The wheel at Icon Park in Orlando Florida 400 ft (122 m) tall giant observation wheel

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The Wheel at ICON Park is a 400 ft (122 m) tall giant ferris wheel at ICON Park in Orlando, Florida, United States. Under the name Orlando Eye, it opened on April 29, 2015. The wheel was reported to be in the early stages of planning in March 2011, at which point it was proposed for completion in mid-2014, but the opening date was subsequently delayed to late 2014 and then to early 2015.

The Wheel at ICON Park is described as an observation wheel because "this is a stabilized-driven (capsule) that gives you a really smooth experience on the way around, so it doesn't feel like when you're at 400-feet, that you're swinging around in mid-air". According to its official website, The Wheel at ICON Park is the first wheel ever to use such a system in combination with a suspended "ski lift capsule design".

Installation of the 30 air-conditioned passenger capsules, each of which can carry up to 15 people, began in mid-January 2015, and the last capsule was installed on February 5. The Orlando Eye carried its first passenger on April 29, 2015.

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