Central Park Carousel — Attraction in New York

Loved this! Only $3 per ride and a long ride at that! We were there for 9:50 am prior to opening and there were about 4/5 customer groups in total for the first ride. The only negative was there was absolutely no hurry from the staff to open up. 1 man was there from about 9:50 opening shutters and unlocking the kiosk etc. By 10:10 the ride was eventually ready for a spin with a second member of staff turning up at this time! No courtesy of greeting waiting customers or letting them know there would be a few minutes wait while they set up, the 1st guy just dawdled around with his headphones in making no effort to efficiently start the ride! customer service focus does not seem to exist in this city! Overall though worth a visit and enjoy the ride. 5 minutes of escapism and...

They should hire better people to run the carousel. It's such a landmark and symbol for little kids in Central Park. When we were there approaching the ticket window, there are 3 guys standing around chatting. We asked to buy a ticket, one of the guy has such bad attitude, like you should not be talking to me because even though we worked here, but we don't want to sell you a ticket, we just like to hang out and do nothing. Whole time, all the young people that work there acts like a zombie, just going through the motion, you can't see a smile or anything resemble a normal service industry people.

Central park is absolutely my favorite place in the city, but carousel services...

This was such a fun addition to our central park day! Definitely a fun ride to make any adult feel like a kid again! The horses have that vintage wore vibe as it was made in 1908. The cost is $3.50 per person regardless of age however it was a special day and why worry about that when you can relive your childhood while making new memories with the kids?!

Opens at 10 am and closes at dusk. It's a shirt 10-12min walk from the lowered Central...