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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Darien Lake. 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, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Zotdragon at en.wikipedia (Later version(s) were uploaded by FlyingToaster, Iain at en.wikipedia.) (CC BY-SA 3.0), T. Rowe (CC BY 2.0). 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): Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The vertical loop gives great positives and the batwing…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are great, the final helix is excellent,…”; 3kRaay, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The inversions are fun, especially the batwing, it's intense.”; Liight ., rider review on Captain Coaster: “the corkscrews have float and laterals and the helix…”; Mr. Roller Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get HARD ejector towards the back on the…”; M P, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of best arrow loopers, First drop in the…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Sit in the back and you will get insane…”; Alex MeaLynk, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing rips through the layout!”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There's something special about this ride and I really…”; Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “a pristine example of a custom arrow looper.”; Emma, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of the best remaining Arrow loopers.”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Michael Stutzman's back row POV, Viper at Darien Lake Back Seat POV 2.7k 60fps (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.