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Cinderella's Golden Carrousel Review
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Cinderella's Golden Carrousel
- Category: Amusement Parks
- Location: Magic Kingdom
Fodor's Review:
It's the whirling, musical heart of Fantasyland. This ride encapsulates the Disney experience in 90 prancing horses and then hands it to you on a 60-foot moving platter. Seventy-two of the dashing wooden steeds date from the original carousel built in 1917 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company; additional mounts were made of fiberglass. All are meticulously painted -- it takes about 48 hours per horse -- and each one is completely different. One wears a collar of bright yellow roses; another a quiver of Native American arrows. The horses gallop ceaselessly beneath a wooden canopy, gaily striped on the outside and decorated on the inside with 18 panels depicting scenes from Disney's 1950 film Cinderella. As the platter starts to spin, the mirrors sparkle, the fairy lights glitter, and the band organ plays favorite tunes from Disney movies. If you wished upon a star, it couldn't get more magical.
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