Height requirements question

[shinysparklybubbles]

I had one scary moment on Red Baron when a kid somehow managed to wiggle out of his seat belt, IN MID-FLIGHT, and began to stand up, crying. .

I would have crapped myself if that happened to me! I guess it would have been 10-7 for a protein pile!

[lady ulrike]

My daughter was 3 when she first rode Matterhorn (38" height requirement) and she is just over 40" now when we measure her. Hopefully that works out, she wants to ride Tower, as well as all of the other attractions she can.

I'm sure the height is for actual safety reasons.

Actually, it's 35".....I know this cause my daughter is 35 and maybe a half and has gone on it, twice now. She loves it, I definitely have a daredevil on my hands.

[ktulu]

Actually, it's 35".....I know this cause my daughter is 35 and maybe a half and has gone on it, twice now. She loves it, I definitely have a daredevil on my hands.

DOH! I've been swamped looking at height requirements at WDW :) No excuses though, I should have known this

It is no surprise you have a daredevil :)

[Main Streeter]

It is no surprise you have a daredevil :)

I totally second this Kman. Little lady IS her mother's daughter. She was sweet & sleepy when I had her but she has a mind of her own. ;)

[lady ulrike]

DOH! I've been swamped looking at height requirements at WDW :) No excuses though, I should have known this

It is no surprise you have a daredevil :)

Mostly, I just had to give you a hard time. Yes, my little daredevil pretty much only wants to go on roller coasters now. Every time we hit the park, and I ask what she wants to go on, the answer is always roller coaster, even if we just got off.

I totally second this Kman. Little lady IS her mother's daughter. She was sweet & sleepy when I had her but she has a mind of her own. ;)

Yes, she does have a mind of her own and is too darn smart for my good.

[DisneyMom]

oooooh, would you watch my Delicate Flower while I ride, then? No one can puzzle out how a roller-coaster lovin' fasterhigherfaster person spawned a kid who abhors all things loud and fast.

Kifaru, it happens Older son with Autism is totally fearless on ALL coasters.....Younger son terrified of coasters since I took him on Splash Mountain age 3-I had to literally keep him from jumping out! Even now (age 20) he won't go on TOT and I think he'll only go on Space Mountain because he can't see how high up we are

[DragonFox98]

Younger son terrified of coasters since I took him on Splash Mountain age 3-I had to literally keep him from jumping out! Even now (age 20) he won't go on TOT and I think he'll only go on Space Mountain because he can't see how high up we are

My daughter, who LOVES ToT, was crying and burying her head in my shoulder the whole time we were on Splash last September. I honestly did not force her on the ride and thought she would enjoy it. I felt so horrible afterward....I offered to buy her anything she wanted, but she said she just wanted to sit down.

Now, on another note....the same year my daughter rode ToT for the first time, she and my son were able to ride Space Mountain for the first time (height requirements are grueling to the little ones). Well, I took them both on, seated directly in front of me. I should explain that I am hard of hearing (almost 50% deaf)....when we got off the ride I realized they were both crying hysterically. I laughed and said "but you two wanted to go on this ride" (I know....I'm a horrible parent for laughing). We got off, headed out and, wouldn't you know, my son turns to me (tears still on his face) and says "can we go on again?" To this day....it is still his favorite ride (and extra-special since only he and Mommy ride it!)


BTW - my son is younger than my daughter by 18 months and he is definitely the thrill-seeker.

[TechieSidhe]

I had one scary moment on Red Baron when a kid somehow managed to wiggle out of his seat belt, IN MID-FLIGHT, and began to stand up, crying.

When I was two, we went to Disney for the first time. Midway through the Dumbo ride, I decided I had enough, and tried to climb out of the thing. Poor Mom is desperately trying to keep me in my seat through the whole thing.

I don't like rollercoasters, and won't go NEAR ToT. I like Test Track, though, and am okaaaaaayyyyy with Splash Mountain. Anything else though, not so much.

[techie-13]

When I worked at Knott's, I had a few kids who were afraid to ride Huff'N'Puff, of all things. No amount of my explaining that they control the speed, there were no hills, etc., would convince them to ride. One mother told her kid she'd give him a treat if he rode.

I had one scary moment on Red Baron when a kid somehow managed to wiggle out of his seat belt, IN MID-FLIGHT, and began to stand up, crying. I immediately hit e-stop, got the ride down while explaining over the microphone what was going on, got the kid out, and after that scare of a lifetime, got the ride started again and the other kids got an extra amount of time on the ride to make up for it.

If you don't know what Red Baron is, it's like Dumbo, only instead of elephants you have WWI airplanes, and instead of a mouse in a ringmaster's uniform in the middle, you have Snoopy on his doghouse dressed as a WWI flying ace.

We had two version of your Red Baron at PGA (I guess we should now call it CaGA?) We had BumbleBees and Bi-Planes. Both where the rider controls the up and down of the ride. But most of our kiddie rides at the time did not actually have ride timers. Our rides were on a dead man's switch so you had to stay at the panel holding the button down and if something happened you were to let up on the button, yank the power key out of the panel and try to catch the kid. Amazing what adrenaline will do for you.
But on the plus side, on slow nights, you could give kids that loved the ride enough time to really enjoy it instead of the 90 sec. ride cycle they were supposed to get.

[felinefan]

Yeah, Red Baron and Balloon Race you had to hold the button down for the ride to operate, if I remember right Woodstock's Airmail was too. Also Walter K Steamboat (thankfully gone now). But even with the deadman, it still had a cycle timer.