Pros: Fun crest for a classic attraction
Cons: None
The Bottom Line:
The carousel’s crest
Looks great; motto sounds good, too
With color inside
Crest for a Carousel
I’ve always had a fascination with old time crests. I’m not sure why since I really could care
less what they mean, but I enjoy looking at them. So when I learned last year that Disney was
releasing a limited edition pin of the month series called Crests of the
Kingdom, I had to get them. Each crest
features a different crest inspired by a Disneyland attraction. Today, I’m looking at the pin for King
Arthur’s Carousel.
Each pin in this series is hinged. The front is the crest, and it is three-dimensional
metal. The color is uniformly gray, but
the front is raised, so it is easy to see the crest they’ve created. Since this pin is for King Arthur’s Carousel,
the crest has a horse on it – a carousel horse with the bars coming out of the
top and bottom. There are royal looking
flourishes around the edges and a small castle in the background. Across the horse are the words of the crest
is faux Latin “Fantasia Equorum.”
As I mentioned, the pin is hinged, and when you flip up the
crest, you’ll find a full color picture featuring various Disney
characters. This one feature Mickey and
Minnie as they ride the carousel. It’s
fun.
But the main reason I love these pins are these crests. Obviously, the words on it are fake, but they
are good sounding fakes. And when you
couple that with the classy looking for the rest of the crest, it looks
wonderful. There is a lot of relief to
the pin, so it really does look great.
At this point, the pins are only available from resellers,
but if you enjoy crests and King Arthur’s Carousel, you’ll enjoy adding this
pin to your collection.
February Update: I have since realized they used real Latin on these crests. This particular one translates to "Fantasy horse."
If you'd like to see pictures, I posted them on Instragram.
February Update: I have since realized they used real Latin on these crests. This particular one translates to "Fantasy horse."
If you'd like to see pictures, I posted them on Instragram.
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