Merlin Entertainments Group of London announced plans to bring the Orlando �Eye,� a 425-ft tall Ferris wheel, along with a Madame Tussauds wax museum, to the proposed $130-million I-Walk Orlando entertainment and restaurant center in the city�s tourist corridor.
Unicorp National Developments of Orlando will develop I-Walk with partner and wheel owner Circle Entertainment of New York, says Chuck Whittall, owner of Unicorp. Merlin will rent the space and operate the attractions. An average of 10,000 people per day visit Merlin’s London Eye observation wheel, according to Merlin. Sally Ann Wilkinson, spokesperson for Merlin, says it is too early to know when construction will start. The project is scheduled to open in 2013.