{"id":442,"date":"2020-01-01T23:53:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T23:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/?page_id=442"},"modified":"2020-01-22T02:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T02:06:14","slug":"flying-jenny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/oldsouth\/flying-jenny\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Jenny (Lil&#8217; Dixie Carousel)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<strong> Year Installed: <\/strong>\n\n\n1961\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Last Year Operated: <\/strong>\n\n\n1974\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Section: <\/strong>\n\n\nConfederacy\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Manufacturer: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Other Names and Nicknames: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><em>Flying Jenny<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;was a mule drawn carousel. It was an original attraction, first&nbsp;located in front of the&nbsp;<em><strong>Amphitheater. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>When it opened it was named the&nbsp;<em><strong>Lil&#8217; Dixie Carousel.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>The name was changed to avoid confusion with the Six Flags Carousel when it opened in Boomtown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/confideracy\/other\/jenny.jpg\" alt=\"Flying Jenny Rie\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1968, the ride was moved closer the Cave ride in order to accommodate the new&nbsp;<em><strong>Southern Palace<\/strong><\/em>, located at the site of the&nbsp;<strong>Amphitheater<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride was removed after the 1974 season and the Red Baron was installed in its location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Flying Jenny&nbsp;was a mule drawn carousel. It was an original attraction, first&nbsp;located in front of the&nbsp;Amphitheater. &nbsp;When it opened it was named the&nbsp;Lil&#8217; Dixie Carousel.&nbsp;The name was changed to avoid confusion with the Six Flags Carousel when it opened in Boomtown.&nbsp; In 1968, the ride was moved closer the Cave ride in order to accommodate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/oldsouth\/flying-jenny\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Flying Jenny (Lil&#8217; Dixie Carousel)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,59],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442\/revisions\/1058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}