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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, incrediblecoasters.com, tomorrowsociety.com, coastercritic.com, coaster101.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hendricksphotos/ (CC BY-SA 2.0), Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Christophe95 (CC BY-SA 3.0), David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL (CC BY-SA 2.0), Feather Better (CC BY 4.0). 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): Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime shocks me every time. I feel my…”; Caiden Brauchler, rider review on Captain Coaster: “But there is a double down that has great…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime is excellent, the laterals are great, the…”; Matthew Richter, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great pace with good floater and ejector airtime.”; Aric The Kakapo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “During my back row ride, the thing made me…”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It keeps you hopping in all directions all the…”; JJ Vavrik, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Throws you side to side like crazy with some…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love the layout with lots of airtime and…”; Chermaine Streppel, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Was expecting worse for an old woodie but this…”; Christian Ortiz, rider review on Captain Coaster: “One of the most surprising coasters I've ever done.…”; Jamie Óchi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “probably the most shockingly good coaster i've been on.”; Rudania Salamander, rider review on Captain Coaster: “First drop was fun, good airtime on hills.”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: East Coasters's back row POV, Viper POV 5K Back Row UNDERRATED WOODEN COASTER Six Flags Great America, IL (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.