Goggles on Mickey slide?

[pfuentes1098]

Do they allow goggles on the Mickey slide?

--Thanks,
Paula

 

[kcashner]

You don't land in deep water on the Mickey slide. You land in a splash area.

 

[ksc37]

My kids wore goggles on the slide last summer (they detest any kind of water in the face/eyes).

 

[lbgraves]

Honestly, it depends on the CM at the top of the slide and what they will allow. DS has been told no a few times on different cruises but later in the day with a different CM at the top was allowed. I honestly do not see what the big deal is about them.

 

[pfuentes1098]

Thank you for the replies! My dd also does not like water in her eyes, so even though she won't be going under the water, the splashing will be problematic and probably prevent her from having fun on the slide. It is good news that they may let them.

 

[sftnslky]

Honestly, it depends on the CM at the top of the slide and what they will allow. I honestly do not see what the big deal is about them.

I am not answering why DCL dosen't allow them, but a few years ago 2 HUGE waterparks and 1 Mom & Pop waterpark in our area baned them as well. The reason why is several people were getting hurt using them. The children would bang their head on the side of the slide while going down and the goggles would cause bruising, black eyes, or pull out hairs... in the tube slides one childs goggles slide off of his eyes and landed around his neck...after landing in the drop area some other kid trying to get up from the pool accidently grabed the kids goggles and drug him under the water where he FREAKED out and had to be "rescued". On a side not I would not wnat my boys to wear them because of the josteling coming down the slide and if they started to fall off, my boys would stop concentrating on the slide and try to put the goggles back on and would end up hurling over the side of the slide

 

[LOLA2]

My 13 yo daughter will not go in pool without goggles, the kind that cover eyes and nose. She was told both at the Coronado springs pool and DCL that she could not wear them because of her nose being covered. Therefore she did not go down the slides. Unfortunately she hates chlorine in her eyes and nose.

 

[mommyto3princesses]

My daughter wore her goggles the entire time on the Mickey slide. Wasn't a problem.

 

[lbgraves]

I am not answering why DCL dosen't allow them, but a few years ago 2 HUGE waterparks and 1 Mom & Pop waterpark in our area baned them as well. The reason why is several people were getting hurt using them. The children would bang their head on the side of the slide while going down and the goggles would cause bruising, black eyes, or pull out hairs... in the tube slides one childs goggles slide off of his eyes and landed around his neck...after landing in the drop area some other kid trying to get up from the pool accidently grabed the kids goggles and drug him under the water where he FREAKED out and had to be "rescued". On a side not I would not wnat my boys to wear them because of the josteling coming down the slide and if they started to fall off, my boys would stop concentrating on the slide and try to put the goggles back on and would end up hurling over the side of the slide

OH MY GOODNESS!!! How horrible. OK...since things have happened then I understand their rules. DS is reading over my shoulder and has corrected me that he had a CM clarify to him that he could wear the slim eye only googles that fit snugly around the head but they told him that the snorkling googles that cover the nose cannot be worn on the slide. I suppose those aren't as snug and I could see where they could be harmful with the examples you have noted. The swimmers googles don't seem to be easily moved on their own.

 

[sftnslky]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! How horrible. OK...since things have happened then I understand their rules. DS is reading over my shoulder and has corrected me that he had a CM clarify to him that he could wear the slim eye only googles that fit snugly around the head but they told him that the snorkling googles that cover the nose cannot be worn on the slide. I suppose those aren't as snug and I could see where they could be harmful with the examples you have noted. The swimmers googles don't seem to be easily moved on their own.

This makes much more sense..Never even thought about the two different kids of goggles when I read this post or in the newspapers about the waterparks in our area..DH just reminded me that the membership at our gym which has a huge outdoor pool also just banned the goggles because of an accident this summer. My 12 year old daughter dosen't like the water in her nose at ALL...but she said it was not an issue on the Mickey slide at all...You never had deep enough water to get near your nose. Now the water in the eyes might happen due to splashing. So my guess and it is purely MY guess would be [just like your son said] the CM's would allow the little eye ones, but probably not the big half face goggles. I Hope no little ones vacation is any less magical because of water in the face/nose/eyes No matter what the CM's decision is...ENJOY YOUR CRUISE

Speaking of kinda odd rules...there is a funland type of place near us..you know the ones that have mini golf, go carts, lazer tag, etc...Well, this funland also has a HUGE 8 story high, double rider ride...that seats one rider on each end and it spins them full revalutions [80 feet high] around at VERY high speeds. Well the sournding neighborhood started complaining about the screams from the ride. So they took the funland to court..and WON. So now it is ILLEGAL to scream on the ride..if you scream, the ride will be stopped and you will be taken off and you will not have your money refunded. Our local news even showed that there are even neighbors who have purchased noise meters and if the meter goes past a certain point they call the police and after three complaints in one day..the whole funland is forced to shut down.

 

[lbgraves]