Themeparkfanatic | Columbia Carousel a Six Flags Great America @woodencoasterfan | Uploaded June 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
This is a rare large double carousel from Chance Rides with the animals and rounding boards being carved by Bradley & Kaye. The band organ is actually a mock up and is there for aesthetics only. It was built here in 1976 when the park was owned by Marriott and named Marriott's Great America. The National Carousel Association says there are three rows on both levels with the outer row on the lower level having standers (animals that don't jump). According to the NCA, there are 88 standing & jumping horses, 15 menagerie animals (4 cats, 1 deer, 1 giraffe, 1 lion, 4 ostriches, 4 pigs, 4 rabbits, 1 tiger, 1 zebra) and three chariots with two on the lower level and one on the upper level.
This is a rare large double carousel from Chance Rides with the animals and rounding boards being carved by Bradley & Kaye. The band organ is actually a mock up and is there for aesthetics only. It was built here in 1976 when the park was owned by Marriott and named Marriott's Great America. The National Carousel Association says there are three rows on both levels with the outer row on the lower level having standers (animals that don't jump). According to the NCA, there are 88 standing & jumping horses, 15 menagerie animals (4 cats, 1 deer, 1 giraffe, 1 lion, 4 ostriches, 4 pigs, 4 rabbits, 1 tiger, 1 zebra) and three chariots with two on the lower level and one on the upper level.
