Dream Catcher, Wooden roller coaster at Bobbejaanland, Belgium.
Dream Catcher is a steel suspended roller coaster at Bobbejaanland in Kasterlee, built by Vekoma as a Swinging Turns model. Its 600 m track reaches a height of 25 m, and riders hang in cars beneath the rail with their legs dangling freely. The ride has no inversions and lasts about 2 minutes 44 seconds.
Dream Catcher opened on 30 April 1987 as Air Race, a steel Vekoma suspended coaster of the Swinging Turns model, the first of its kind in Europe. It kept the name Air Race until the end of the 2005 season, when the original six-car trains with small aircraft were replaced by floorless trains for 2006 and the ride was renamed and themed to Desperado City.
The ride opened in 1987 as Air Race, with a train of six small multicoloured aeroplanes holding four riders each. For the 2006 season it was renamed Dreamcatcher and given floorless trains that still swing sideways, matching the Far West theme of Desperado City. A circular sign by the track reads "THE DREAM CATCHER".
Visitors should be aware that windy conditions can affect how the ride feels during the journey. People with heart or back problems may want to avoid this particular ride.
Since the 2009 closure of Big Bad Wolf in Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Dream Catcher has been the oldest operating suspended roller coaster in the world. It was the fourth such coaster ever built and the first in Europe, and one of only three made by Vekoma.
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