Sources
Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, coastercritic.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Aaron Clausen (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
Quote at the top of the page: Brian Sheldon, Captain Coaster review.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The train dances left-to-right and up-and-down beautifully. These transitions…”; uhhh roller coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “White Lightning features that classic, tight GCI profiling, allowing…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “What makes this one a lot of fun is…”; Thomas Mitschke, rider review on Captain Coaster: “An excellent family thrill woodie, rode it several times…”; Tyler Neftelberg, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I absolutely adore this little coaster, its a blast…”; Gavin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You can marathon on this awesome coaster all day…”; roller rider, rider review on Captain Coaster: “White Lightning is a fun, charming little woodie plopped…”; Drive Safely, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride feels like a family coaster on steroids.”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Loaded with airtime moments and relentless pacing.”; Liight ., rider review on Captain Coaster: “It gives good airtime and laterals, and its fast…”; uhhh roller coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I rode this in 35 degrees with an empty…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “GCI's floater airtime, short ejector pops, and moments of…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: James C's back row POV, White Lightning Back Seat POV 2015 FULL HD Fun Spot America (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.