Daredevil Nik Wallenda says he 'll walk untethered on top of a 400-foot observation wheel in Orlando , Florida , this month . Wallenda said Monday at a New York City news conference that the Orlando Eye will be moving when he attempts his feat April 29 . The Orlando Eye , part of a new entertainment complex , will offer views of central Florida from inside 30 enclosed , air-conditioned glass capsules when it opens to the public on May 4 . Scroll down for video . Eyes on the prize : High-wire performer Nik Wallenda announces his latest stunt at the 400-foot Orlando Eye , during a news conference , in New York on Monday . Tough challenge : The 36-year-old daredevil will walk atop the Orlando Eye as it turns on April 29 . The Orlando Eye team issued a statement saying it 's excited to have Wallenda attempt the 'amazing stunt . ' No distance for the performance has been set yet , but Wallenda , 36 , said he was not likely to walk the entire 20 minutes or so that it takes the wheel to go a full circle . Wallenda previously walked atop a Ferris wheel in Santa Cruz , California , but he said the size of the much larger Orlando wheel and the fact that he will not use a pole sets this stunt apart . The seventh-generation member of the 'Flying Wallenda ' family of acrobats has walked across the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls . In November , he walked twice between two Chicago skyscrapers without a net or harness , doing the second walk blindfolded . Wallenda is the great-grandson of Karl Wallenda , who fell to his death in Puerto Rico at 73 .
The 36-year-old will stage his next student on April 29 . In November , Wallenda walked back and forth between two Puerto Rico skyscrapers in a live television event . His great-grandfather Karl Wallenda died in a tight-role walk in Chicago in 1978 . Wallenda has also tight-rope walked across Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon .