THE ORLANDO EYE

 FIVE STARS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS

The wheelchair access is great at the Orlando Eye.

It starts with free surface parking right next to the wheel (drive around behind the parking deck to get these if you have the parking placard).

As a companion to wheelchair user (my wife), I got a free ride "or flight," as they like to call it. 

Add in Florida resident discount and we were riding for less than half price.

The area where you watch the video on the wheel is super wheelchair accessible.The lobby gets high points for a family restroom, where a spouse can assist his partner in transfer from wheelchair in privacy.

The ride is smooth and the cars are big.The attendants don't make a fuss or make the wheelchair user feel awkward.

The wheel lights up at night and is quite beautiful.The only drawback is well, the view is Orlando.

No offense, but you see the tops of a bunch of mega hotels, the parking lots of I-Drive then the last of the scrub land beyond...that has let to be developed into a mall, theme park, or hotel complex.

You ride the London Eye, you see all the famous buildings in London.

No offense to Orlando, but the scenery doesn't match Big Ben and the Thames. From the Orlando Eye, even the Epcot dome looks a bit like a golf ball far off the the south.