Giant Observation Wheel Coming To Orlando

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Giant Observation Wheel Coming To Orlando

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Local 6

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A giant London Eye-like observation wheel is coming to Orlando.

The 400-foot wheel will fit about 40 people into each capsule on the wheel and offer a bird's-eye view of the City Beautiful.

Official with the Singapore company Great Wheel Corp. are expected to be in Orlando next week to announce details of the attraction.

Similar high-tech wheels are already in Dubai, Singapore, Beijing and Berlin.

Orlando would be the first North American site for the Great Wheel Corp.

Sketches of the project show enclosed glass capsules offering a Ferris wheel-like sightseeing attraction.

Details of its exact location are also expected to be released next week, but insiders told Local 6 that it will be constructed in the tourist-filled International Drive area between the convention center and SeaWorld.

The London Eye is one of the tallest structures in Europe and it welcomes an average of 3.5 million customers each year, according to its Web site.

Before the Orlando attraction, the Pepsi company announced it planned to create America's largest Ferris wheel in New Jersey. The attraction would be 287-feet tall, according to a Business Wire report.

Currently, the largest observation wheel in the world is the Singapore Flyer.

Florida companies are expected to be working on the project.