DS is 40" tall...but worried since CM's ruler is taller...what about Heely's?

[rie'smom]

Get the Sketchers and put in a couple of Scholls footpads. If your doc says he's 40 inches, Id go with him over WDW.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

When my ds was 1/8" too short for Incredible Hulk and Dueling Dragons at USO, we took a pair of crew style socks, folded them in half, and put them in the bottom of his shoes, along with a Dr. Scholl's cushion. It was just enough to get him on. Also remember that we are all tallest earlier in the day. After walking all day, we get the tiniest bit shorter. Sounds silly but I have to adjust my rearview mirror every day back and forth to work.

Heely's wheels pop right out with the tool that comes with them. When the wheels are out, they are just like normal sneakers. I don't see how a CM could ban them with no wheels. It's kids wheeling around recklessly that makes them banned and with good reason, not the name of the shoes that make them banned.

 

[cinderlexa's mom]

Thanks for the Dr Scholl's idea. We'll buy Skechers and we'll stick those in there too.

I'm not sure how they could turn us down?!

When DD was 40", (over 7 yrs ago) WDW wasn't so wishy-washy. Many times she went through lines of height restricted rides and I only remember her even getting measured twice!!!

Were there kids falling off Splash Mountain or something?!!

 

[scottsod]

http://www.magicinsoles.com

nuff said!!

 

[snikelfrizt]

when we went in August we saw a Cm measure a lil girl, she was too short. Mom pulled a pair of healed sandles out of her bag in front of CM changed shoes.........asked to have her remeasured CM did and gave the ok for her to go..........
We have done the heely's, sketchers and folded socks. all worked fine. Our daughter was right at the mark at home so we wanted to make sure she was there or above at the world.....

 

[Deb & Bill]

Why not just wait until your child is legally able to ride the attraction? For their own safety. And that means exceeding the stick gap.

 

[1hero2princesses]

Well if he was already 40 inches in June he may have grown some in the last 4 months! Actually my DD3 is 39 1/2 inches tall barefoot. We wore normal shoes, crocs, tennis shoes or flat sandals. She got on everything but was measured about 75% of the time. We went on Soarin, Big Thunder, Test Track, and her favorite ride Splash Mountain. Repeatedly. Their sticks may be somewhat off but they can't be too bad. I measured her before we went, her doctor measured her for her check up. She was 39 1/2. It is important they put their feet together and stand up stright. Someone on here suggested practicing measuring before you go, we didn't but I told her to stand up stright when they measured her. I did see someone right next to me put their little girls very girly wedge sandals on their little boy so he made the height requirement. Those things added at least an inch to his height if not more. It was on Test Track. The kid did not even look 3 to me and was at least an inch to two inches too short without the shoes. The guy at the door (I think he was from Japan on his tag) either didn't notice or didn't feel comfortable questioning it because the let him on. When they got off they sat down next to me again and laughed about it and put his tennis shoes back on. Those shoes would in no way have been boys shoes it was a little surprising.

 

[preschoolmom]

Unless Disney Land is different from Disney World. My girls were ALMOST four - and just 40 inches (I mean, barely) - and they wore regular gym shoes and managed to hit their head on the bar every time. They measured 40 inches at their ped six months later so - I thought they were pretty lucky!

We did tell them to stand up straight and hit your head on the bar! And they made it on Big Thunder Mountain and Test Track numerous times...

I'd guess normal gym shoes, and the extra four months should do it...

 

[itchin2go]

Why not just wait until your child is legally able to ride the attraction? For their own safety. And that means exceeding the stick gap.

Amen.

 

[dexim54]

a moderator should lock this thread or delete it, you should never give ideas on how to get around SAFTEY features.

 

[genius118899]

I firmly believe that all the height restrictions are higher (by several inches) then they NEED to be. Disney is not going to get itself sued over something dumb. I'm also sure that the Imagineers factored in the height of moderately large shoes. Your child will be fine as long as they're not wearing stilts to make the height requirement.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I firmly believe that all the height restrictions are higher (by several inches) then they NEED to be. Disney is not going to get itself sued over something dumb. I'm also sure that the Imagineers factored in the height of moderately large shoes. Your child will be fine as long as they're not wearing stilts to make the height requirement.

ITA.

 

[tinkabella627]

I don't see a problem with the OP having a child wear shoes that are slightly taller. If the dr measured the child to be 40'' then they aren't breaking any safety rules. The child is clearly 40''- there should be no danger. My fiances cousins wore heelys at another amusement park for that reason-they were never asked to take the shoes off and made it on all the rides.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Here is a link to the Theme Park FAQs on the official Disney World site:

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/common/helpFAQ?id=HelpFAQThemeParkPage

And here is what is says you cannot bring in:

Q. Are there any personal items I should not bring with me into the Theme Parks?
A. Items that you may not bring into the Theme Parks include, but are not limited to:

* Items with wheels, such as wagons, skateboards, scooters, inline skates, shoes with built-in wheels, two-wheeled or three-wheeled conveyances, strollers larger than 36" x 52", suitcases, coolers, or backpacks with or without wheels larger than 24" long x 15" wide x 18" high (coolers required for medication may be stored in a locker or at Guest Relations), and any trailer-like object that is pushed or towed by an ECV wheelchair or stroller
* Alcoholic beverages
* Weapons of any kind
* Folding chairs
* Glass containers (excluding baby food jars and perfume bottles)
* Pets (unless they are service animals)
* In Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park (for the safety of the wildlife), balloons, straws and drink lids are not permitted.

(bolding added)

 

[chunky_azz]

My dd turned 4 in June and at her check up she measured 38 1/2 inchs so I was a tad dissappointed that she wasnt gona be able to ride Splash Mountain. Well we went to the doc just a couple of weeks before we left for disney and with shoes on she was barely 39 inches!!! So I thought maybe she could swing it and the first night at Magic Kingdom we took her and nope sure enough she bareley didnt make it, I mean you couldn have layed a coin flat and put in between her head the measuring stick, but they wouldnt let her go so the next day we went to Animal Kingdom and she wanted to ride Dinosaur and we had put her crocs on her this time instead of her tennis shoes and with very straight standing she made the cut! From there on out we put only her crocs on and we went back and rode Splash Mountain 6 times, she loved it!

 

[Lisa Anne Colling]

My son measured 40.2 at the peditrician's office a few weeks back. We are here now and he has gotten on everything. They have measured him twice on each ride, start of the line and end of the line and he's over the limit comfortably with flat sandels. It's been like a whole new adventure for him! He was a inch to short last year and was so dissappointed, he's small for his age and knew what he was missing! Good Luck and tell him to think tall!

 

[vicki_c]

a moderator should lock this thread or delete it, you should never give ideas on how to get around SAFTEY features.

Yes, and I can't believe only about 3 people in this entire thread have said that. It's not like pool hopping or refillable mugs or any of the other zillion issues everyone likes to get all spun up about -- it's a safety measure that's put in place for the protection of visitors.

 

[tjmw2727]

I am not going to get into the should's and should not's but I can say that I have actually seen a CM ask a child to remove shoes to be measured. I have seen it on three separate occasions, one at Epcot and two at MK. Two were girls with thick soled sandles and one was a boy with very thick soled sneakers.

I know its tough to be boarderline - we have had kids who were just under 40 and just under 48 during a few trips. I have also had kids tall enough in the morning and not later in the day.

Please remember that the CM's don't make the rules or the height restrictions but can loose their job if they allow a child who dosen't meet the height on the ride. Often times a child can slip in past the first CM when its crowded so the CM's at the boarding areas are trained to spot kids who look "close". If you don't meausure up, even after waiting you don't ride.

TJ

 

[izzyzoeybear]

I agree with a PP...I have a DD and she is 41" tall but if they tell us she is not tall enough to ride then so be it...I want her to be safe. It may not make her happy at the time but at least she will be safe...

 

[bzlitme]

Yes, and I can't believe only about 3 people in this entire thread have said that. It's not like pool hopping or refillable mugs or any of the other zillion issues everyone likes to get all spun up about -- it's a safety measure that's put in place for the protection of visitors.

I know, it is kind of amazing! Disney is doing it for the sake of a child's safety and in the interest of the company and it's shareholders. We shouldn't be trying to "get around" the rules