Located in the energetic heart of Mexico City, Aztlán Parque Urbano transforms a historic amusement park area into a modern urban oasis. The standout feature is the giant Ferris wheel that lights up the night with dazzling colors, offering panoramic views of the bustling metropolis. Here are views from the cable car during the day.
Ferris Wheel View from Cable Cars
Ferris Wheel
Aztlan 360
A downward view, from SkyStar Ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park, of the monument Monumental Reckoning that pays homage to the first 350 Africans “stolen from their homeland and sold into chattel slavery in 1619.”
A view of the SkyStar Ferris wheel looking up with a gondola on the side.
Sitting in the gondola at the top most position on the SkyStar Ferris wheel when it was in Golden Gate Park, these are the wonderful views of San Francisco.
A wide view, from atop the SkyStar Ferris wheel, of the Music Concourse at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The 122-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. It is also called the Spreckels Temple of Music.
Golden Gate Park’s Ferris wheel SkyStar was installed as part of the park’s 150th anniversary celebration and claimed to be the first such Ferris wheel in the park since the 1890s. Skystar has now moved to Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, but we were able to capture our images in August 2023. The wheel and its 36 gondolas have 1 million lights and weigh nearly half a million pounds.
The world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel gives visitors a panoramic view of the Southern California coastline from more than 130 feet above the Santa Monica Pier. Measuring 85 feet, the Pacific Wheel moves at 2.5 revolutions per minute with intermittent stops to pick up passengers.
Located on the world famous Santa Monica Pier, Pacific Park is the family place to play! It’s the West Coast’s only amusement park located on a pier. There are a total of twelve rides in Pacific Park, including the world’s first and only solar powered Ferris wheel that provides a view of the Pacific Ocean and a roller coaster that circles the majority of the park. Pacific Park is also home to 14 midway games and over-the-ocean food and retail outlets. It has appeared in over 500 movies and television shows.
Myrtle Beach, a city and vacation resort on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast, is the hub of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile string of beaches. It’s also known for its celebrity-designed golf courses. Along its beachfront boardwalk are arcades, souvenir stands and restaurants and the SkyWheel, one of the country’s tallest Ferris wheels.
Myrtle Beach
Boardwalk at Myrtle Beach