Mickey's Fun Wheel

Mickey's Fun Wheel
Mickey's Fun Wheel during World of Color in 2010
Disney California Adventure
Area	Paradise Pier
Status	Operating
Opening date	February 8, 2001 (as Sun Wheel) May 4, 2009 (as Mickey's Fun Wheel)
General statistics
Attraction type	Eccentric wheel
Designer	Walt Disney Imagineering, Waagner Biro
Theme	Boardwalk; Victorian; Disney
Height	160 ft (49 m)
Vehicle type	Gondola
Riders per vehicle	8
Duration	9 minutes
Wheelchair accessible

Mickey's Fun Wheel is a 160-foot (48.8 m) talleccentric wheel at Disney California Adventure, at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Inspired by Wonder Wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Coney Island, which also features both sliding and fixed gondolas, Mickey's Fun Wheel has a large Mickey Mouse face at its center.

Formerly the Sun Wheel (February 8, 2001 - October 14, 2008), it was expected to open on April 24, 2009, but this was delayed until opened May 4, 2009.

This renovation is a part of the new Paradise Pier placemaking including the Silly Symphony Swings, World of Color, Goofy's Sky School, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure, Games of the Boardwalk retheming, the removal of Maliboomer, and enhancements on California Screamin'.

Mickey's Fun Wheel is an eccentric wheel, differing from conventional Ferris wheels in that 16 of its 24 gondolas ride on interior rails so that they slide inward and outward as the wheel rotates. This results in a more intense experience, and motion sickness bags are provided in each gondola due to the disorienting nature of the ride. The other eight gondolas are fixed to the rim of the wheel and do not slide. Guests may choose to ride in sliding or fixed gondolas, each of which can carry six people.

Disney California Adventure Park underwent a $1.1 billion (US) renovation between 2008 and 2012.