Galaxy's Edge w/ 4 & 6 year old

[jldeahl]

We're planning our first visit to Galaxy's Edge in February with a 4 and 6 year old. A few questions.

-We have a droid depot reservation; we only want to spring for one droid. Can both kids collaborate on building one?

-If we only have one lunch in the land, thoughts on whether we should do Ronto Roasters or Docking Bay 7? (And favorite dishes we should try?)

-Is Smuggler's Run little kid appropriate? I'd love for our family to experience it, but also don't want to get yelled at bc my kids make everyone motion sick...

Thanks in advance for any advice you might have!

 

[yulilin3]

They have been lax with the rule of one builder one guest when it comes to DD, so you should be able to take both kids in with one adult
DB7 has more options so it's entirely up to you. I love the pot roast and the ronto wrap
MFSR is little kid appropriate, as long as they are 38"or taller don't worry about what other people might think or do, just have fun with your family. If the kids are not dead set on being pilots any of the other 2 positions wil be fine and won't affect the motion of the ride

 

[monkyby87]

We're planning our first visit to Galaxy's Edge in February with a 4 and 6 year old. A few questions.

-We have a droid depot reservation; we only want to spring for one droid. Can both kids collaborate on building one?

-If we only have one lunch in the land, thoughts on whether we should do Ronto Roasters or Docking Bay 7? (And favorite dishes we should try?)

-Is Smuggler's Run little kid appropriate? I'd love for our family to experience it, but also don't want to get yelled at bc my kids make everyone motion sick...

Thanks in advance for any advice you might have!

Thus far, I have yet to experience anyone getting upset or annoyed with other peoples' performance on the ride. I think most everyone is too busy with their own roles and functions than to notice what the other people are doing. There's also enough motion in the ride regardless of the pilots, so I think it's hard to really tell when it's a person causing it or the ride itself. But as @yulilin3 said, just don't be the pilots and you shouldn't have any worries with the motion sickness.

 

[bookbabe626]

If your kids play video games, they’ll likely be fine with the actual operation of the ride. It’s kind of like Star Tours turned into an interactive video game experience.

However, as a person who did have a MFSR flight ruined by a screaming 4yo gunner, please don’t force them to ride if they aren’t willing/keen to do it. It‘s the seating arrangement that I think is the biggest problem. They have to be willing to sit in a seat by themselves, belted in for the whole time, focussed on the ride, unable to reach other passengers AT ALL to hold a hand or get physical reassurances (and even verbal reassurances are tough, depending on who’s sitting where, and since a lot of talking during the ride will definitely disrupt it for the other passengers).

If there’s four of you in your travel party, you will likely be riding with a party of two strangers. If you are at all unsure about your children’s ability to ride, let the other party of two be pilots, your adults be gunners, and your kids be engineers. Engineer is the easiest job, and your kids won’t disrupt the other group‘s ride at all if they don’t participate or if they‘re unhappy in their seats.

Watch some YouTube ride videos and check out some pics of the cockpit, maybe show those to the kids to get an idea if they’ll like it or not. The line is pretty long to wait in for five minutes of screaming, unhappy kids.

 

[yulilin3]

If your kids play video games, they’ll likely be fine with the actual operation of the ride. It’s kind of like Star Tours turned into an interactive video game experience.

However, as a person who did have a MFSR flight ruined by a screaming 4yo gunner, please don’t force them to ride if they aren’t willing/keen to do it. It‘s the seating arrangement that I think is the biggest problem. They have to be willing to sit in a seat by themselves, belted in for the whole time, focussed on the ride, unable to reach other passengers AT ALL to hold a hand or get physical reassurances (and even verbal reassurances are tough, depending on who’s sitting where, and since a lot of talking during the ride will definitely disrupt it for the other passengers).

If there’s four of you in your travel party, you will likely be riding with a party of two strangers. If you are at all unsure about your children’s ability to ride, let the other party of two be pilots, your adults be gunners, and your kids be engineers. Engineer is the easiest job, and your kids won’t disrupt the other group‘s ride at all if they don’t participate or if they‘re unhappy in their seats.

Watch some YouTube ride videos and check out some pics of the cockpit, maybe show those to the kids to get an idea if they’ll like it or not. The line is pretty long to wait in for five minutes of screaming, unhappy kids.

to the bold: this is not true. either an adult sitting next to or behind the child you can reach them and touch them, it's not that far away. Actually for people who have disabilities as long as someone can sit behind them and hold them up for the ride from behind, they can ride.
Obviously I wouldn't force anyone to go on a ride if they don't want to

 

[Flagge]

My three year old nephew built his droid with his mom and grandma so I don't see any issue with two kids building one droid. The Batuu residents were really attentive and helpful with his build.

As for food I loved the ronto wrap at RR but that is the only food option at that location that isn't a snack. The rest of the family ate at DB7 and loved it with the chicken options, plus DB7 has AC and seemed to be not as busy as RR as it's a bit hidden. Both RR and DB7 are really close together so you can order from both if people want to get the wrap or something from DB7. Make sure to use mobile order to bypass the lines. Saved us like 30 minutes between the two orders.

As for MFSR I don't think that anyone will get mad about not doing stuff corrrectly. My sister and I were pilots and she was driving us into the walls most of the time. It actually adds to the ride time and when you leave the corridor will be buzzing with damage. It was really cool and we were talking and laughing on how it went while leaving the ride. If anyone is trying to max out the score they really need to go in a six person party to fill all of the seats so people know what they are doing. We had a 13 year old, and three adults with two random adults in our pod.

 

[bookbabe626]

to the bold: this is not true. either an adult sitting next to or behind the child you can reach them and touch them, it's not that far away. Actually for people who have disabilities as long as someone can sit behind them and hold them up for the ride from behind, they can ride.
Obviously I wouldn't force anyone to go on a ride if they don't want to

In my personal experience, neither the piloting parents nor the gunner grandparent could reach the screaming 4yo gunner to reassure him. And trust me, they tried for the whole flight. I think it may depend on the length of the adult arms and their ability to stretch and bend. It sounds like it might be easier for an adult behind to reach the child ahead of them, but I have no personal experience with that seating arrangement. If that’s the case, though, then maybe kids as gunners, parents as engineers might work out better.

The OP definitely needs to know that the arrangement of the cockpit is not side-by-side close seating like Star Tours or Soarin’ or most other screen-based rides. The seats are much further apart than the single seating arrangement of Flight of Passage, in MFSR they’re three or four feet apart I’d guess? If their child is one that likes to “snuggle up” during intense rides, that’s not going to be possible. They really need to watch a ride video or two, or look at cockpit pictures online, to make an informed decision about what’s best for their children, since only they know what situations their children are comfortable in or not.

 

[yulilin3]

In my personal experience, neither the piloting parents nor the gunner grandparent could reach the screaming 4yo gunner to reassure him. And trust me, they tried for the whole flight. I think it may depend on the length of the adult arms and their ability to stretch and bend. It sounds like it might be easier for an adult behind to reach the child ahead of them, but I have no personal experience with that seating arrangement. If that’s the case, though, then maybe kids as gunners, parents as engineers might work out better.

The OP definitely needs to know that the arrangement of the cockpit is not side-by-side close seating like Star Tours or Soarin’ or most other screen-based rides. The seats are much further apart than the single seating arrangement of Flight of Passage, in MFSR they’re three or four feet apart I’d guess? If their child is one that likes to “snuggle up” during intense rides, that’s not going to be possible. They really need to watch a ride video or two, or look at cockpit pictures online, to make an informed decision about what’s best for their children, since only they know what situations their children are comfortable in or not.

not sure why they didn't touch the child but the can, it's not that wide. I have flown with kids and they were seated in front of me, I was engineer and 2 kids were gunners and we high fived through the entire ride and I'm 5'1" so not tall or have long arms.

 

[monkeymostpurple]

For breakfast, my husband and oldest wanted Ronto Wraps and my youngest and I split a breakfast plate from DB7, so we used the mobile order for the wraps and they dashed over to pick those up while we waited for our tray at DB7, then we all sat together in DB7. So you don't need to pick one! They're right next door to each other, it's quite handy.

For lunch, we did the same thing, but split our mobile orders up between Ronto's Roaster and Woody's Lunchbox. (I know it's a bit of a walk, but we didn't mind, and my youngest is picky). And then we walked back to DB7 for dessert.

So...you don't need to pick, really!

On the droid building question: what I would do is have both kids help pick out the droid parts (this part isn't tight at all for space), and then one parent take the 6yo to assemble it while the other takes the 4yo on another important mission (pick out an accessory, buy a gift card, etc.), and then return to watch it be activated. Talk it out with your spouse and have them flag you down once the droid is nearing completion. It's not a long process. But the space is pretty conducive to watching from close by, IMO. You can probably find some YT videos of the space to better understand how the droid building part in the middle is surrounded by the store.

Finally, Smuggler's Run: they'll be fine if they like rides. The gunner on automatic targeting is probably the easiest role for a little kid - only two buttons to push, and none are far from the seat. If a parent sits in front or behind of the kid, they can help hit that button. (The gunner is the middle chair). With four of you, you'll be given four roles, so you can swap around amongst yourselves. (We rode it three times, my small 7yo was a different role each time, and the engineer was the hardest for him because one button was too far for him to reach. His brother turned around and smacked it when needed.)