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Took my teen daughter to our local family entertainment center, Sonny's Place (Somers, CT). I was surprised that their carousel has some historical info setup in the corner courtesy of the New England Carousel Museum. Equally surprised that they are keeping up with maintaining this 1925 beauty! It has zero missing lights (it is indoors, of course), the paint is nearly all perfect with the exception of the bench which is in the process of being repaired, and it has a working (but electrically powered) Wurlitzer!! No piped in music here! Enjoy the pics. I was inspired by Bert riding carousels around the world. ^ The museum itself is near Lake Compounce. Sonny's Place is on the road from my house to SFNE. ^Cool little display of the actual scroll for the band organ. ^Anatomy of a pole dancer ^Nice little corner display. Can't believe no one messes with it! ^Carousel sits in a very nice specially constructed pavilion. ^Horsies ^A holdover control lever from yore ^Music

that corner display is fantastic!! thanks for sharing.

Whizzer has a 36" height requirement, so I'm not sure why they wouldn't want to prioritize that. It's one of the reasons we're going during a late August weekend, so I hope it's open. Fun fact: There are three coasters at this park with only a 36" height requirement. That, and other rides like Log Flume, their swinging ship, and the raft ride. This place rocks for kids!