Carousel of the Disney parks

King Arthur Carousel , Cinderella' S Golden delicious Carousel and the Carousel of Lancelot is the various versions of the same concept of attraction for the parks with topics of the type “Magic Kingdom” (magic kingdom) of Disney. The concept is that of the carousels with horses.

This concept is not however specific to Disney which took again famous the Carousels or Merry-Go-Round . It is however it should be noted that a Merry-Go-Round comprises mobile horses and others not.

Attractions

There also exists of other carousels in the Disney parks:

Caravan Carousel with Tokyo DisneySea on the topic of Aladdin
King Triton' S Carousel with Disney' S California Adventure on the topic of Ariel

Disneyland

The Carousel of Disneyland names King Arthur Carousel . Walt Disney thought that a recreation park was not complete without a carousel. The engineers of Disney discovered little before the opening of the park in 1955, a carousel with the state of abandonment in the park of Sunnyside with Toronto in the Ontario. This carousel had been built in 1875 in the style Philadelphia by the company Dentzel and had been useful in the park until in 1922. The engineers of Disney made move the horse-gear and restored it.

Certain too dilapidated parts were removed and in order to gain place two carriages were removed and re-used in attraction Casey Jr Circus Train. An organ, model 157 of Wurlitzer was placed in the carousel but is not operational. Original decoration was replaced by reasons for the film Merlin the enchanter then in preparation and the central signs were substituted by mirrors in order to increase space. Buffoons and shields with head of princess on the circumference have being so renovated.

The carousel includes/understands 72 horses, manufactured in Germany at the end of the 19th century and which according to certain nonverifiable assertions, would be repainted each night because of degradation related to the intense use. Part of the horses comes from other carousels Stein and Goldstein (style Coney Island) and made it possible into 1955 to add a fourth complete line of horses to the gallop on an extension of the Dentzel . The three central lines were in the beginning motionless but were transformed during the year 1955 to be with the gallop . The strong preference for the single white horse of the carousel led Disney to repaint all the horses in white in 1976.

In 2003, the carousel reopened in February after an important restoration. The computing system was changed what makes it possible to always stop the revolving platform at the same place (to help the parents to recover their children). At the same time, half of the mirrors was replaced by scenes of the film Sleeping Beauty.

Name: King Arthur Carousel
Opening: July 17th 1955
Restorations:

1976 : all the horses are repainted in white
2003: improvement of the technical systems and the decorations.

Design: WED Enterprises
Many horses: 72
Lasted: 2 min. 18 dryness.

Standard of attraction: Carousel

Magic Kingdom

The Cinderella' S Golden Carousel of Magic Kingdom is a true carousel built in 1917 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company for the park Detroit De luxe hotel Garden Park . It was returned to Philadelphia in 1928 for restoration then reinstalled in the New Jersey with the Olympic Park of Maplewood, closed in 1967. Attraction remained 39 years there. The horses of origin were with the colors of American patriotism (blue, white and red) with representations of Miss Freedom.

The imagineers of Disney recovered the carousel with the closing of Olympic Park and renovated attraction all while adapting it to the Disney universe. The central organ is that of origin but the music was changed. Several of the wooden horses of origin were replaced by glass fiber versions. The 18 central scenes which decorate the interior of the carousel were replaced by representations of the history of Cendrillon.

The carousel comprises 5 lines of 18 horses each one and for each line the size of the horses increases, largest being outside. The totality of the horses are white but each one has its own decoration and its palette, in addition to one number on the support. One (#37) has a pompom gilded behind the saddle: it would belong to Cendrillon.

Name: Cinderella' S Golden delicious Carousel
Opening: October 1st 1971 with the park
Design: WED Enterprises
Many horses: 90
Number of light: : 2325
Lasted: 2 min.
Standard of attraction: Carousel

Tokyo Disneyland

This attraction, copy certified of the version of Florida was added a few years after the opening of the park.

Name: Cinderella' S Golden delicious Carousel
Design: WED Enterprises '
Opening: April 28th, 1987
Many horses: 90
Lasted: 2 min.

Standard of attraction: Carousel

Disneyland Paris

The Carousel of Lancelot is the variation of the carousels of the other parks. On the 86 horses, the 16 external horses are recent creations of an artist of the Ohio which covered the destriers of armours. The 70 others, located at the center, were created by the imagineers of Walt Disney World Resort according to the Cinderella' S Golden Carousel. Two carriages and central organ named " Big Nelly" were recovered on a horse-gear of the beginning of the 20th century built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company . They take again the principle of single colors for each horse. They were laid out intentionally according to the spectrum of the Arc-en-ciel. The decoration was changed to point out the history of Lancelot and the Dame of the lake.

Name: Carousel of Lancelot
Opening: April 12th, 1992 with the park
Design: Walt Disney Imagineering
Many horses: 86 and 2 carriages
theoretical Capacity by turn: 98 people
Lasted: 1 min 30,2 min or 2 min 30.
Standard of attraction: Carousel

HongKong Disneyland

It is a certified copy of the version of Florida.

Name: Cinderella' S Golden delicious Carousel
Opening: September 12th, 2005 with the park
Design: Walt Disney Imagineering
Many horses: 90
Standard of attraction: Carousel

External bonds

Cinderella' S Golden delicious Carousel on allearsnet.com

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