It's this sucker: the not-millennium wheel.
Those things you go round in are "gondolas".
For that word, my Septic Oxford (part of the Mac OS) has:
gondola |ˈgändələ; gänˈdōlə|
noun
a light flat-bottomed boat used on Venetian canals, having a high point at each end and worked by one oar at the stern.
• a cabin on a suspended ski lift.
• (also gondola car) an open railroad freight car.
• an enclosed compartment suspended from an airship or balloon.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Venetian Italian, from Rhaeto-Romanic gondolà 'to rock, roll'.
No mention of Bane and big wheels.
Must be a bad translation from the Rhaeto-Romanic: "During busy periods you will be asked to share your rock 'n' roll".
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