Can a child sit alone without a stranger next to her?

[SirDuff]

I’ve been a frequent solo traveler and I’ve gotten the third kid in the 7-11 age range as a seat mate on both 7DMT and SDD. A few have been happy to be a chatterbox with a stranger, a few a bit nervous and quiet. I’ve never not been paired with someone on those two rides. I’ve also never seen a CM violate the age rules and let two little ones ride together. Now, I have seen that a couple times with kids in the older range, but your kids are too young to pull that game.

Either assume the stranger is harmless in this setting, which is almost always true, or use rider swap.

How would the rider swap help in this situation?

I'm thinking through options with rider swap, and none of them seem to actually work:

Group 1: OP, six-year-old, and three-year-old
Group 2: Nine-year-old

OR

Group 1: OP, six-year-old, and three-year-old
Group 2: OP and nine-year-old

You're the second person to suggest it and I don't cannot make it be helpful. What am I missing?

 

[AZMermaid]

There’s two parents but you’re right. It only works if the 3 year old is too short/doesn’t want to ride. Rider swap doesn’t get all of them on ride with an adult unless the 9 year old waits on the bench outside the first ride, but that’s probably not what OP wants either. The alternative is probably postponing the trip till the middle child is 7. Depends how much of a deal breaker it is.

 

[lpereira]

Why not use rider swap?

Rider swap is when a party has someone who cant or wont ride a ride.