King Arthur Carrousel - Disneyland - California - Carousels on Waymarking.com

History:

Walt Disney wanted to recreate the Griffith Park carousel. Therefore, a Dentzel park model carousel which had operated since 1932 at Sunnyside Amusement Park in Toronto, Ontario was taken from Sunnyside and moved to Disneyland in 1954. The ride was originally a Dentzel Menagerie Carousel, consisting three rows of horses and animals on a 22 meter diameter platform. The attraction was built by William Dentzel. The ride was refurbished, and turned into a 4 row unit, (thus increasing ride capacity) by adding additional horses that came from various other carousels from around North America.

The carousel has been significantly altered since then. The original chariots were removed and used as cars on the "Casey Jr. Circus Train" attraction. A Wurlitzer #157 band organ face is on the carousel, but does not operate. Motifs from The Sword in the Stone were used in 1955 to replace elements of the carousel. Also the Princess and the Jester Head motifs have been redone in 18k gold leaf.

The carousel has seventy-two horses, most carved in the Dentzel factory in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some of the horses were taken from a Stein and Goldstein carousel and Coney Island's carousel in 1955 to add a fourth row, completely made of jumpers and operated by custom-built crankshafts. Standers on the original three rows were converted to jumpers in 1955. Because of the overwhelming popularity of the carousel's single white horse, all horses have been painted white since 1975.

King Arthur Carrousel reopened in February 2003 after extensive renovations. These renovations included an entirely rebuilt turntable, and a new computerized operating system that stops the carousel in the same spot every time.

Source: (visit link)

Carousel Location: Amusement Parks Is the Carousel operational?: Yes Does the Music work?: Yes Cost to ride: "free" with admission to Disneyland. Hours of Operation: same as park hours Related Website: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
Please include a photo of your self at the location or a picture of your favorite animal on that carousel.

If you are lucky enough to take a ride on your visit, tell us what animal you rode.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   02/20/2023 McLeaners visited it 12/14/2017 Metro2 visited it 04/03/2017 willTcarter visited it 05/22/2015 SpockProf visited it 12/01/2014 LT_Dream visited it 06/08/2012 adenium visited it 12/02/2011 2geocachindogs visited it 11/08/2011 3Bobs visited it 10/27/2011 Mooroid visited it 08/27/2011 FLIPPER&CO visited it 04/21/2011 SuperSmasher visited it 03/19/2011 EARTHQUAKE5683 visited it 02/16/2011 TheWinterTrio visited it 01/26/2011 TikTokOfOz visited it 01/13/2011 The_Simpsons visited it 08/29/2010 Frank AZ visited it 04/28/2010 Moun10Bike visited it 01/09/2010 Rumpled visited it 12/26/2009 avs11 visited it 11/05/2009 wicked witch of the west coast visited it 10/31/2009 jsemanajr visited it 09/28/2009 Rabbitto visited it 05/29/2009 DJ&Jules visited it 03/18/2009 bluesnote visited it 01/28/2009 Mark1962 visited it

View all visits/logs