Carousel Gardens Amusement Park

Super fun for little ones and teens! To be honest, at my big age of 45, I have a blast every time. The pizza is decent and the teenagers who work the rides are quite professional. I especially love coming during Celebration in the Oaks. Beautiful lights and lots of screams and laughter.

Perspective is everything. To my seven-year-old, Carousel Gardens Amusement Park provided two hours of fun running from ride to ride. They sell pizza and ice cream. Kids love this place. (At least my seven-year-old did. However, in a few years, she'll outgrow the rides.) To parents, this place is a great way to spend a few hours visiting City Park, but it comes with a price. It was $21 for our daughter and just over $12 per parent. However, once you pay, you get unlimited rides.The rides themselves are old and run down, but the plus is there were no lines on a Sunday afternoon in April. It has clean restrooms and the train is a fun way to see a part of City Park.Next door is Storyland, a storybook-themed playground that's free.

I had an amazing time while at the Carousel Gardens with my 5 year old nephew. I had not been in many, many years and this was our first time going together. Some of the rides were not working on the day of our visit, but there were enough open rides for him to thoroughly enjoy himself. After a short break to have pizza (Pizza was fresh, made to order and tasty) we had an amazing time until the park was closing for the day. My favorite part was the train ride, where I was able to appreciate the beauty of the park I have been going to for over 40 years.

When my kids were younger, this was our favorite place to go! We were season pass members for several years before my boys outgrew this adorable amusement park located in NOLA's wonderful City Park. The season passes are very affordable and were the way to go for us since my boys loved this place so much. The train ride around City Park was always enjoyable. The Carousel is one of the few working historical carousels in the United States. Always felt like I went back to a simpler time when visiting Carousel Gardens with my children. Many moons from now when I'm a grandmother, I will certainly enjoy making more memories with my boys and my grandchildren here.

Thanks to some groupons I bought almost a year ago, this was the PERFECT distraction when I found myself unexpectedly in possession of my nieces for the day.The best deal is to get the $20-all-you-can ride wrist band. Most of the rides aren't worth the $3 ticket price unless you only want to ride the train, or the ferris wheel, but still the $20 ticket is the way to go!We rode every single ride available, and most of them twice. There weren't many folks there so we did NO standing in ANY lines, and on most of the rides they weren't even close to full.Our favorites were: (of course) the Choo-Choo, which takes you on a trip all around the park under the oaks, near the museum, around the sculpture garden and back, the ferris wheel (which is the latest addition to the amusement park area), the classic carousel ride, there are also some more modern fair-style rides like the Scrambler, the Tilt-a-Whirl, the Music Express, a parachute ride, some little kiddy rides and the bumper cars.No single ride was particularly scary or nausea-inducing which was good. there are a few limitations with regard to the height of the children, but we all had a good time and wasted several hours having fun on a hot day.

Always a great time! This park itself is so majestic and beautiful but added to it is the amusement park area! Our kids love the rides , especially the Lady Bug roller coaster & Bumper Cars. We went to the Amusement Park today , so to cool off we all took 2 train rides! The train cars are shaded, they go just fast enough for you to get a nice breeze and you get a great tour around the park. We enjoyed!

We went to the amusement on a Tuesday morning.It was my wife, 2 kids, and I. Great fun for the money.Rode almost every ride before it got super hot out.The staff was helpful and friendly. The rides were fun with minimal waiting times. We took a lot of great pictures in the story book park. Great and affordable fun for families.

Most of the other reviewers covered the entire carousel gardens so I will focus on something near and dear to me for sentimental reasons. Many years ago when I was just a small child, my parents brought me to ride the City Park Carousel. According to my father both he, and his father had ridden in years past, and my first ride meant all three generations had ridden the same ride. I didn't realize it at the time, but as I grew older, that memory became more and more significant. The other fond memories I have involve me, as a kid, searching for the best horse to ride. Occasionally I would get the crazy idea to ride one of the more exotic animals, but my go-to was a horse along the exterior that moved up and down. To me this was the most exciting and fun horse. I remember my parents standing along side making sure I didn't fall which I thought was a bit overprotective. Fast forward several years and I have my own kids. Their first rides on the carousel were so emotional for me that I almost cried. The best part was that i found my oldest searching for the exterior horse that moved and she questioned me standing along side making sure she didn't fall. I know my dad got a big kick out of that. I just hope that some day my kids remember their first carousel ride as fondly as I do.If you haven't been, or haven't been in a while, you need to get to this carousel and start making memories. If you're like me, they will become some of your fondest memories for years to come.

I brought my grandson to carousel gardens amusement park on June 2. At least half the rides were closed. I was not told that when I purchased the tickets and I was told that I could not get any type of refund. Everything was dirty With trash all around..the paths, the cafe etc. bathrooms were not available. The staff working the rides were not appropriate to be around children. They were angry and indifferent, we're busy on their phones or talking to their friends..could not be bothered even making eye contact with children or giving them instructions re the rides. It was very disappointing..definitely not the place it used to be And I will not return. Another place that has declined so much that instead of being a happy fun place to go you leave feeling sad and abused.

Absolutely great vibes amusement park. Perfect for a few hours, no lines, overall awesome energy definitely check it out