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[Swiminn6]

Woohoo, thank you!! Can get a grasp of this project so much better now. Glad to see they are actually going through with it!

 

[Disneyhead]

Some good shots of the Giant Wheel's footers will be on CFNews13 today.

 

[Hockeyman55]

Some good shots of the Giant Wheel's footers will be on CFNews13 today.

Nice, will they post the video online also?

 

[Disneyhead]

Nice, will they post the video online also?

I hope.

 

[bobwadd]

Some shots from today . . .

I'll have a some interesting shots in a little bit. :wave:

 

[bobwadd]

A few specs I found online . . .

Orlando Eye

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td]Height[/td]
[td]129.54m (425ft)[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Opening[/td]
[td]2014[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Country[/td]
[td]USA[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Location[/td]
[td]Orlando; Florida[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Number of Cabins[/td]
[td]30[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Passengers per Cabin[/td]
[td]16[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Seating Capacity[/td]
[td]480[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Hourly Capacity[/td]
[td]1309[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Ride Duration (minutes)[/td]
[td]22[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Climate Controlled[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Construction Cost[/td]
[td]$90 million USD [/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Design/Manufacturer[/td]
[td]Unicorp[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]VIP Area[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Ticket Cost to Ride[/td]
[td]$10.50[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

Additional Notes: The Orlando Eye is the focal point of a major project called I-Drive Live on International Drive. The Orlando Eye is planning on opening in 2014 in Orlando; Florida, USA. The observation wheel will be 425 feet tall. There are 30 cabins capable of holding up to 16 people at one time resulting in a seating capacity of 480 passengers. The duration of the ride is 22 minutes, resulting in a total capacity of 1309 people per hour.

 

[bobwadd]

A little artwork that will be relevant to the next group of pictures . . .

 

[Jwhee]

Will the thing have some cool disco lights on it?

 

[bobwadd]

Will the thing have some cool disco lights on it?

:doh:

 

[Jwhee]

Thanks for the photos Bobwadd:thumbs:

 

[bobwadd]

What's that I see on site???

What could it be???

Ride components???

Why, yes it is!!!

 

[bobwadd]

A few engineering details . . .

The wheel foundations sit on multiple reinforced concrete piles (columns) 30" in diameter and 50' long. These are topped with a 6' thick reinforced concrete pile caps. On top of these sit the wheel pedestals. These are the parts that you see above grade that the wheel anchor points attach to.

What you see in the below picture is a pedestal. The foundation assembly actually goes at least another 56' in the ground and this particular pedestal sites on a 27' 6" x 27' 6" pile cap with 16 piles under it.

 

[neoshinok]

YAY Bob!!! I'm psyched to see the view from this thing. Thank you!eace:

 

[bobwadd]

For your viewing enjoyment I present the I-Drive Live Web Cam

 

[Hockeyman55]

Awesome shots Bob and excited to see the ride components starting to arrive on site!

 

[Disneyhead]

Awesome job, Bob!

 

[EPCOTcenter]

I have been monitoring it for more than 6 months now, but it is annoying to see the camera moving all the time in different directions (one time it was just spinning around pointing to its base, :rofl

 

[bobwadd]

^ Yeah, today it's pointing at the parking garage :shrug:

 

[bobwadd]

I'll have an update in the morning

 

[Felipe]

I'll have an update in the morning

Looking forward to it! :thumbs: