In this post we give an overview of Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, a carrousel at Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Walt Disney World. We cover the basics of the ride, how to ride it, and our thoughts on the experience before closing with an FAQ. Read on to learn more!
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Prince Charming Regal Carrousel Basics
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is a classic carrousel at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. The ride:
does not offer rider switch
does NOT have a Lightning Lane
does not have a single rider line
is a part of Early Entry at Magic Kingdom
is about 2 minutes long
If you’re visiting Magic Kingdom with small children, the carrousel is a must-do. When we’re doing visits focused entirely on our toddler (i.e. we don’t care about using rider switch for coasters ourselves), we’ll even just head here as the second or third ride during Early Entry. We’ve never had any issues with this ride scaring our toddler.
Where is Prince Charming Regal Carrousel located?
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is located just behind Cinderella Castle in Fantasyland.
Entering the park, you can go directly to the hub and through (or around) Cinderella Castle. The carrousel is unmissable behind the castle.
If you’re riding it first at rope drop (which isn’t really a great strategy but something we have done on occasion because our toddler just loves it), you’ll queue with the group heading toward Fantasyland (immediately on the right side of the castle, not the group heading into Tomorrowland). Most of that group will head to Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, you can walk right past that to the carrousel.
Keep in mind that nearby rides like Peter Pan’s Flight and The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh also have no height requirements and will get substantial waits much more quickly than the carrousel. It makes a world of sense to go anywhere else before the carrousel.
How to Ride Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel doesn’t have a Lightning Lane, so the only option is to ride it via the ordinary standby line. While it isn’t among the most popular rides, we do try and get on it relatively early because it doesn’t have the Lightning Lane. It can have waits of 20 minutes through the core of the day, so if you have a small child (so your day won’t be going until 11PM in any case), early is best.
If you have Lightning Lane Multi Pass (we recommend it and almost always have it), I’d usually recommend waiting for the carrousel before you start trying to work your way through Under the Sea, Mad Tea Party, Barnstormer, and Dumbo. The time in the carrousel queue might even be enough to build yourself a nice Lightning Lane lineup to go to next.
If you don’t have Multi Pass, you’ll want to grab short waits at those other rides—if possible—before heading to the carrousel.
In any case, you should have a bit of patience when you get to this ride. The load time can be quite long.
Regal Rounds and Royal Views
The Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is a standard carrousel ride. Adults can simply pick a horse and hop aboard.
If this is your first carrousel with a small child you should know that you have two options—the child rides their own horse with you standing next to them—between two horses—or you sit on one of the bench seats together. You cannot share a horse.
This is also one of the few rides without a height requirement that you cannot babywear on unless you’re in the bench seat. You can see a video of the ride here.
A personal tip you might want to borrow, particularly if you’ll be a repeat visitor over the years: I’ve found this to be a nice opportunity to snag the same picture every time we visit, some variation of this:
I’ve basically got a collage of these going now.
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel FAQ
Where was Prince Charming Regal Carrousel Originally?
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel was built by The Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1917. It was originally the “The Liberty Carousel” at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Olympic Park (New Jersey) and then Walt Disney World.
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