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Prince Charming Regal Carrousel reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, a carousel in Fantasyland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
Written by Victoria Jurkowski On June 1, 2010, Disney changed the name of Cinderella's Golden Carrousel to Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, and added a backstory to the ride: Making it a training device that the Prince developed after marrying Cinderella, so that the villagers could use to test their horsemanship skills.
The carousel features 90 elaborately decorated white horses. Seating for persons with disabilities is also available. The carrousel was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan company in 1917 and is one of about 30 of their original carousels left working in the United States. Each horse is hand painted and laid with gold leaf, silver and bronze. Each of the horses is also completely unique. With all the craftsmanship and precious metals put into the horses, the estimated values range from $20,000 per inside ring horse to $100,000 per outside ring horse.
Readers' rating:
Relaxing, riding on horses near a castle is awesome! - Brendan Harrison There is a certain appeal to have all white horses but it also seems to be a crowd control technique - choose any horse because they look alike designed to speed up load/unload. I miss the variety of animals, poses, or at least paint that other carousels have. - Emily Brux this is a classic. not like the other rides! - Emma King Only a couple carousels trump this classic, but this one easily takes the cake as far as how it looks at night. - Tom Rigg The carousel is in pristine condition but the lack of a organ and speed unlike Knoebels carousels and Canobie lake's carousel. - Mike Mills Gorgeous detail work and a nice flat ride for kids. Also great photos ops for parents as well. - Brandie S More attraction and restaurant ratings: |
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