Structure:
Still the tallest and largest carousel in the world, along with it's sister in Gurnee, IL at Six Flags Great America.
The carousel's pinnacle was once an ornate pot bellied stove in the movie "Marie Antoinette," while caps to the columns on the carousel come from an MGM film starring Grace Kelly, titled "The Swan."
Features:
Carousel Columbia serves as a focal point of Great America's entrance plaza, with a large reflecting pool in front of it.
Each of the figures are fiberglass reproductions of some of the most famous carousel horses and figures. Among the over 100 figures are 82 jumping horses, six standing horses, three chariots, a camel, a giraffe, lion, tiger, dragon, deer, seahorse and pairs of jumping ostriches, pigs, cats and rabbits.
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