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Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. 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, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.
Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Roller Coaster Philosophy (CC BY 2.0), Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia (Public domain). 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): Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “(It convinced my daughter that she could love a…”; Tess Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “A great intro roller coaster, well executed figure 8.…”; Clayton Latone, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It definitely feels ancient after riding it, but it’s…”; Enzo Andres, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride is not really intense though, but as…”; Cam Mooers, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Great pacing outside of the two turn arounds, fun…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Solid airtime too; it doesn't reach a very fast…”; Bubble Gaming, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The retracted airtime hills provide some decent floater.”; Scott Conro, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Good pops of airtime.”; Tess Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I could see how this was unbearably rough before,…”; Scott Conro, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I did not ride it before the full retrack…”; David Brochure, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Its smooth all the way through since they fixed…”; David, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I was hesitant going in given this coaster's reputation,…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This has a classic figure-8 layout with many bunny…”.
The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Cheddar Point's back row POV, Wildcat Back Row 4K POV Lake Compounce April 2024 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.