Carousels or Merry-Go-Rounds
Wikipedia on Carousels
A carousel (from French carrousel, from Italian carosello), or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down via gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. This leads to one of the alternative names, the galloper. Other popular names are roundabout and flying horses. Both "carousel" and "merry-go-round" are used with equal frequency in North America while the latter is usually used elsewhere and "roundabout" is quite common in the United Kingdom.
Modern carousels in America are generally populated with horses. Carousels in Europe, and in America from earlier periods, frequently include diverse varieties of mounts, like pigs, zebras, mythological creatures (such as dragons, sea monsters or unicorns), and deer, to name a few. Sometimes, chair or bench-like seats are used as well, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like airplanes or cars, though these do not always go up and down.
Any rotating platform may also be called a carousel. In a playground, a roundabout or merry-go-round is usually a simple, child-powered rotating platform with bars or handles to which children can cling while riding. At an airport, rotating conveyors in the baggage claim area are often called carousels.Merriam-Webster online dictionary
State Fair DVD With Carousels
State Fair (60th Anniversary Edition)
Amazon Price: $25.49 (as of 12/21/2009)
Product Description
Rodgers and Hammerstein's only score written expressly for the screen highlights this delightful film about an Iowa family's adventures at the fair. Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews and Dick Haymes star.
Merry-Go-Round-Ride Video
Ride the Merry Go round and round
Relive your childhood in the round, as the painted horses go up and down
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Riding a Tiger on a Carousel
Carousel de Atlanta Zoo
The carousel in the children's section of the Atlanta Zoo. July 2009
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Mary Poppins
Walt Disney's Mary Poppins Special Edition Soundtrack: 13 Carousel Horses
Music By : The Sherman Brothers Arranged and Composed by: Irwin Kostal
Runtime: 4:17 | 836 views | 0 Comments
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Carousel Websites
Here are some websites where you can find pictures of carousels and themeparks with carousels and where to purchase all kinds of carousel related items, including gifts and collectables.Carousels.com
Theme Parks
Miniature Musical Crasousels
gorgeous pics at National Carousel Asscoc. including the world's oldest carousel
Carousel News and trader Magazine
To find just about anything to do with caraousels click the Carousel Store below. You'll find: prints,globes,jewelry,musicals,rocking horses,books,videos,calendars,magazine,ornaments,apparel,posters,rubber stamps,carousel brass rings,decorations,collectable stamps,stickers,cards,blueprints,figurines-you name it!
Click here> Carousel Store
Books on Carousels
Carousel Reading
Lots of Carousel Books
Carousel Art and Stickers
Carousel Lamp and More
Carosels Related Items on CafePress
Carousels on eBay
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Flickr Photos of Merry-Go-Rounds
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San Francisco Music Box Co.
Click on banner below to go see musical carousels, water globes and trinket boxes.
Music Box Carousel
Here's my favorite link:
Asian Elephant Ride
Cassowary
Carousel in England
Bushnell Park in Hartford CT
Bears
Merry-Go-Round
Carousel Lion
Central Park Carousel Horses
Jumping Frogs Carousel Ride
Carousel
Carousel Paintings
Carousel Ride
Horse and Rooster Carousel Ride in England
Central Park Carousel Horses
Atlanta Zoo Chariot Ride
American Flag Carousel Horse
American Flag Carousel Horse
Ride a Mandrill
American Flag Carousel Horse
Armored Horse on Central Park Carousel
Cheetah & Stork on Atlanta Zoo Carousel
Central Park Carousel Chariot
Donkey Carousel Ride
Memphis Zoo Carousel Animals
Central Park Carousel Brown Horses
Central Park Carousel Horses With Chariots
Central Park Carousel
Clowns on Carousel
Gorilla, Bear, & Whooping Crane on Atlanta Zoo Carousel
Rainbow Pig Ride
Carousel Wall Theme
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- ginnyl52 ginnyl52 Aug 8, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
- What a great lens! Love your photos!
Visit my carousel collection at:
http://www.zazzle.com/ginnyl52*/gifts?cg=196300079446083151
Have a Wonderful Weekend
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- Wir55 Wir55 Jul 19, 2009 @ 8:52 pm
- Very Cool lens!
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- TheWhistler TheWhistler Apr 14, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
- Love Carousels. To think once they where just something for the kids to ride, now they are considered works of art to be preserved. And justly so.
Thanks for the lens.
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Oct 25, 2008 @ 3:06 am
- My youngest loves carousels. The one a Crandon Beach in Miami has horses that were painted by local artists after Hurricane Andrew. Her favorite is call Candy and is mostly pink.
Thank you for pointing out that the carousel in England goes the opposite way. I wonder about the ones south of the Equator. Do they also go the opposite way?
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- CardLady CardLady Oct 25, 2008 @ 2:43 am
- I love all these photos. I got to ride a carousel with my toddler grandson recently. He screamed in frustration when the ride ended and we had to get off.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Aug 31, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
- I always liked going on the carousel at Disneyland as a child and later...
Cool lens!
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- EelKat EelKat Apr 9, 2008 @ 12:13 am
- I love the Cassawory one!!!!! Someday I want to raise Cassawories, they are so beautiful... but deadly, they are just like giant 6 foot tall roosters, right down to the mean tempers and the huge spurs, only they have three spurs on each leg, and the spurs are over 8 inches long! They are from New Zealand and Paupa New Guinea, and in the wild they have been known to attack and kill grown men!
They are my fave birds after roosters, but they are very rare and nearing extinction now :(, most are in zoos and parks, there are not many left in the wild.
Did You Notice?
The pictures of the carousel in England is turning in the opposite direction from all the others. I guess it's not just their driving that's different from ours in America.
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Index of Contents
- Wikipedia on Carousels
- State Fair DVD With Carousels
- Merry-Go-Round-Ride Video
- Riding a Tiger on a Carousel
- Mary Poppins
- Carousel Websites
- Books on Carousels
- Carousel Reading
- Lots of Carousel Books
- Carousel Art and Stickers
- Carousel Lamp and More
- Carosels Related Items on CafePress
- Carousels on eBay
- Flickr Photos of Merry-Go-Rounds
- Carousel Photos on Flickr
- San Francisco Music Box Co.
- Music Box Carousel
- Atlanta Zoo Carousel
- Universal Studio in Orlando
- Carousel Store
- Asian Elephant Ride
- Cassowary
- Carousel in England
- Bushnell Park in Hartford CT
- Bears
- Merry-Go-Round
- Carousel Lion
- Central Park Carousel Horses
- Jumping Frogs Carousel Ride
- Carousel
- Carousel Paintings
- Carousel Ride
- Horse and Rooster Carousel Ride in England
- Central Park Carousel Horses
- Atlanta Zoo Chariot Ride
- American Flag Carousel Horse
- American Flag Carousel Horse
- Ride a Mandrill
- American Flag Carousel Horse
- Armored Horse on Central Park Carousel
- Cheetah & Stork on Atlanta Zoo Carousel
- Central Park Carousel Chariot
- Donkey Carousel Ride
- Memphis Zoo Carousel Animals
- Central Park Carousel Brown Horses
- Central Park Carousel Horses With Chariots
- Central Park Carousel
- Clowns on Carousel
- Gorilla, Bear, & Whooping Crane on Atlanta Zoo Carousel
- Rainbow Pig Ride
- Carousel Wall Theme
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