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A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle. A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), [1] merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout (British English) [2] is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
carousel (n.) a moving luggage/baggage display unit, most often at airports a rotating fairground ride (UK: merry-go-round, roundabout) carriage (n.) railway coach (q.v.) designed for the conveyance of passengers the conveying of goods or the price paid for it ("carriage-paid"); "handling" 4-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle
Carousel, a Swedish film by Dimitri Buchowetzki; Carousel, a German film starring Marika Röck; Carousel, a 1956 film by Henry King adapted from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical
A merry-go-round at a park in New Jersey. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.
A roundabout is also a traditional English name given to amusement rides known as a carousel, or a merry-go-round in other English-speaking countries. In U.S. dictionaries the terms roundabout , traffic circle , road circle and rotary are synonyms. [ 38 ]
Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics). The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnár 's 1909 play Liliom , transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline.
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The carousel and its original steam engine were purchased and restored between 1996 and 2000, as part of the redevelopment of the Geelong Waterfront. A steel-framed glass pavilion building was designed and constructed to provide permanent housing for the carousel. The restored carousel was officially opened in its new pavilion on 14 October 2000.