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    Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

    Prince Charming Regal Carrousel

    4.1(33 reviews)
    30.4 miDisney World, Horizons West / West Orlando

    Honestly, what's not to love about a nostalgic ride at the heart of Magic Kingdom? If you take Main…read moreStreet straight back through the castle, you'll run into this ride. The line is usually pretty short on wait times and it seats a lot more than it appears. The horses give that classic feel to it, and my daughter loves going on this one. It's a short ride and has only a little movement to it, but it's a must-do for young children or classic Disney ride fans. Overall: A Vintage ride that offers all the Disney nostalgia.

    Classic and Iconic Disney attraction. Prince Charming Regal Carrousel is merry go round at Magic…read moreKingdom. It has been here forever and I remember riding it as a child and I still enjoy a ride on it every now and then. I think this is a must ride especially for first time Disney visitors. The line is usually not super long. The ride itself is about 3-4 minutes, and honestly after that time, I am ready to get off. It is a merry go round with big giant horses that have been hand painted. My husband is not a huge fan so I usually wait to go when my sister is visiting, however, he will ride if I really have to go. This is not a must ride every single time we are Magic Kingdom, but again, it's pretty classic. My issue is with the line, first it is completely outside, no cover, no shade, if its raining or incredibly hot, you are in the same line, suffering. Once you enter the turnstile, they group you. This is my issue, we could be first into the group section but when they open the gate finally, people who were behind us can get it before us to pick the perfect horse. We all know, we all want that one horse, we want the prettiest, the biggest, the one on the outside and I absolutely hate having to battle families for that horse. I don't have kids so I always feel awkward and usually let children and families go in front of us. So I never end up with that perfect horse. But the ride itself is super cute, it has cute music and actually goes around pretty fast for a carousel. The scenery as it goes is also beautiful. Passing Cinderella's castle spin after spin is just so magical, it makes you feel like a kid again. This is definitely a must ride attraction, but if the line is super long, like wrapped around the carousel, skip it and come back. Do not wait more than 10 minutes for this. It will go down in wait. But please take a spin on it, even if you are an adult. It is that cute and that classic.

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    Freedom Playground - Park entrance

    Freedom Playground

    4.8(22 reviews)
    75.4 mi

    This playground is incredible! A community funded project, this playground is not to be missed - it…read morehas designs and features I haven't seen anywhere else! We love stopping to play here if we are in the Deland area. Freedom Playground has plenty of parking, bathrooms, pavilions with picnic tables, and playground equipment that can be used by a wide range of ages and body abilities. I love that the park has one main entrance gate to keep kids contained and also has the little kid area separate from the big kid area. There are accessibility features like wheelchair accessible ramps for the playground equipment and a ground level merry-go-round. There's plenty of slides, climbing and obstacles, a zip line, pirate ships, pretend play houses, and all the features you would want in a playground. I love the nods to Florida with multiple gators throughout! Freedom Park is a Florida gem!

    From what I've read online, DeLand faced the exact same issue that so many municipalities around…read morethe country have faced and continue to face regarding what to do with their playgrounds. At one point in time it was a thing to build these large destination playgrounds made out of wood. While a nice idea on paper, eventually the upkeep proves to be problematic and expensive. Eventually the municipality is faced with the hard choice of costly renovations that will need to be redone in the not too distant future, demolishing the structure or trying to replace it with something more modern/contemporary. Either way it equals a lot of money that usually is nowhere to be found. Thankfully a few years ago DeLand along with residents, area companies, school children and a newly formed non-profit committee figured out how to replace the original wooden structure. Amazingly over 300K in private donations were raised along with DeLand kicking in the rest and what you have today is an amazing structure/facility. In my own area there have a been a few success stories with places like this: www.savekidscastle.org/ But there have also been a few mismanaged disasters with places like this: articles.mcall.com/2004-11-19/news/3571642_1_playground-jungle-gym-time-capsule What works here: * Lots of parking * Solidly clean bathrooms * Lots of shaded areas * Super safe recycled rubber ground which means no tracking mulch into the car * A very needed water fountain * Lots of different structures/play areas/misters that offer a ton of diversity What doesn't work: * At least when we were here the zipline was in sad shape. It needs to be raised up or just gotten rid of it because it was way too low to be enjoyable. I don't want to lay on the hyperbole but honestly aside one other park (Kids Castle in Doylestown, PA) this place is the nicest that I've ever seen and even though my kids are arguably a bit on the too old side to be enjoying a place like this, they still did. Great job DeLand! What an awesome place for the community!

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