A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford.

“If we don’t keep it balanced, it goes off-balance, which means that the Ferris wheel itself balances itself out and corrects it, and it will shut down, and we have to reboot the system. It takes maybe about five, ten minutes. Usually people just think it’s a part of the ride, like, ‘Oh, it stopped so we can get a good view and take pictures.’