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New Mondial wheel to grace Champs-Élysées

Mondial MCS7048  09-12-2014 copy

A new special edition MCS 70-48 observation wheel has been ordered from Mondial for the French showman Gilles Campion, whose existing 60-metre ride is regular feature of Paris’ Place de la Concorde, overlooking the Champs-Élysées.

According to Mondial boss Froukje Knijpstra, “he did not to ask to part-exchange the other ride.”

The new 70m (230ft) attraction will be the largest Ferris Wheel every constructed by the Dutch company, yet despite its mass it will be a portable model, supplied with just 11 transport vehicles.

Mondial is also building a MC35 giant wheel for the Swiss family Bourquin, as well as a new park model Shake for an unidentified location in Russia.

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