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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, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0), Alan Light (CC BY 2.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), Jonrev** (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.
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Quote at the top of the page: Jay Van Linden, Captain Coaster review.
What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It’s family coaster perfection.”; Matthew Ebert, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is neither tall, fast, or intense, but is…”; Bryan Bonafede, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The platonic ideal of a non-themed family coaster.”; Caiden Brauchler, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Overall, Whizzer is a really fun and unique family…”; Jay Van Linden, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The layout is fun and winding through the trees…”; Eric Esty, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The tree covered location is beautiful, making for one…”; Rollertoaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The setting is nice; it goes over the water…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love the spiral lift hill and it might…”; Aric The Kakapo, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This coaster has a unique little spiral lift and…”; Coaster Nut, rider review on Captain Coaster: “For a family coaster, it gets pretty intense in…”; Adrian Sokol, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's a classic and the last time I rode…”; T C, rider review on Captain Coaster: “If you grew up in southern Wisconsin or northern…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: CoasterForce's back row POV, Whizzer back seat on-ride 5K POV @60fps Six Flags Great America (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.