Antique Carousel and Wurlitzer 153 band organ at Dorney Park

The carousel was manufactured by William H. Dentzel, and started operating in 1921 at its original site of Northern Illinois Fair Association (NIFA), Illinois. It traveled around with this fair and other carnivals for half a century. In 1971, Cedar Point purchased the carousel, and it was placed in the park’s Frontier Town. It was given a new structure and opened for guests to ride in the spring of 1972. 23 years later the carousel was moved from Cedar Point to Dorney Park, where it still stands today. Dorney Park gave it a new building and opened for riders in the spring of 1995.
The ride reaches a tame 8.2 MPH, which makes it the perfect ride for anyone in the family. It also plays beautiful music from its 153 Wurlitzer Organ. The Antique Carousel houses 66 animals and 2 chariots. 62 of them are horses while the other 4 are menagerie animals -a giraffe, lion, tiger, and elk. Do you have a favorite animal that you have to ride on each time? Everything on the carousel has such beautiful and complex details carved into it. It’s as if the animals have a story to tell through their intricacies. Let your imagination run free and create a story of your own. The Songs are “Went to Your Wedding” and “Oh My Papa”.

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0:00 I Went Your Wedding
1:26 Oh My Papa = O Mein Papa

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Thanks for the song information