Downtown Vancouver gets a Ferris Wheel...

twoNeurons · #1 Posted **Mar 6, 2009, 10:36 PM**

Canadian Mind · #2 Posted **Mar 6, 2009, 11:11 PM**

lol

It's no good if you can't see it. Should have opened up the roof first!!!

Hourglass · #3 Posted **Mar 6, 2009, 11:42 PM**

awww... and here I thought Van was gonna get a Vancouver Eye or Burrard Flyer.

Guess it'll have to go to Surrey...

agrant · #4 Posted **Mar 6, 2009, 11:53 PM**

Couldn't we just turn the speed up on the revolving restaurant and call it a horizontal ferris wheel? How about one turn every 30 seconds?

Distill3d · #5 Posted **Mar 7, 2009, 12:10 AM**

is this happening again? the only info i can find is for 2008

Distill3d · #6 Posted **Mar 7, 2009, 12:23 AM**

^never mind...i found more info: Rogers Playdome

jlousa · #7 Posted **Mar 7, 2009, 2:51 AM**

Yah!!! We are world class, even if it's only for a week.

twoNeurons · #8 Posted **Mar 7, 2009, 9:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by agrant

Couldn't we just turn the speed up on the revolving restaurant and call it a horizontal ferris wheel? How about one turn every 30 seconds?

Imagine that... walk up to the bar in the center... and a few moments later you can't find your seat.

metroXpress · #9 Posted **Mar 8, 2009, 2:37 PM**

^ Funny comments you guys.....lol

CBeats · #10 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 9:59 AM**

yeahh the playdome! i try to go there every year. their ferris wheel is nothing to brag about. there's much better stuff inside than that...

if we were to somehow build a london eye-type thing, where do you guys think it would be built? that grassy park area next to Georgia near stanley park? there isn't much there except for that upside down church...which isn't there anymore because of nimbys. ok maybe not there...

then where?

Distill3d · #11 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 10:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by CBeats

yeahh the playdome! i try to go there every year. their ferris wheel is nothing to brag about. there's much better stuff inside than that...

if we were to somehow build a london eye-type thing, where do you guys think it would be built? that grassy park area next to Georgia near stanley park? there isn't much there except for that upside down church...which isn't there anymore because of nimbys. ok maybe not there...

then where?

we've had this discussion in another thread:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=163883

EdinVan · #12 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 11:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by CBeats

yeahh the playdome! i try to go there every year. their ferris wheel is nothing to brag about. there's much better stuff inside than that...

if we were to somehow build a london eye-type thing, where do you guys think it would be built? that grassy park area next to Georgia near stanley park? there isn't much there except for that upside down church...which isn't there anymore because of nimbys. ok maybe not there...

then where?

Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but the Parks Board voted unanimously to return some of the public art sculptures. Never underestimate the power of a well-written letter

I don't know if they'll bring back the church, though, as it's sitting somewhere in Calgary now

twoNeurons · #13 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 7:38 PM**

So what you're saying is that a well written piece on Ferris wheels would result in...

LeftCoaster · #14 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 11:16 PM**

Ed the upside down church is just on loan to Calgary I believe so I think we will still have first shot at buying it before they do.

SpongeG · #15 Posted **Mar 15, 2009, 11:47 PM**

maybe where the church was they can put a big crucifix for the overly religious condo owners

agrant · #16 Posted **Mar 16, 2009, 12:31 AM**

Or a big statue of a Nimby.

Distill3d · #17 Posted **Mar 16, 2009, 2:05 AM**

back on topic. the Playdome was actually a load of fun. sadly though, as at every fair/amusement park, the spinning strawberry ride did me in for the day.

pics to come later!

Metro-One · #18 Posted **Mar 16, 2009, 5:52 AM**

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Or a big statue of a Nimby.

LOL, and we should light it up and have it play music 24/7.