Height Requirement Cards

[jkstewart1800]

Can they really be used as Fastpasses? Or is this just another scam?

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[hrh_disney_queen]

I don't know about this one in particular, but DS9 got one when he didn't measure up at Primeval Whirl three years ago. We lost it, but it was supposed to get him and an adult on the ride whenever he was tall enough, no expiration. I wouldn't pay $6 for it.

 

[doconeill]

There is nothing on the cards that indicate that there is any sort of entitlement to use them as Fastpasses. Only that you'll get to ride when you are tall enough - and you can ride perfectly fine via the standby line.

I haven't heard from any CM that has said they are valid for use as a Fastpass either.

I think these cards are just an opportunity for CMs to give something to a child who isn't tall enough and may get upset about it. But I've never actually seen them given out. My youngest couldn't ride most rides on past trips, and was never offered one. Now the only thing she can't ride is RNRC, so those days are past anyways...

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

The CM at BTMRR gave one to my daughter on our last trip. It doesn't look like it can be used as fast pass.

 

[tedisney]

We got one at Splash Mountain two weeks ago when we measured our 3yo, and the CM said that it works like a fastpass for up to six people when she's tall enough.

 

[doconeill]

My concern about these is they say NOTHING about using the Fastpass line. If they were meant for that, I would think that they'd have language to that effect - as well as the typical "back of the Fastpass" language.

Plus, the park would be FILLED with them. Why don't they give it to every kid who doesn't meet the height requirement? Does a kid have to have a fit in front of the entrance to get one? What exactly is the requirement?

Like I said, it appears to me to be an AMD - Anti-Meltdown Device, or just a nice thing to collect that give the young guests a little extra.

 

[CLR4321]

Someone else posted a few weeks back and said they had used theirs as a fast pass. It was the same kind, but for Splash Mtn.

 

[Robo]

The Disneyland version of these are often used as a FastPass.

The WDW versions "can" be used as a FP, or not...
depending on the FP CM that day.

 

[bennyb98]

The Height Cards are a form of Guest Service Recovery to guests who are not tall enough to ride attractions with height restriction and are distributed at the discretion of the CM measuring at the entrance usually. I LOVED giving out these cards when I was at working at the Height Stick as it usually helped the upset child forget about the ride for a bit. They ARE and CAN be used in the fastpass lines for Fastpass attractions when the Fastpass line is open at attractions with height restrictions, however all parties must be above the height requirement at the time of use and we mark the back of the card to prevent them from being used more than once.

They aren't used very often but I did encounter a couple of very excited kids during my CP who had the cards and were able to finally go on the ride and use the fastpass! However like all fastpass they should not be bought or sold.

 

[doconeill]

The Height Cards are a form of Guest Service Recovery to guests who are not tall enough to ride attractions with height restriction and are distributed at the discretion of the CM measuring at the entrance usually. I LOVED giving out these cards when I was at working at the Height Stick as it usually helped the upset child forget about the ride for a bit. They ARE and CAN be used in the fastpass lines for Fastpass attractions when the Fastpass line is open at attractions with height restrictions, however all parties must be above the height requirement at the time of use and we mark the back of the card to prevent them from being used more than once.

They aren't used very often but I did encounter a couple of very excited kids during my CP who had the cards and were able to finally go on the ride and use the fastpass! However like all fastpass they should not be bought or sold.

So is it "officially" a Fastpass, or is it a discretionary thing? I'm still puzzled by the lack of language. And I can see it being easily abused as well - it has no identifying marks, etc.

And we've seen these on ebay several times - it seems obvious that either someone got their hands on a whole bunch of them, or is at least getting their child measured repeatedly at the same attractions and getting the cards.

 

[bennyb98]

So is it "officially" a Fastpass, or is it a discretionary thing? I'm still puzzled by the lack of language. And I can see it being easily abused as well - it has no identifying marks, etc.

I was trained to accept them as fastpasses and I always explained them as such when handing them out. However I only encountered them twice is the 5 months I was working at WDW and both times I was not at Fastpass Return but at collection when I got the groups. I do know that I was one of the few CMs at my attraction who handed them out on a regular basis to guests under the height requirement and its not a requirement for guests to get them, its usually up to the CM's discretion if they get a card or not. Hope that helps.

 

[jkstewart1800]

Thanks you all for sharing your thoughts and opinons....
I had never heard of these before and wondered what in the heck they were all about!

 

[mom22bless]

Why would a kid get a card from a CM if they weren't tall enough? Did the parents not see the marker before they got it line?

I looked at that person's ebay site and they sure do have alot of them. I wonder if they are stolen.

 

[Robo]

Why would a kid get a card from a CM if they weren't tall enough? Did the parents not see the marker before they got it line?

Many times, the parent-measured height of a child will not match with the Disney measurement at the ride queue.
There are actually TWO places when a child can get measured... at the beginning of the queue, and just before boarding.
And, yes, a child COULD get "passed OK" at the first measurement, only to be barred at the second one, which can be very traumatic for some guests.

If the child is very "close" to the right height, but just "misses" when (s)he is actually measured, the card could soften the blow a bit.

 

[bumbershoot]

Many times, the parent-measured height of a child will not match with the Disney measurement at the ride queue.
There are actually TWO places when a child can get measured... at the beginning of the queue, and just before boarding.
And, yes, a child COULD get "passed OK" at the first measurement, only to be barred at the second one, which can be very traumatic for some guests.

If the child is very "close" to the right height, but just "misses" when (s)he is actually measured, the card could soften the blow a bit.

Yep!

I only have DLR info...but when DS was going on Star Tours the first time, he was measured out front by a CM. He was fine. Then he got inside to where you're send to the doors, and the CM pulled him aside, pushed on his shoulder, acted like he *wanted* DS to shrink down a bit, and put a slip of paper between DS's head and the stick. He didn't make the height. Hubby didn't make a scene (though he wanted to), and the CM gave DS one of those cards.

When he did make it officially, we measured him at the front, the CM saw us measure him, we showed the card, and we were sent literally to the front of the line. There is no FP at Star Tours at DL, so we were sent through a side entrance, up some stairs, and were *right there* where they send you to the doors.

DS ended up getting two cards for Grizzly River Run at DCA, b/c we weren't sure about how he would measure up, so he went to be measured...he was just a touch under, and the CM (the stick is right at the beginning of the line) gave him a card. The next day as we passed by, he wanted to see if he'd grown that 1/4", and ran over to measure again...before we could tell the CM he already got a card, the CM had already handed DS a second card. We still have yet to use either card, b/c the ride's line is never long when we've been there. One will just be scrapbooked though.

So those are reasons...

Thanks Robo for remembering that they are used at DLR as, basically, FPs (and have the language on them to help out)!

 

[doconeill]

Thanks Robo for remembering that they are used at DLR as, basically, FPs (and have the language on them to help out)!

I don't suppose anyone can send me a scan of the front and back of a DL card? WDW would be good as well. I'd like to document these on the site...

 

[claryche]

Thanks for the post. I had never heard of these. My son was not tall enough for several rides last time we were there and we didn't get a card, not once. Even when he was like half an inch to short for Soarin' And I wonder why they don't automatically hand them out when you ask for a rider switch, because obviously if you are doing a rider switch, you are doing it because you have a child who isn't tall enough to ride. Interesting.

 

[Traveliz]

Thanks for the post. I had never heard of these. My son was not tall enough for several rides last time we were there and we didn't get a card, not once. Even when he was like half an inch to short for Soarin' And I wonder why they don't automatically hand them out when you ask for a rider switch, because obviously if you are doing a rider switch, you are doing it because you have a child who isn't tall enough to ride. Interesting.

My daughter has worked several of these height required rides - the cards are like sprinkling a little pixie dust -- they aren't automatic and aren't meant to be - more like brightening someone's day, etc.

And if you think about it - imagine the people that would take advantage of that - by taking too small child around to every ride getting the cards and then going back for more when the CMs rotated.

Liz

 

[cmaee]

When we were there in April, we went to Big Thunder Mountain first thing. We had to do a rider swap because we had 2 little kids in our group. The CM said they hadn't printed or brought him the rider switch passes for the day yet, so he gave us that card and said to use that with the kids when we came back to the fastpass line. We weren't planning on doing the rider switch immediately and we were assured that the CM's at the Fastpass line knew that those were good for Fastpasses/rider switches. When we went back up to the Fastpass line, the guy working that line didn't know what to do with it. He finally let us go through, but he kept saying he had never seen them before.

 

[Robo]

My daughter has worked several of these height required rides - the cards are like sprinkling a little pixie dust -- they aren't automatic and aren't meant to be - more like brightening someone's day, etc.

Yup.

imagine the people that would take advantage of that - by taking too small child around to every ride getting the cards and then going back for more when the CMs rotated.