We bussed out to the middle of nowhere to see Miramar, a shopping complex with a giant ferris wheel on the 5th floor.
I had heard it was the second largest in the world, but Johnny insists it is only the second largest in Asia, which makes it much less interesting.
Michelle wouldn’t go on it, so I didn’t get any pictures, but she would ride on this: A mechanised panda, which, for $NT20, you and your mom can ride around the 4th floor (Kids World).
It’s an unusual mechanism, it’s a free-driving “car” but it doesn’t just work on wheels, the legs move independently, giving it a walking motion.
I did at least get a couple pictures of the ferris wheel. I’ll let you know if I figure out where this ferris wheel rates in the grand scheme of the world.
It’s the second largest in the world – see http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/01/13/2003219253
It’s the second largest in the world – see http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/01/13/2003219253
As it happens, I read the Taipei Times online pretty much everyday, and that very article is the one I read that made me think it was the second largest in the world.
It might be a translational error, though. Note that the article says it’s 70M in diameter, yet 110M tall. It’s not oblong, so I think the 110M includes the fact that it is on the 5th floor of the building, giving it the extra 40M in height.
Maybe (just speculation) it’s the second highest in the world, but not the second largest in diameter…
This wheel is big, no doubt, but I’ve been on the London Eye, and it looks significantly bigger than this one.