Additional voices were performed by Lee Perry, Jamie Oxenbould, Ron Haddrick, Paul Tylak, Olivia Martin, and Lisa Bailey.

[6] Taylor had always been fascinated by amusement parks especially with the stark contrast of people who see them as places of fear and fun and wanted to incorporate both of those mindsets into an adventure film for children.

[3] Taking inspiration from his work as a theater decorator, Taylor arranged shots in the film as if they were from a child's point of view and coded the lighting so the film began with a bright light source from above while getting progressively darker as the story moves along.

[3] For the look of the amusement park itself Taylor based the designs on illustrations of circuses and game galleries from the turn of the century.

[3] In his review for Variety, Paul Power described Carnivale as a "Well-made debut feature by a former Tim Burton collaborator".