Frozen ride and 5 year old

[OhAmbs]

Hello,

We have a little one who didn't 'like' the beginning of Pirates, due to the drop. Any drops like that on Frozen Ever After? (Don't remember riding Maelstrom)

 

[AFwifelife]

Yes there’s a drop and we have a (hilarious) photo of my then 3 year old son rethinking his life choices on that ride.

 

[AFwifelife]

 

[DisneyWishes14]

There are two drops. One drop is a backwards. Perhaps look for a youtube video and see if you think your daughter could tolerate it. I'm not a big fan of the PoTC drop as I don't like to be in the dark, so the Frozen drops don't bother me as much, but I would definitely look at the video.

 

[Linkura]

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This is AMAZING! Thank you for sharing!

 

[AFwifelife]

And I will say that he didn’t hate the ride, I think it just surprised him. He’s not a huge fan of Pirates either because that’s a dark drop.

 

[EsmeCullen]

Seems like they left the drop from Maelstrom

 

[sachilles]

Seems like they left the drop from Maelstrom

I was under the impression that it was mechanically the same.

 

[BrianL]

The drop is not that steep and is similar to the Pirates one but it is not in pitch darkness. You can see it coming. The backwards portion is barely a drop at all.

 

[Happyinwonerland]

We went on it with dd5 in Sept and she has vowed never to ride it again. She doesn't like anything with drops, and the Marshmallow monster scared her.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

Maybe I’m alone, but I miss Maelstrom

 

[Klayfish]

I was under the impression that it was mechanically the same.

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's the same exact ride, just now Frozen themed.

 

[danielocha30]

does Frozen have a height restrictions?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

does Frozen have a height restrictions?

No, it doesn’t.

 

[Micca]

The backwards portion is barely a drop at all.

We've done FEA a couple of times (and Maelstrom way more than that) and I didn't think the backwards portion dropped at all. Is the "drop" where it feels like the ride vehicle makes a track change?

 

[DisneyWishes14]

I was under the impression that it was mechanically the same.

Yes, it's exactly the same. They just made the both the FEA entrance and exit where the Maelstrom exit was, so the ride is slightly longer. The beginning Olaf scene in FEA is where the Maelstrom entrance used to be.

We've done FEA a couple of times (and Maelstrom way more than that) and I didn't think the backwards portion dropped at all. Is the "drop" where it feels like the ride vehicle makes a track change?

Yes, (spoiler alert), when Elsa sings "Let it Go", the boat drops backward. It then, eventually changes tracks and the boat moves forward again right before the forward drop.

 

[WedWayPilot]

Yes there’s a drop and we have a (hilarious) photo of my then 3 year old son rethinking his life choices on that ride.

I have almost the same picture of my then 2 year old daughter last summer on the Frozen drop! After the ride she asked to go again immediately.

 

[BK2014]

There are some ride videos on youtube that will give you a good idea of the drops. The backwards one is more of a slide down a ramp. The second one is no worse than the one in Pirates, but in my opinion easier to handle because you can see where you're going.

 

[BrianL]

We've done FEA a couple of times (and Maelstrom way more than that) and I didn't think the backwards portion dropped at all. Is the "drop" where it feels like the ride vehicle makes a track change?

YEah...it's not really even a drop, jsut some rapids. Someone above referred to it a sadrop so I just kinda went along with it.

 

[danielocha30]

No, it doesn’t.

Thanks! I can’t wait to ride it with my 2 yrs old who loves Frozen