Caravan Carousel
| Caravan Carousel | |
|---|---|
| Park | Tokyo DisneySea |
| Land / area | Arabian Coast |
| Type | Double-decker carousel
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| Duration | About 2.5 minutes |
| Status | Operating |
Caravan Carousel is a two-level carousel in Arabian Coast at Tokyo DisneySea, the second park of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. Housed in its own domed building in the port's palace courtyard, it is among the largest carousels in any Disney park, carrying up to 190 guests at a time across its two decks, and its riders can choose from an unusually varied menagerie of mounts drawn from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin and the world of the Arabian Nights.[1]
Description
Most Disney carousels are open-air, single-deck rides modelled on medieval jousting or fairground traditions. Caravan Carousel departs from that pattern in almost every respect. The ride is enclosed within a round, two-storey building topped by a large dome, standing in the palatial courtyard at the heart of Arabian Coast, and the carousel itself turns on two stacked levels connected by stairs, so that riders on the upper deck look out over the courtyard as they circle.[2] At night the building's windows glow from within, making the carousel one of the port's visual landmarks.
The official capacity is 190 guests per cycle — a figure made possible by the double-deck layout — and a ride lasts about 2.5 minutes.[3] That high capacity gives the carousel some of the shortest waits in the park relative to its popularity, and it absorbs large numbers of the young families Arabian Coast is designed for.
Experience
Alongside the horses a conventional merry-go-round would offer, Caravan Carousel's mounts include Arabian animals and creatures of legend: camels, elephants and griffins among them. Two figures are unique to this carousel — a rideable Magic Carpet and the Genie himself, who appears among the rows of steeds as a mount.[4] The music is drawn from Aladdin and presented in a full, symphonic style rather than the calliope arrangement typical of smaller carousels.[5]
There is no height requirement. Guests who need to sit with support, or who are holding a child on their lap, can use the bench-style chariot seats instead of a mount.[6] The upper deck is generally considered the better ride: the extra height turns a sedate circle into a slow aerial circuit of the courtyard, with views across Arabian Coast's rooftops. Together with Jasmine's Flying Carpets, which opened in the port in 2011, the carousel gives Arabian Coast two gentle, high-capacity outdoor rides alongside its indoor attractions, Sindbad's Storybook Voyage and The Magic Lamp Theater.
See also
- Jasmine's Flying Carpets
- The Magic Lamp Theater
- Sindbad's Storybook Voyage
- Tokyo DisneySea
- List of Tokyo DisneySea attractions
References
- ↑ Caravan Carousel. Tokyo Disney Resort. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Tokyo DisneySea. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Caravan Carousel. Tokyo Disney Resort. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Caravan Carousel. Disney Wiki. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Caravan Carousel. Disney Wiki. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Caravan Carousel. Tokyo Disney Resort. Retrieved 2026-11-14.