The London Eye — also as the Millennium Wheel — was officially opened by then Prime Minister Tony Blair on 31 December 1999, it was not opened to the public afterduringonuntil 9 March 2000 because of technical problems. The entire structure is 135 metres (or 443 feet) heighttalltallerhighest, and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (that’s 394 feet). It’s currently Europe's talltallestmost talltaller Ferris wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with overexceedingabovemore 3.5 million visitors annually.

The Eye is described by it'sitstheirhis operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel". It was used toused touse towas using to offer the highest public viewing point in London it was superseded by the 245-metre observation deck on the 72nd of The Shard skyscraper, whichandthatwho opened to the public on 1 February 2013.

The wheel rotates fortoatby 26 centimetres (or 10 inches) per second that one revolution takes about 30 minutes. It doesn’t usually stop to take on passengers the rotation rate is slow to allow passengers to walk on and off the moving capsules at ground level. It is, thereforehoweveralthoughconsequently, stopped to allow disabled or elderly passengers time to embark and disembark safetysafesafelysafer.