Cosmic Rewind with a giant 3 year old?

[Bork]

We've always had giant kids, who could ride all the 40" rides at 3. DS3 is 41.5" barefoot and we're going to WDW in 2 months. How are the restraints and intensity if he is tall enough?

 

[Surr]

I believe the height requirement is 42". I suppose it is possible he will grow enough in two months. The restraint is a lap bar. It is fairly intense and a longer ride than I expected. The launch is backwards, and the car rotates as you move through scenes on the coaster. There are no big drops or inversions though, mostly laterally g forces.

 

[MinBz]

I’m not sure I’d put a 3year old on it. I just went with friends and they put their 5yr on it (turns 6 in November) and she screamed and cried the whole time. The ride picture was hilarious and a great memory for when she’s older. After that though she was too afraid to ride anything remotely fast, even things she rode in January that she liked. She just lost all trust in her parents and they ended up doing ride swap a lot for the rest of the trip.

 

[MarcIsMe]

This is a pretty intense ride and I would have to agree with previous poster the experience may ruin coasters for a while for a child that young. If you have been to Universal I would compare it to a worse experience than Gringott's. It is the only Disney ride to leave me queasy (still rode it 3 times though).

 

[juxtapose]

I'd pass on that one for a 3 year old. I learned my lesson with my tall 2 year old that just because they can ride it by height doesn't mean they are emotionally ready. We ruined 3 days of a trip putting my son on a 40'' ride that scared him so bad he didn't want to ride any other rides, even really not scary/fast ones. He was 3 months shy of 3 at that point. If you do, I'd do it at the end of the trip.

 

[juxtapose]

I’m not sure I’d put a 3year old on it. I just went with friends and they put their 5yr on it (turns 6 in November) and she screamed and cried the whole time. The ride picture was hilarious and a great memory for when she’s older. After that though she was too afraid to ride anything remotely fast, even things she rode in January that she liked. She just lost all trust in her parents and they ended up doing ride swap a lot for the rest of the trip.

I did this to my son with a different 40'' ride when he was 2. He rode maybe 2 rides over the next 3 days after that experience.

I've found around ages 6.5/7 my kids seem to get more "logical" about rides in that they realize that even though one ride scared them the next ride might not but before that if they got too scared on a ride they really struggled the rest of the trip.

 

[Anna131517]

I’m not sure I’d put a 3year old on it. I just went with friends and they put their 5yr on it (turns 6 in November) and she screamed and cried the whole time. The ride picture was hilarious and a great memory for when she’s older. After that though she was too afraid to ride anything remotely fast, even things she rode in January that she liked. She just lost all trust in her parents and they ended up doing ride swap a lot for the rest of the trip.

This is definitely something that happens. After my husband tricked my son into riding Tower of Terror at 6 (didn’t tell him the elevator would fall) our son now refuses to ride any thrill rides. There is no Talking him into it - he doesn’t trust us anymore.

 

[sponica]

I'm not as concerned about the thrills as I am they had to put more trash cans at the exit.

Do you want to take the chance of having a vomit covered toddler?

 

[ArielDreams]

Your title made me lol - I also have a giant 3 year old and came here with this exact question! I was leaning towards no with this one. He was scared of Haunted Mansion last year when he was just shy of 2 so I think rides in the dark are out anyway.

How did your giant 3 year olds do with Slinky Dog? I am envisioning this being his first roller coaster.

 

[AspenLL]

Your title made me lol - I also have a giant 3 year old and came here with this exact question! I was leaning towards no with this one. He was scared of Haunted Mansion last year when he was just shy of 2 so I think rides in the dark are out anyway.

How did your giant 3 year olds do with Slinky Dog? I am envisioning this being his first roller coaster.

Our youngest went on Slinky as his first coaster when he was 2 (he is on the tall side) and loved it. After that, he went on Mine Train and enjoyed it too.

 

[rdaky]

It's intense. It's a lot more intense than something like Slinky Dog. Just because a 3 year old meets the height requirements doesn't mean that it's a good idea to take them on it.

 

[DisneyByMarriage]

Your title made me lol - I also have a giant 3 year old and came here with this exact question! I was leaning towards no with this one. He was scared of Haunted Mansion last year when he was just shy of 2 so I think rides in the dark are out anyway.

How did your giant 3 year olds do with Slinky Dog? I am envisioning this being his first roller coaster.

Took my youngest on slinky dog when he was not quite 3. He loved it. Took him again at 5 and a half and he hated it. Screamed the whole time. I think it was because we were in the very last car. So if you are taking a more hesitant kid, request to be in the front (which is where they put all the LL people though so you will have to ask. I too have traumatized all my kids at one point. The oldest and youngest freaked out on Rise but love Smugglers. My middle child rode Rise twice. This next trip we are going to likely traumatize them on the family raft ride at Typhoon.

 

[SofornichOniss]

I think he will grow up quickly for suitable requirements.