Funny Injust read through this whole thread now, missed it when you originally posted, but my first thought was "She should just bring her older child." I was so happy when I kept reading and that's what you ended up doing. So glad you had a nice time! I loved traveling all over the place with just my mom when I was a kid. Great memories! Actually the first time I rode Splash Mountain was on a mother daughter trip. We must have waited in line for two hours or more back in the pre-fastpass days.