I'm sure there are ppl out there who have ridden this ride more than me, but I don't remember anywhere to put your shoes like of some of the other rides. I wore mine until the ride started and then slipped them off and kind of put my hands through the thong part so that they were on my wrists... if that makes any sense??? I'm sure it would be easier to sit on them but I was afraid to take them off until the ride had started as my children got in trouble for that once on DD (or what used to be DD, can't remember if the named changed since WWoHP)... by then I wasn't sure if I could get them under me...
I actually wore them my very first time on the ride and even though I didn't lose them, I felt like they were going to fly off at any second!!! I was gripping them pretty hard with my toes!