Pixar Pal-A-Round

Pixar Pal-A-Round
Pixar Pal-A-Round in 2019
Disney California Adventure
AreaParadise Pier (2001-2018)
Pixar Pier (2018-present)
Coordinates33°48′18.39″N 117°55′19.87″W / 33.8051083°N 117.9221861°W / 33.8051083; -117.9221861
StatusOperating
Opening dateJune 23, 2018
Ride statistics
Attraction typeEccentric wheel
DesignerWalt Disney Imagineering
ThemeBoardwalk; Victorian; Pixar
Height150 ft (46 m)
Vehicle typeGondola
Riders per vehicle8[1]
Duration9 minutes
Disabled access Wheelchair accessible

Pixar Pal-A-Round (formerly known as the Sun Wheel and Mickey's Fun Wheel) is a 150-foot-tall (46 m) eccentric wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The attraction opened to the public on February 8, 2001, at Paradise Pier as the Sun Wheel. Inspired by Wonder Wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Coney Island, which also features both sliding and fixed gondolas, Pixar Pal-A-Round has a large pie-eyed Mickey Mouse face at its center.

From 2001 to 2008, the attraction featured a sun face on the front along with a yellow color scheme. In 2008, the attraction was rethemed as the Mickey's Fun Wheel, which opened on May 4, 2009. The sun was replaced with a Mickey Mouse face, and images of Mickey, Goofy, Donald Duck, and Minnie Mouse were added to the gondolas.[2] On November 2, 2017, Disney announced that the ride would be renovated, which would include Pixar characters on the gondolas, but with Mickey's face remaining on the side. On June 23, 2018, the attraction reopened as the Pixar Pal-A-Round.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Mickey's Fun Wheel". disneyland.disney.go.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference allears was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Franko, Vanessa (June 21, 2018). "Pixar Pier preview: How the Pixar Pal-A-Round is different from Mickey's Fun Wheel at Disney California Adventure". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

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