Visitors can add to their London Eye experience by buying an "London Eye In-flight mini guide", with maps of the views seen from the capsule. A larger "The Essential Eye" guidebook is on sale, too.
During our "flight" in August, as can be seen above we had decent but not perfect weather: if you book ahead to avoid line-ups (recommended!), you take your chances with weather during your flight.
A possible solution: take a night-flight, which fans say is magical.
Note: the Eye closes for several weeks for maintenance; check dates, if you're visiting off-season.
*photos (c) Teresa Plowright
