3 year old height help!

[lindsnlogansmom]

I know there is a height requirement thread but I have a 3 year old who was at DL in Feb. and has his heart set on Splash Mountain. He is 39.5 inches with Crocs on. Any advice on what shoes will help raise him to 40? I can at least just put these on him for this ride. BTW I know height requirements are for a reason....but 1/2 inch? Any help would be appreciated.

Jen

 

[SnowWhite12]

We folded an extra pair of socks to stuff into bottom of our DD's shoes, just in case. (She's tiny for age though, and we were just trying to meet the 35 inch rides). However, she didn't need them as she barely meet the bar as is. We were really surprised that nobody at Matterhorn Bobsleds even checked her height, but they did at Gadget Go-Coaster.

 

[ironpig70]

my son wears boots that have a good thick rubber sole on them and he's 3 also

 

[VegasMike21]

I know there is a height requirement thread but I have a 3 year old who was at DL in Feb. and has his heart set on Splash Mountain. He is 39.5 inches with Crocs on. Any advice on what shoes will help raise him to 40? I can at least just put these on him for this ride. BTW I know height requirements are for a reason....but 1/2 inch? Any help would be appreciated.

Jen

well most of the time they are very picky about the height requirements for most rides, i've seen kids be littleraly a fracrtion of an inch short and were told that they couldn't ride, it just basically depends on the CM, some are a pain in the butt and enforce the rules to the extent, others will let them on even if a tad bit short.

 

[hlbtimes2]

Wear shoes with a nice thick heel. Go first thing in the morning, and have him pratice standing big and tall (see my tag, LOL!). A couple things tend to happen- kids dont want to hit their heads and are a bit nervous and tend to shrink up a bit make them even shorter then they really are. And, as we walk all day our spines compress a bit make us shorter in the evening then we are in the morning. Or at least that's what I've been told.

 

[bumbershoot]

Wear shoes with a nice thick heel. Go first thing in the morning, and have him pratice standing big and tall (see my tag, LOL!). A couple things tend to happen- kids dont want to hit their heads and are a bit nervous and tend to shrink up a bit make them even shorter then they really are. And, as we walk all day our spines compress a bit make us shorter in the evening then we are in the morning. Or at least that's what I've been told.

Good post.

When DS was denied Star Tours at the second measuring stick, he was trying to make the CM happy by getting under the measuring thing. But if the kid can get under it, then they are too short. CM put a piece of paper between DS and the stick thing and it was a no-go (as, I must always mention, an itsy bitsy girl with tall cowboy boots sauntered past, getting on a ride unsafe by their standards for her b/c they were focusing on getting that paper above DS's head).

So be sure your kiddo knows that the goal is NOT to be under the stick, and to stand up tall.

Yes, we shrink as the day goes on.

 

[daisy_77]

DD measures right at 40". I am hoping that she measures at 40" for Disney.

I had no idea that we shrink as the day goes on. I am only 5' tall----I wonder how tall I am at 9pm. They might have to measure me before I get on a ride.

 

[VegasMike21]

DD measures right at 40". I am hoping that she measures at 40" for Disney.

I had no idea that we shrink as the day goes on. I am only 5' tall----I wonder how tall I am at 9pm. They might have to measure me before I get on a ride.

we indeed do shrink as the day goes on, nothing drastically but just a little tiny bit.

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

When DS was denied Star Tours at the second measuring stick, he was trying to make the CM happy by getting under the measuring thing. But if the kid can get under it, then they are too short. CM put a piece of paper between DS and the stick thing and it was a no-go (as, I must always mention, an itsy bitsy girl with tall cowboy boots sauntered past, getting on a ride unsafe by their standards for her b/c they were focusing on getting that paper above DS's head).

The same thing happened to my DS when he was younger! He was so disappointed that trip. Darn CMs with paper!! I too saw girls go by with shoes with heels, when he was in ordinary tennies. They even pushed down his spiky hair. I'd never seen them do that to a girl either, and he missed it by a paper's width. I remember I even told them, they already measured him at Soarin', and he was 40" there... but no avail!

Sooner or later they hit the 40" mark- hopefully sooner than your scheduled trip!

To the OP, hope your son can get on Splash- it's one of my son's favorites.