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L.A. buys Griffith Park carousel, where Disney dreamed up theme park
Los Angeles Times
|September 09, 2025
The ride, built in 1926, needs major repairs. Reopening is expected ahead of Olympics.
THE GRIFFITH Park merry-go-round, built in 1926, was a favorite spot of Walt Disney and his children.
The Griffith Park carousel — a “crown jewel” of the park, where Walt Disney first dreamed up Disneyland — is getting a new lease on life just in time for its 2026 centennial.
The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Commission inked a million-dollar deal to buy the historic amusement ride late last month.
Beloved by Disney, who snapped up a similar historic wooden ride to serve as the King Arthur Carrousel at his Anaheim theme park, the Griffith Park merry-go-round took its last twirl in 2022.
Its previous operator, Julio Gosdinski, died suddenly near the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the amusement in limbo just as COVID restrictions were starting to ease.
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