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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: Holiday World guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, coastercritic.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, coaster101.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. OParalyzerx at en.wikipedia (Public domain), Sjh123 at English Wikipedia (Public domain), DD Lover (CC0), Josh Brown (CC BY-SA 4.0), Holiday World & Splashin' Safari. (Public domain), Mike Witte (CC BY 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Emily.511 (CC BY-SA 4.0). 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): Blake Stoudt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “An endurance test to be sure, seeming like it…”; Nick Vilagi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is the only coaster I can think of…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The ride just goes on forever and ever.”; Jorbunz, rider review on Captain Coaster: “At this point you truly begin wondering if this…”; Clayton, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime is amazing, I was out of my…”; Chris Grable, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The hill after the first drop I swear the…”; Kw6sTheater, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The third drop on the triple down caught me…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's extremely long, FAST, and every little hill sends…”; Forester F., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's the most intense wooden coaster I've honestly ever…”; Stormin Norman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The spaghetti bowl section is pure madness, with tight…”; Christian Ortiz, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The underground triple down after the midcourse brakes is…”; Chris Grable, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My legs were wobbly at the end…wow”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's back row POV, The Voyage Back Row (HD POV) Holiday World (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.