LONDON EYE, Introduction

Hi, I'm Ed, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.

Today I'll accompany you through the London Eye, one of the highest points in London!

You can already recognize it from a distance: this great ferris wheel offers the best panoramic viewpoint in the heart of the city and has obviously become an unmistakable presence in the London skyline. Just a short walk from the Waterloo metro station, the famous "London Eye" is also known as the "Millenium Wheel" because it was inaugurated by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair on December 31st, 1999.

Just think, as soon as it was opened to the public the London Eye immediately became the capital's biggest tourist attraction, with more than three million visitors a year. So far its short life span has already surpassed that of the previous Great Wheel of London that was inaugurated in 1895 but remained in operation for just over a decade due to a technical failure that caused about eighty people to get stuck about one hundred meters up in the air for four long hours....