Disneyland for three?

[pelagoram]

Headed to Disneyland for two days the first week of December with two kids - age 3 and 5. 3 year old is 40 inches tall on the nose, and 5 year old around 44 inches tall.

Trying to anticipate what limitations we might have as a party of three. Anyone have any experience / thoughts? Are there any attractions that won't be possible for such a crew? (Other than the obvious height restrictions)

Thanks -

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[longtimedisneylurker]

7 is the magic age to ride alone at Disneyland even if height restrictions are met, so you will have to plan to ride everything together as a group of 3. This restricts you to rides that both fit all three of you together and that have a height limit no greater than the 40" of your 3 year old. That means no Matterhorn, Indiana Jones, Goofy's Sky School, Grizzly River Run, or Incredicoaster. I think this will also rule out Silly Symphony Swings because I don't think three can be seated together and you have to be 7 years old and 48" tall to ride single for that ride.

I believe you should be able to fit three together in most of the remaining rides. Dumbo might be a bit of a squeeze, but I have heard it can be done. For Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story Mania, you can seat all three together but you will only have two guns to use. They will not allow an under-7-year-old to ride in a separate car or even the reverse side of the car (for Toy Story).

 

[figment_jii]

It might also impact Gadget's Go Coaster. There are only two seats per row and the last time I rode that one, they were requiring someone 14 years or older to ride with anyone younger than 7. I also think Jumpin' Jellyfish might be like that as well (I think each vehicle was designed for two people).

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

It might also impact Gadget's Go Coaster. There are only two seats per row and the last time I rode that one, they were requiring someone 14 years or older to ride with anyone younger than 7. I also think Jumpin' Jellyfish might be like that as well (I think each vehicle was designed for two people).

Good points. Yep, Jumpin' Jellyfish is a no go, only two-seat ride vehicles on that one.

 

[lcp9]

Been there done that - our oldest finally turned 7 this year so she could ride alone if she needed to...our 2 and 5 year old each had a parent and grandma watched the baby!

So we visited last week - just as a word of caution, our 2 soon to be 3 year old was 40" by my measuring, at at the pediatrician a couple weeks prior. We stayed at the courtyard marriott and they wouldn't let him on the water slides because he was WAY short of 40" according to their measurement surfboard. He wasn't ever turned away at DL/DCA, but for a couple rides it was super close and if he had worn different shoes it might have been a different story. In particular, the measuring stick on the 2nd floor of GOTG seemed to be a hair taller than RSR for example, and bless that lady's heart, one time through the CM spent about 5 minutes getting him to stand the right way so that for a split second his head touched it. Nobody cared to measure on the second floor after that ride. Anyway, my point is, if you're right around 40" be mindful of the shoes he/she is wearing and also I would maybe not get hopes up entirely in case the 40" isn't there according to some CMs on some rides (it was a bit subjective on who cared to measure and how many times to remeasure....BTMRR always measured twice, one ride measured at 3 separate points but I can't remember which one.) Good luck!! I mentioned to a CM I wish they would have one general measurement and like add it to the ticket or something so we didn't have to waste 5 minutes at each ride getting my toddler to stand up straight, but it sounds like they tried that once and some people ruined it for everyone by cheating (per usual. ha)