{"id":604,"date":"2015-07-11T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2015-07-11T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T21:03:26","slug":"orlando-eye-riders-stuck-at-400-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/11\/orlando-eye-riders-stuck-at-400-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Eye Riders Stuck at 400 Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OrlandoNightSkyline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-495\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OrlandoNightSkyline-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"OrlandoNightSkyline\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>66 riders were stranded on <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Orlando Eye<\/a> and had to be evacuated from the 400-foot attraction last Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At about 3:45 p.m. the operating systems that monitor the position of Ferris wheel indicated a technical default. The wheel had initially stopped for 45 minutes. Andrea Alava, a public relations manager for the Orlando Eye said in a statement that as a safety precaution, the wheel is designed to automatically shut down when communication with the system is interrupted.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Orlando Eye technical team kept up two-way visual and audio communication with the guests \u201cto ensure their safety and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Power was restored via a backup generator. No one was hurt and all the riders were taken off in a rescue operation lasting approximately three hours. The attraction reopened the next day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Orlando Eye is billed as the largest observation wheel on the East Coast. The attraction is owned by Merlin Entertainments PLC that owns the 442-foot Ferry wheel in Britain, the London Eye, as well. The attraction has a total of 30 rider capsules that will hold 15 riders each, meaning the ride will have a maximum capacity of 450 people. According to the attraction websites, the capsules are fully enclosed and air-conditioned, featuring lightning and audio effects, as well as interactive tablets offering the riders information on the 360-degree wonderful views of Central Florida including theme parks, attractions, Orlando downtown skyline and on clear day\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?s=Kennedy+Space+Center+\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a>\u00a0and the East Coast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>66 riders were stranded on the Orlando Eye and had to be evacuated from the 400-foot attraction last Friday afternoon. At about 3:45 p.m. the operating systems that monitor the position of Ferris wheel indicated a technical default. The wheel had initially stopped for 45 minutes. Andrea Alava, a public relations manager for the Orlando &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/11\/orlando-eye-riders-stuck-at-400-feet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orlando Eye Riders Stuck at 400 Feet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}