Two additional triple Ferris wheels were later built for the Seibu-en and Lotte World parks in Japan (operating between 1985 and 2004) and South Korea (1989–97), respectively.
[1] At the time the theme park in Santa Clara opened on March 21, 1976, it was billed as having the world's first triple Ferris wheel.
[12] The Santa Clara ride, which appeared in the 1994 movie Beverly Hills Cop III as "The Spider",[13] was later renamed Triple Wheel before it closed in 1997.
[17] Two other triple wheels were produced for Asian clients: Seibu-en (Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan; operated 1985–2004) and Lotte World (Seoul, South Korea; 1989–97).
[2][6] According to Harry Michelson, because relatively few double and triple wheels were built, production was discontinued sometime in the 1990s and parts became scarce, making maintenance of these relatively complicated rides difficult and expensive.