| custom_value_2= Cinderella
| custom_label_1= Formally Known As
|custom_value_1= Cinderella’s Golden Carousel Carrousel (1971-2010)
| type=Carousel
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==Attraction History==
The history of the Prince Charming Regal Carousel Carrousel actually goes back to long before Walt Disney World opened. The carousel was built in 1917 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, for use in the Detroit Palace Garden Park. Originally, the carousel was named “Liberty” and it was painted red, white and blue. On the original canopy, images of Miss Liberty and other patriotic images could be seen. In 1928, the carousel was brought back to Philadelphia for repairs, and then sold to the Olympic Park, in Maplewood, New Jersey. The carousel ran there for 39 years, until 1967 when the park closed. The Walt Disney Company then purchased the carousel from the closing park, for use in the unopened Walt Disney World. After purchase, Disney Imagineers (including John Hench and Isle Voght) had to completely restore the carousel. They stripped and repainted the carousel's horses, giving each horse a unique design. Disney also added a 23 karat gold leaf, silver, and bronze to each of the ride's 90 horses. Furthermore, the canopy was rethemed, so that 18 scenes from the Disney movie Cinderella were included in the attraction.
The carousel opened as Cinderella’s Golden Carousel Carrousel on October 1 1971. Although the attraction has not changed since opening day, on June 1 2010 Disney announced that they were changing the name of the ride to the “Prince Charming Regal Carrousel”. With the name change, Disney also released a new backstory for the attraction which says:
{{Quotation| Following their fairy-tale romance and happily-ever-after wedding, Cinderella and Prince Charming took up residence in Cinderella’s Castle. With peace throughout the kingdom, Prince Charming had time to practice for jousting tournaments. In the countryside near the castle, he built a training device of carved horses, on which he could practice the art of ring-spearing, a tournament event in which a knight rides his horse full speed, lance in hand, toward a small ring hanging from a tree limb, with the object of spearing the ring. This event was known by various names throughout the lands, but generally came to be called “carrousel.”