The Zodiac

Manufacturer
Waagner-Biro
Brokered by
Intamin
Type
Star Wheel SGW
Manufacture Date
1974
Number of gondolas
12 per side
Number of passengers
6
Ride cycle time
180 seconds
Hourly capacity
Approx 600 people
Opened at Wonderland
1989
Closed
2004 with the park.
Manufacture Date
1974

Manufacturer: Waagner-Biro
Brokered by: Intamin
Type: Star Wheel SGW
Manufacture Date: 1974
Number of gondolas: 12 per side
Number of passengers: 6
Ride cycle time: 180 seconds
Hourly capacity: Approx 600 people
Opened at Wonderland: 1989
Closed: 2004 with the park.

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The Zodiac was a double ferris wheel. Unlike most Ferris wheels, this ride had a wheel mounted on each end of a massive hydraulic arm. While one wheel was rotating high up in the air, the other was perpendicular to the ground so that the cylindrical gondolas (which were suspended from finger-like spokes) could be loaded all at once.