I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by DisneyMom » Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:25 pm

Chaka Peachfuzz wrote:Can I ask a question?



I started to go ahead when another guest started yelling at me that I was cutting in front of her party that was standing around watching the debate. I decided it was not worth the hassle and waited for the debate to end and let her and her party get their FP's checked and get in line. She continued to grumble about my "rude" behavior while in the line. My spouse finally said, "If you're so dumb that you're going to stand there and watch the debate, people are going to get in line ahead of you!" She shut up at that point.

Were we being rude? What should have we done?

Thank you!
Hahaha!LOVE your Spouse standing up for you like that :D:

maybe the SGs thought it was some sort of pre-show :rolleyes:


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Post by Freak » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:21 am

kifaru wrote:i don't remember the grouper in nemo, what was its name?
*groan* :rimshot:


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by disneydreamer21 » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:10 am

jlima wrote:OK . . . who's right? And if 7 yrs is the magic number, why isn't there any signage?

For my ride (Buzz) there is no height requirement but it's 7yrs to ride alone or they must have someone who's 16 yrs or older/ or 54 inches...it's the Supervised Child rule...



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Big Wallaby » Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:46 pm

Chaka, since this is your first area that you posted, and since neither Wombat nor I have done it yet for you, here is your very own smiley that you can point others to and show that you are loved. I mean, if you need that sort of thing. Just understand that SGT is no love fest, but... yeah. I lost my train of thought. Hey, here's a train!

:sgthello:

And that goes for anyone else* who has not ever been properly welcomed to the board before as well. Like Wombat. Or ktulu. Or CujoSR. I never saw them get a proper welcome. And everyone else.

As far as your question, you got it answered, but I thought I would chime in and agree that you did nothing wrong, and it sounds like your husband knows how to man up... an oft-lost art in today's society. To that person in front of you, I would be asking, "Which is more important? Watching this family not get in because their child is too short, or getting into line?" You are not in line in my opinion until you are within the confines of some sort of queue marking**.

*anyone else who does not exhibit troll-like qualities, unless they're in the physical sense.

**Exception: When the line is so long that it extends beyond what we have queues to handle.


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Cheshire Figment » Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:39 pm

I just saw somewhere official that for a child age 7 or under to ride an attraction they must be accompanied by a person at least 14 years old. Older than Age 7 may ride unaccompanied



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Chaka Peachfuzz » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:32 am

Big Wallaby -

Thank you for the warm welcome and the Monorail!!! I do so treasure my Monorail license and so does my son!!! The monorail is one of my favorite things about WDW.

I am so excited because I am exactly 4 weeks from coming to visit you again!!! My only hope is that I don't encounter any SG's, but I realize that is quite unlikely to happen. :D:

Can't wait to see you all soon and I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and days free of Stupid Guests!!!



And yes, I am a kid trapped in the body of a 42 year old mom........LOL



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by ifoundnemo » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:52 pm

Yes, I can verify the Supervised Children Policy: the child must be 7 years of age to ride alone or if they are under 7, with a rider at least 14 years or older.



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by yvettedem » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:29 am

ifoundnemo wrote:Yes, I can verify the Supervised Children Policy: the child must be 7 years of age to ride alone or if they are under 7, with a rider at least 14 years or older.
my trip last week, after going for over 35 years lol i was told this with my son but was only mentioned on dumbo...my daughter 16 took my son on all the rides and no one questioned anything until we got to dumbo when they asked her how old she was....never knew lol

both of my kids (with me there) have been able to ride tower of terror since they were 4 tee hee my son ex preemie was able to ride it thanks to orthotics again tee hee but i only used them 1 time :) now at age 6 he is 5 inches taller than the avg 6 yr old :) thankfully i dont have to go on that damn roller coaster....i hate it!!! same w/space mountain...hate it...too fast for me to go in the dark :eek:



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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by Zazu » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:33 pm

yvettedem wrote:thankfully i dont have to go on that damn roller coaster....i hate it!!! same w/space mountain...hate it...too fast for me to go in the dark :eek:
Just in case you'd like to calibrate "too fast", top speed on Space Mountain MK is 28mph.

Can anyone guess the speed of the fastest ride at WDW?


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Re: I'm sorry, sir, but your kid is too short to ride...

Post by CBeilby » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:52 pm

Zazu wrote:Just in case you'd like to calibrate "too fast", top speed on Space Mountain MK is 28mph.

Can anyone guess the speed of the fastest ride at WDW?
65 miles per hour, at Test Track.

And as a point of comparison, coaster-wise, Space Mountain in California hits a maximum speed of 32 MPH.


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