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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Cedar Point. 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 coaster101.com, Captain Coaster, behindthethrills.com, kicentral.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 4.0), TheFloridaMan (CC BY 4.0), Martin Lewison (CC BY 4.0), Alex Ross (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: Henry Case, Captain Coaster review.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Andrew, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The feeling of just hanging there while tilted at…”; Eli Lassiter Michael, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You hang there facing straight down for a long…”; Michael M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Towards the back of the train, the drop initially…”; Chris Frechette, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I was shocked at how the tilted drop jerks…”; Finn V., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Even after you drop and realize you are still…”; Alessandra, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of the smoothest rides ever done, the changes…”; Millan B., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Whole coaster is smooth from start to finish.”; Lightning Productions, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I also thought this coaster was super smooth like…”; Scout C, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My favorite sequence of the ride is the twisted…”; Caiden Brauchler, rider review on Captain Coaster: “On the first dip you violently have a left…”; Henry Case, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Looks slow and whatever but has a wild punch…”; Zach Payne, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Those last hills have surprisingly powerful airtime and it's…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Kingda_Toro's back row POV, Sirens Curse 4K Backrow POV at Cedar Point (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.