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Character Carousel

Name: Character Carousel

Former Names: Hanna Barbera Carousel, Nick-O-Round

Opened in: 1982

Manufactured by: Chance Manufacturing of Witchita, Kansas

Diameter: 23 feet, 2.5 inches

Number of characters: 20

Ride Time: 1 minute, 45 seconds

Capacity: 500 per hour

Location: Planet Snoopy

Ridership: 10,485,303 riders since 1982, 21st most in park history.  Its record year was 1982 when 512,769 rides were given.  (Numbers through the 2009 season).

Miscellaneous: The ride was rethemed to Nickelodeon with Nick characters, instead of the old Hanna Barbera characters.

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