The carousel during Farmer's Market in April 2007. Note the seated man in orange pedal-powering the carousel.
The Flying Carousel of the Delta Breeze is located in the northern half of Central Park. The Carousel is human-powered as the operator sits in a recumbent bicycle seat and pedals to make it rotate.
It is operated by Davis Joint Unified School District organizations as a way to raise money. Rides are offered during the Farmer's Market and during Picnic in the Park. The cost is a dollar to ride and all the proceeds go to a great cause: the Davis Schools. It is one of the attractions that make Central Park and the Farmer's Market a fun place to take kids.
The merry-go-round opened to the public in late 1995. It was created as a collaborative effort between ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
William Dentzel, a fifth-generation carousel-maker, the community, and local schoolchildren.
The hand-carved carousel animals have been a target of thieves several times. Seymour the Seal was stolen in 2004 and was replaced the next year at a cost of $5,000. Harriet the Rabbit was taken in 2006 and has not been recovered or replaced as of April 2007.
Willy the Worm and Terri the Tomato 
Pegasus the Horse and Silvie the Cat 
Daisy the Cow and Bob the Dog 
Frederick the Frog and Seymour the Seal 
Pickles the Pig Media Coverage
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Mentioned in the article
Irresistible carousels in the May + June 2007 issue of Via, the AAA travel magazine.
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2007-04-30 09:59:28 it's fun to pedal, I could pedal a full load of people when I was like 12. —StevenDaubert
