{"id":38,"date":"2026-07-07T19:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/navy-pier-offers-free-centennial-wheel-rides-following-foggy-fourth-of-july-fireworks-show\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:42:47","slug":"navy-pier-offers-free-centennial-wheel-rides-following-foggy-fourth-of-july-fireworks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"Navy Pier offers free Centennial Wheel rides following foggy Fourth of July fireworks show\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Navy Pier is offering free rides on its Centennial Wheel every Wednesday through Labor Day after storms that rolled through the Chicago area made for a foggy Fourth of July fireworks show. <\/p>\n<p>The free rides are available after 6 p.m. starting Wednesday for those who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/44gslsC\" target=\"_blank\">register<\/a>, Navy Pier announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. Riders can secure up to four tickets per week. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we can\u2019t control the weather, we can try to make it right,&#8221; the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/navypierchicago\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> states. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/navy-pier-july-fourth-fireworks-biggest-display-summer\" target=\"_blank\">The special Fourth of July show<\/a> that began at 10 p.m. was longer than the typical summer show at Navy Pier, had nearly twice as many fireworks and covered double the area along the lakefront.<\/p>\n<p>But fog rolled in along the lake after Saturday\u2019s afternoon storms and obscured most of the spectacle. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NavyPier\/status\/2073625510395978083?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">In a late-night statement<\/a>, Navy Pier said it was \u201cdisappointed with the effect fog had on tonight\u2019s Independence Day Fireworks visibility and understand it impacted our guests\u2019 experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navy Pier is offering free rides on its Centennial Wheel every Wednesday through Labor Day after storms that rolled through the Chicago area made for a foggy Fourth of July fireworks show. The free rides are available after 6 p.m. starting Wednesday for those who register, Navy Pier announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. Riders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cnn-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}