The Animal Carousel

"The Animal Carousel" was a scrapped attraction that was originally going to be built at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It was going to be used as the icon of Disney's Animal Kingdom as a tradition for iconic structures at the center of the Disney Parks, but ended up getting scrapped.
==History==
The Animal Carousel was one of the concepts during the development of Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. During the planning phase for Disney's Animal Kingdom prior to being constructed with the plans being finalized, a traditional carousel ride was considered to be the park's icon. Unlike any typical carousel done in a traditional functionality, the Animal Carousel would not have only functioned in a typical fairground-style midway ride, but would have offered three unique experiences, making it a unique carousel with unique features not commonly seen on a typical carousel. The following experiences were featured within the development of this attraction:
*The first experience used for this attraction would have functioned the style of an aerial carousel-type ride similar to that of Dumbo the Flying Elephant, albeit featuring birds and insects instead of elephants.
*The second experience for this attraction would have been presented in a traditional typical carousel - albeit with various species of terrestrial animals (such as zebras, elephants, rhinos, or lions). It would have functioned in a manner similar to carousels themed around exotic animals found in various zoos including carousels instead of traditionally solely having horses.
*The third and final experience was also a carousel, but on water instead of land with the boat-style cars themed around animals that swim or live in water (such as hippos, turtles, fish, dolphins, or sharks). Thus, it would have included a moat surrounding the attraction.
For the final version of the development plan, the Tree of Life was selected over the final version of phasing stages, resulting the carousel to be scrapped in the final version of the attraction.
==Legacy==
Although the Animal Carousel was scrapped for Disney's Animal Kingdom, Disney would later build a two-level carousel - Caravan Carousel, at the Arabian Coast area at Tokyo DisneySea. Additionally, the former King Triton's Carousel of the Sea would later be themed around aquatic animals at the former Paradise Pier section of Disney California Adventure. Both of these carousels were inspired by the scrapped Animal Carousel attraction at Animal Kingdom.
==References==
==External links==
*Info about the scrapped Animal Kingdom Animal Carousel found here
Category:Disney's Animal Kingdom attractions
Category:Unbuilt Disney parks and attractions
Category:Cancelled projects
Category:Discovery Island attractions