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some additional cheer during the festive period, when a Christmas market was taking place leading up to the wheel on either side of the Avenue des Champs Élysées . Mondial model number MCS 70-48, the wheel features a total of 48 enclosed cabins and replaces a 55m (180ft) version of the same name that previously operated at the Place de la Concorde, but has since been sold to a Belgian operator. A high quality drive system and automatic program apparently make operation of the new ride very smooth.
Wheely efficient As well as being the world’s tallest trailer-mounted observation wheel, the new ride is also the second largest transportable Ferris wheel in the world. Yet it travels rather lightly. The attraction’s compact footprint of 24m x 23m allows it to build off six integrated base trailers, with just six additional trailers required for items such as the cabins (which partially fold down for transportation), cashbox and canopy. The installation time is estimated to be just three days. Best of all, no large mobile crane is required due to the self-erecting system. Campion’s team will get to test exactly how efficient the set up/tear down process is when the ride departs the Place de la Concorde next month, although its owner is hopeful of a summer stint at the Jardin des Tuileries during this summer’s Euro 2016 football tournament. For now, passengers can enjoy the views from the new Roue de Paris for the same price as the old one: €10, which compares quite favourably to observations wheels (even some smaller ones) in other cities around the world.
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The new wheel bookends one end of the Champs Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe bookending the other
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