Giant Wheel (Clacton Pier)

Giant Wheel

Clacton Pier
Location	Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Status	Operating since 2021
Rider height	80 cm unaccompanied

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach (loan)
Location	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK
Showman / operator	Elegant Wheel Company
Operated	During 2016

Elegant Wheel Company (UK)
Location	Travelling, UK
Operated	May 2012 to January 2022

Alabama Adventure
Name	Giant Wheel
Location	Bessemer, Alabama, USA
Operated	May 1998 to 2011

Otto Cornelius (Germany)
Location	Travelling, Germany
Operated	1994 to 1997

Statistics

Manufacturer

Mondial

Product

RR35

Capacity

24 (6 person) gondolas - 144 total

Power consumption

60 kW

Height

35 metres

Giant Wheel is a Ferris Wheel built by Dutch manufacturer Mondial currently located at Clacton Pier in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK.

History

The ride operated at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in 2016.^[1]

References

↑ "Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Big Wheel". ThemeParks-UK. 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

External links

Images of the ride on NFCA Digital.

Present

Coasters

Looping Star Wild Mouse Coaster

Attractions

Dodgems Dumbos Giant Wheel Go Karts Helter Skelter Miami Beach Party Mini Wheel Scalextric Thunder-Dome Twister White Water Log Flume

Former

Coasters

Go Gator Korkkiruuvi Sprinter Stellas Revenge Toboggan

Attractions

Big Wheel Castle Slide Chair-O-Plane Disco Calypso Dodgems Flying Coaster Ghost Safari Haunted Mansion Helicopters Helter Skelter Jets Jumping Ships Le Carrousel Log Splash Meteorite Moonrocket Red Baron Sky Diver Skyliner Skymaster Speedway Super Jets Super Skid Techno Jump Terminator Twist Waltzer

(unknown)

(1978–1980)

(1975)

(unknown)

Present

Coasters

Big Apple Family Star Roller Coaster Whirlwind

Former

Coasters

Alpen Blitz Disney Rollercoaster Looping Star Runaway Train Scenic Railway Toboggan

Attractions

Cake Walk Calyspo Caterpillar Condor Dive Bomber Dodgems

(unknown)

Dodgems

(1972–1974)

Dodgems

(1981)

Drag Cars Dream Dancer Drive-In Dodgems Evolution Flipper Formula One Freefall Ghost Train Giant Wheel

(2017)

Giant Wheel

(2016)

Golden Gallopers It's Bad Jetfire Jets Lightning Swirl Log Flume Love Train Mat Moonrocket Orbiter Rock 'n' Roll Waltzer Rock-O-Plane Satellite Scream Machine Shake-It Sizzler Ski Jump Sky Diver Sky Flyer Sky Wheels Snake Slides Space Race Space Shuttle NASA Super Trooper Supreme Waltzer Tornado Twister Typhoon UFO Ultimate Waltzer Viking Waltzer

(1963–1971)

Waltzer

(1996–1997)

Waltzer

(unknown)

Water Chute XLR8

Present

Coasters

Centi-SPEED Cheddar Chase Rampage

Attractions

Drop Zone Galleon Little Harbor Scrambler Tilt-A-Whirl

Former

Coasters

Marvel Mania Zoomerang

Attractions

Buzzsaw Falls Fender Bender Giant Wheel Helicopter Heroes StratosFear Screamer

(2001–2011)

StratosFear Screamer

(2001)

[1] "Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Big Wheel". ThemeParks-UK. 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

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