Cinderella's Castle & The Pumpkin Coach (circa 1967)
There is nothing
make-believe about this castle conceived
by Joe Selby.
Travel by inside the Pumpkin Coach and six
White Mice, powered by a Jeep, over a
watery moat to the Castle Gate. Then roam
the passages and turrets where animated
displays of this magical story play behind
glass and unfold before your eyes. Along
the winding path meet Cinderella as she is
pursued by Prince Charming with the magic
slipper. Trompe l'oeil busts are painted
on the Prince’s ballroom backdrop.
This 3-story building made of traditional
Baltimore Formstone with multi-color
turrets was devastated by arson on
Tuesday, June 23, 1992 doing $40,000 in
damage. The White Mice and Pumpkin Coach
were converted into a picnic and play
areas when park was reopened by re-opened
by JHP Development in the summer of 1994.
The Pumpkin Coach was restored in June
2004 and was sold at a charity auction to
for $2300.
On July 16, 2004, The Pumpkin Coach was
listed on eBay with an opening bid of
$6000. The action closed on July 26, 2004
without any bids.
By the end of August 2004, Martha Clark
had purchased The Pumpkin Coach and made
it a happy part of the Clark Family's
Children's Petting Farm, only a few miles
away from The Pumpkin Coach's original
home at The Enchanted Forest.