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Disney carousels

{{Short description|List of carousels in Disney theme parks}}

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Carousels can be found in several theme parks owned or licensed by Disney Experiences, one of the three business segments of the Walt Disney Company.{{Cite web|title=The Walt Disney Company Announces Strategic Reorganization|url=https://dcpi.disney.com/the-walt-disney-company-announces-strategic-reorganization/|publisher=Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329150311/https://dcpi.disney.com/the-walt-disney-company-announces-strategic-reorganization/|archive-date=March 29, 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts – Overview|url=https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/company-overview|publisher=Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|access-date=February 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813044153/https://aboutdisneyparks.com/about/company-overview|archive-date=August 13, 2016}} The inclusion of carousels in Disney parks around the world can be traced back to the experiences of Walt Disney taking his young daughters Diane and Sharon to ride the carousel in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, which was one of many inspirations for creating the original Disneyland (a key component of the Disneyland Resort) in California in the United States.{{Harvp|Broggie|2014|p=26}}.{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Lindsay|date=September 3, 2015|title=This Old-Timey Merry-Go-Round in Griffith Park Inspired Walt Disney to Create Disneyland|url=https://lamag.com/film/this-old-timey-merry-go-round-in-griffith-park-inspired-walt-disney-to-create-disneyland|work=Los Angeles Magazine|access-date=April 1, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113114742/https://lamag.com/film/this-old-timey-merry-go-round-in-griffith-park-inspired-walt-disney-to-create-disneyland|archive-date=November 13, 2024}} The first Disney carousel, the King Arthur Carrousel, opened with Disneyland on July 17, 1955.{{Cite web|last=Powell|first=Joshua|date=September 20, 2022|title=Oldest Rides at Disneyland|url=https://magicguides.com/oldest-rides-at-disneyland/|work=Magic Guides|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115182417/https://magicguides.com/oldest-rides-at-disneyland/|archive-date=January 15, 2025}} This carousel, along with the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel in the Magic Kingdom within Walt Disney World in Florida in the United States, are historic carousels, which were originally built in 1922 and 1918, respectively.{{Cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Richard|last2=Williams|first2=Barbara|date=June 2010|title=Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel History; 1904–1941|url=https://carouselcorner.net/Articles/carouselnewsandtrader/Carousel_News_and_Trader_BW_Borrelli_JUNE_2010.pdf|magazine=The Carousel News & Trader|page=34|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710001546/https://carouselcorner.net/Articles/carouselnewsandtrader/Carousel_News_and_Trader_BW_Borrelli_JUNE_2010.pdf|archive-date=July 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}{{rp|34}} The Disney theme park chain is the largest on the planet by annual attendance with over 155 million visitors in 2019, and the carousels located inside its parks function as key attractions for its visitors.{{Cite web|date=2020|title=TEA/AECOM 2019 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report|url=https://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_369_611616_200731.pdf|publisher=TEA/AECOM|page=11|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023005742/https://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_369_611616_200731.pdf|archive-date=October 23, 2020}}

Carousels

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!scope="col"|Name

!scope="col"|Location

!scope="col"|Image

!scope="col"|Theme

!scope="col"|Builder

!scope="col"|Carousel figures

!scope="col"|Opened

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scope="row"|King Arthur Carrousel

|Disneyland Resort
(Disneyland,
Fantasyland section)

|File:King Arthur Carrousel July 2022.JPG

|Knights of the Round Table

|Dentzel Carousel Company/
Arrow Development

|68, four abreast;
one 4-seat chariot{{Cite web|last=MacDonald|first=Brady|date=May 8, 2021|title=Disneyland Polishes Fantasyland’s Crown Jewel with Carousel Makeover|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/08/disneyland-polishes-fantasylands-crown-jewel-with-carousel-makeover/|work=Orange County Register|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508180251/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/08/disneyland-polishes-fantasylands-crown-jewel-with-carousel-makeover/|archive-date=May 8, 2021}}

|July 17, 1955
(originally built in 1922)

|Disneyland's oldest purpose-built amusement ride

scope="row"|Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

|Walt Disney World
(Magic Kingdom,
Fantasyland section)

|File:Theme Park Tourist - 23349382161.jpg

|Cinderella

|Philadelphia Toboggan Company/
Arrow Development

|87, five abreast;
one 3-seat chariot{{Cite web|last=Pilcher|first=Ken|date=August 26, 2021|title=Everything You Didn’t Know About Disney World’s Oldest Attraction: the Carrousel|url=https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/2021/08/26/disney-worlds-oldest-attraction-the-carrousel/|work=ClickOrlando.com|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310112140/https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/2021/08/26/disney-worlds-oldest-attraction-the-carrousel/|archive-date=March 10, 2024}}

|October 1, 1971
(originally built in 1918){{rp|34}}

|Magic Kingdom's oldest purpose-built amusement ride{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 20, 2015|title=How an Iconic Jersey Carousel Landed at Disney's Magic Kingdom|url=https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2015/07/horse_trading_how_an_iconic_jersey_carousel_hit_the_trail_to_disneys_magic_kingdom.html|work=NJ.com|access-date=March 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005153010/https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2015/07/horse_trading_how_an_iconic_jersey_carousel_hit_the_trail_to_disneys_magic_kingdom.html|archive-date=October 5, 2024}}

scope="row"|Castle Carrousel

|Tokyo Disney Resort
(Tokyo Disneyland,
Fantasyland section)

|File:Cinderella's Golden Carrousel TDL.JPG

|Cinderella

|WED Enterprises

|72, four abreast;
no chariots

|April 15, 1983{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Cinderella’s Golden Carrousel|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/cinderellas-golden-carrousel/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|publisher=The Walt Disney Company|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116024123/https://d23.com/a-to-z/cinderellas-golden-carrousel/|archive-date=January 16, 2025}}

|The carousel figures are fiberglass copies made from eighteen molds cast from the original wood-carved carousel figures on the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel in Magic Kingdom.

scope="row"|Le Carrousel de Lancelot

|Disneyland Paris
(Disneyland Park (Paris),
Fantasyland section)

|File:Le Carrousel de Lancelot.jpg

|Knights of the Round Table

|Concept1900

|86, five abreast;
two 2-seat chariots

|April 12, 1992{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Carrousel de Lancelot, Le|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/carrousel-de-lancelot-le/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210160224/https://d23.com/a-to-z/carrousel-de-lancelot-le/|archive-date=December 10, 2023}}

|Customized large-sized merry-go-round model.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Merry-Go-Round Kiosk & Large-Sized|url=https://www.concept1900.com/large-sized-and-kiosk-for-merry-go-round/|work=Concept1900|access-date=April 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118095147/https://www.concept1900.com/large-sized-and-kiosk-for-merry-go-round/|archive-date=January 18, 2025}} First carousel to operate with more than one chariot at a Disney park.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Le Carrousel de Lancelot|url=https://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/disneyland-park/fantasyland/le-carrousel-de-lancelot/|work=DLP Guide|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120031927/https://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/disneyland-park/fantasyland/le-carrousel-de-lancelot/|archive-date=November 20, 2023}}

scope="row"|Cinderella Carousel

|Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
(Hong Kong Disneyland,
Fantasyland section)

|File:Disney070817 084.jpg

|Cinderella

|Chance Morgan

|60, four abreast;
two 4-seat chariots

|September 12, 2005

|Customized {{Convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} grand carousel model{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The 50-foot Grand Carousel|url=https://www.chancerides.com/50ft_carousel/|work=Chance Rides|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107155000/https://www.chancerides.com/50ft_carousel/|archive-date=November 7, 2024}}

scope="row"|Jessie's Critter Carousel
(formerly King Triton's Carousel of the Sea)

|Disneyland Resort
(Disney California Adventure,
Pixar Pier section)

|File:Jesse's Critter Carousel.jpg

|Toy Story 2
(formerly The Little Mermaid)

|D.H. Morgan Manufacturing

|46, four abreast;
two 4-seat chariots

|February 8, 2001{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=King Triton’s Carousel|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/king-tritons-carousel/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007173331/https://d23.com/a-to-z/king-tritons-carousel/|archive-date=October 7, 2024}}

|Reopened with current theme on April 5, 2019{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Jessie’s Critter Carousel|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/jessies-critter-carousel/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915090537/https://d23.com/a-to-z/jessies-critter-carousel/|archive-date=September 15, 2024}}

scope="row"|Caravan Carousel

|Tokyo Disney Resort
(Tokyo DisneySea,
Arabian Coast section)

|File:Laika ac Tokyo DisneySea (7861656370).jpg

|Aladdin

|Walt Disney Imagineering

|124 (60 1st level, 64 2nd level), four abreast;
one 4-seat chariot, one 2-seat chariot (both 1st level)

|September 4, 2001{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Caravan Carousel|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/caravan-carousel/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327134402/https://d23.com/a-to-z/caravan-carousel/|archive-date=March 27, 2023}}

|Double-decker carousel

scope="row"|Fantasia Carousel

|Shanghai Disney Resort
(Shanghai Disneyland,
Gardens of Imagination section)

|File:Fantasia Carousel (28996518914).jpg

|Fantasia

|Chance Rides

|60, four abreast;
two 4-seat chariots

|June 16, 2016{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fantasia Carousel|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/fantasia-carousel/|work=D23: the Official Disney Fan Club|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121192635/https://d23.com/a-to-z/fantasia-carousel/|archive-date=January 21, 2025}}

|Customized {{Convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} grand carousel model

See also

References

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Bibliography

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  • {{Cite book|last=Broggie|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Broggie|year=2014|title=Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom|edition=4th|publisher=The Donning Company Publishers|isbn=978-1-57864-914-3}}

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External links

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