Update: More pods on Ain Dubai Ferris whee

Update:

More than 5 pods have been installed on Ain Dubai. 6 pm August 28, 2020

After much awaited anticipation, the first capsule/pod on the largest Ferris wheel in the world on Bluewaters in Dubai. The centrepiece of Bluewaters Dubai, known as Ain Dubai (Dubai Eye) has been in development for several years now.

Earlier this year Dubai Media Office confirmed that the Ferris wheel would begin turning to coincide with Expo 2020, which was due to begin this October. However, due to COVID19, Expo has been put back a year, but the first pods have now been added to the huge wheel across from JBR.
 

"Ain Dubai is shaping up well and has successfully installed its first capsule onto the wheel this weekend," said a spokesperson from Ain Dubai.

"Over the coming period, the remaining 47 capsules are scheduled for gradual installation. When complete, Ain Dubai will be the tallest observation wheel in the world, standing more than 250 meters above the Bluewaters island, looking out across Dubai’s glittering landscape."

The structure will be more than 200 percent taller than the first ever Ferris wheel. And the cable wiring holding the wheel rim of the Ain Dubai in place has a cumulative length equal to the distance between Dubai and Cairo – that’s 2,400km.

It will be the world's largest and highest attraction of its kind, with the second tallest in Las Vegas at 167m and then the London Eye at 135m.