Dwarf Mine Train -- 2 per seat only?

[jtowntoflorida]

I would have a quick bday celebration before the ride! Lol You now have a 7?yr old.

Not that I would suggest to lie.... I would go ahead and say he was 7 if ask so he could ride with someone else and each of the adults ride with the 2 and 5 ur olds.

She said her oldest is now 6, and turns 7 before the trip. So she'll be legal to ride alone.

OP, the CMs will just ask your child how old she is. As long as she replies truthfully (i.e., that's she's 7) she'll be allowed to ride alone. Now, maybe she won't want to, but that's another story.

 

[Katholicchik]

I would have a quick bday celebration before the ride! Lol You now have a 7?yr old.

Not that I would suggest to lie.... I would go ahead and say he was 7 if ask so he could ride with someone else and each of the adults ride with the 2 and 5 ur olds.

She will actually be 7 and 2 weeks old at the time of our trip. I just don't think she'll sit alone. Also she's really petite, so not sure they'll buy that she's a 7 year old (she has CHD and Digeorge syndrome so she's little!).

 

[goofyernmost]

The bigger problem with 7DMT is not age or size it is the fact that the seating is a molded seat with very little room. Two people, no matter what their size will not be able to fit in one half of the seat with any degree of comfort in the configuration. Trust me the spaces are small and there is no middle space or separate safety bar.

I don't think you would have any problem with the two older kids sitting together either in front or in back of you while you ride with the smaller one, assuming they are tall enough. In this case you would be better off if there were only one adult and three kids otherwise there will be one that has to sit with a stranger and they have no problem with putting people with strangers on that particular ride.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

Unless you know of a 2 year old the size of a 4 year old it wont happen.

My daughter rode Splash & Big Thunder at 2 and Space Mtn when she was 3.

She finally stopped growing at 6' 1".

Plenty of 2 year olds are tall enough for 7D.

 

[cdnjason]

Note to self: Don't have anymore kids. Complicates rides at WDW.

 

[Aurora0427]

I'm laughing so hard... No two year old could possibly be 38".

I'm so jealous of all of you with tall children!!!!

 

[bumbershoot]

oh! Actually we're going just 2 weeks after my (now) 6 year old's birthday! I don't think she'll WANT to ride alone, but there's always that possibility as well. Good to know.

She will actually be 7 and 2 weeks old at the time of our trip. I just don't think she'll sit alone. Also she's really petite, so not sure they'll buy that she's a 7 year old (she has CHD and Digeorge syndrome so she's little!).

She's not really riding alone, though. 7 years old means they can go through the line and the ride without any supervision. The family could stay out of the line and let her go. That's what 7 years old means, in terms of riding. You just need her to ride in one of the rows of 2 seats without a parent, that's all. While there are some rides at WDW now that aren't allowing that for younger ones, since she's 7 it's OK. Just talk a lot with her about it ahead of time.

 

[DisneyOma]

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is the only ride I've been on where they force you to have a stranger in the empty seat next to you, or you can get off the ride and wait. Not sure if the 'getting off and wait' means you wait until someone in your party rides and then circles around and rides with you, or you don't get to ride at all? I was told this twice, on two different trips. Anyways, I rode, with a male stranger sitting next to/squished in beside me. The seats are very small, and two adults do not fit comfortably. Of course nothing inappropriate happened, but it was uncomfortable and I didn't really enjoy the ride. Can't wait for this year, when we are a party of 2 instead of 3!

 

[pmaurer74]

Kids are different sizes, my 6 year is only 39.5" tall but she is too afraid of 7DMT, I am going to try her out on Barnstormer first and see if she likes it and then do 7DMT. She is only 33 lbs. so that concerns me too.

 

[ilovefh]

I'm just thinking out loud here so I don't know if this could work but...how about...

Everyone gets a FP for 7D.

DH and 7 yr old ride and get a rider swap. Then mom and 5 yr old ride using their fast passes. Then mom and 2 yr old ride using a rider swap.

I don't know if they would even give you a rider swap pass but if you explain what is going on and that the kids can't ride alone (I know the oldest will be 7 but you said she's small) maybe you would find a kind CM that would give you one.

 

[CMNJ]

The 2 year old will not be able to ride.

My son rode several times when he was 2 (39 inches) last fall and all cast members knew his age since only I had the fast pass (since he was under 3 he did not need/have a ticket and therefore no fast pass) and had to explain when I scanned my magic band

 

[LadyRayado]

I'm pleading with my DS2 to grow another .5 inch so he's tall enough - we're so close!

 

[supersnoop]

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is the only ride I've been on where they force you to have a stranger in the empty seat next to you, or you can get off the ride and wait. Not sure if the 'getting off and wait' means you wait until someone in your party rides and then circles around and rides with you, or you don't get to ride at all? I was told this twice, on two different trips. Anyways, I rode, with a male stranger sitting next to/squished in beside me. The seats are very small, and two adults do not fit comfortably. Of course nothing inappropriate happened, but it was uncomfortable and I didn't really enjoy the ride. Can't wait for this year, when we are a party of 2 instead of 3!

Everest and Test Track also fill all available seats. And adults fit comfortable in the seats.

 

[bellylaugh]

Seems like there are a few configurations that could work. I'm confident you'll all be able to ride one way or the other!

I would talk to your daughter and see how she feels about sitting with with a stranger, with mom and dad behind and in front of her. Although the seats are cramped for two adults, in this situation I think sitting with a stranger is less uncomfortable than it is on some other rides. Since the seats are molded with individual lap bars, if she is seated with a smaller adult/teen, there will be no chance of them squashing her, no sweaty stranger skin etc.

 

[Micca]

Anyone else appreciating the irony of all the controversy over height on a ride based on dwarfs?

 

[escriven75]

If you have more kids than adults in your group (which we have run in to at times) they may just have the "leftover" kid ride next to another "leftover" adult from another group that has more adults than kids. There's been plenty of times when it was me and my 2 kids, and I'd sit with one of them and the other would sit next to an adult from another group that had 2 adults and one child. Neither of my kids has minded this as long as we were all right in front and back of each other.

 

[DisneyOma]

Everest and Test Track also fill all available seats. And adults fit comfortable in the seats.

I've been able to request going on EE without someone sitting next to me, even though they have (had?) a single rider queue. When we are a party of 3 on EE, I let the girls ride together, but I would prefer to ride without a stranger sitting next to me, due to some anxiety issues I have. 7DMT is the only ride I've been told that I would have to wait off to the side if I didn't want to ride with a stranger right next to me. I love that TT is 3 in a row - although with just 2 of us going this year, I hope I don't get the middle seat?

 

[mummabear]

Worst case, you are going to have to rider swap and have 1 adult and 1 child for 3 separate rides.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Also interesting that there is no single rider line and never will be. One line odd, one line even, two odds make an even, no seats not accounted for. Pretty clever I think.

 

[MomForFrozenAddicts]

I'm pleading with my DS2 to grow another .5 inch so he's tall enough - we're so close!

My daughter was btw 37 and 38 inches last summer. The CM just eyeball her and said she was ok to ride.