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The Fall River Carousel is open seasonally for general ridership ($1/ride or $5/seven rides) and year-round as a venue for birthday parties and special events.

GENERAL RIDERSHIP

Open 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, seven days/week
June 25 - Sept. 3

Open 11:00 AM -5:00 PM, Saturday & Sunday
May 26 - June 24

For admission fees and operating schedule of the museum ships at Battleship Cove, click here.

 

Do you know how to say "carousel" in Spanish? Read below!

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: Join us on Sunday, December 9 at the Fall River Carousel for breakfast with Kris Kringle himself! Guests ($15 adults/$8 kids) will enjoy a delicious hot breakfast plus unlimited carousel rides, holiday crafts, face painting & photo with Santa. It's fun for the whole family! Reservations are required. Contact our group sales manager.

CAROUSELS AROUND THE WORLD: Carousels are called by many different names around the world. For example:

  • United States: carousel, flying horses, whirligig, steam riding gallery, carry-us-all, flying (or spinning) jinny, hobby horses, merry-go-round, flying Dutchmen, steam circus
  • United Kingdom: roundabout, carousel, galloper, whirligig, tilts
  • France: manege de chevaux de bois ("a riding ring of wooden horses"), caroussel
  • Germany: karussel
  • Italy: torneo
  • Japan: kaiten mokuba ("turning wooden horse"), merry-go-round, merigo-raundo
  • Netherlands: stoomcaroussel
  • Norway: karusell, rundkjoring
  • Spain: caballitos ("little horses"), tio vivo ("lively uncle")

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BIRTHDAY PARTIES: Are you planning a birthday for a special little child? Host the event at the Fall River Carousel, where children's birthday parties are a piece of cake! Click here for details.

To host a party on board the USS Massachusetts, click here.

 

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