Sources
Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags Magic Mountain. 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, thecoasterkings.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California (CC BY 2.0), Roller Coaster Philosophy (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
Live wait times: Powered by Queue-Times.com.
Quote at the top of the page: Proxy 303, Captain Coaster review.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Coaster Carl, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The dualing is SO CLOSE it feels like you…”; Elan Godoy, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Watching the other train fly around you that close…”; matthew p., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's such a blast to have friends on the…”; brothers back row, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Very fun elements and my first time inverting over…”; cres sidalia, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love the dueling aspect, and it’s so cool…”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The second half's inversions and helix are a lot…”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “West Coast Racers is very fun and very long.…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get a long ride for what you wait…”; AZCOASTERS, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Amazing sideways airtime! That first launch into those wave…”; Benjamin Andrews, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The dueling is great and it has a couple…”; Josh Miller, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great lateral airtime right out of the first launch,…”; Gabe S, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Overall, the layout is fun, especially the dueling in…”; Elijah Bacelieri, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The second launch, however, is what really gets this…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: coastercrutchfield's back row POV, West Coast Racers Back Row (HD POV) Six Flags Magic Mountain (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.