”; MapleFlakes, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I felt my childhood nostalgia for Thunder Road at…”; Your Coaster Friend, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Much sneering and trash talking is to be had…”; Klabergian Empire, forum post on kicentral.com: “In my genuine opinion, Red racer is now BUTTER…”; Bryan Bonafede, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Gravity Group killed it with the retrack on this…”; Coaster Nut, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is a really fun, old-style wooden coaster that…”; Taylor.B03, forum post on kicentral.com: “Butter. that's the entirety of my review.”; Skylar, rider review on Captain Coaster: “When you look down from the Eiffel Tower and…”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I literally laughed the entire time. I had to…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Coaster Habitat's back row POV, The Racer 4K 60 FPS UHD Back Row POV 2022 | Wooden Racing Coaster Kings Island, OH (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.