If you're a little nervous about taking little ones on Splash Mountain...

[Mugglemama]

i realized something while at DL last week that might be helpful to you!

the last seat at the back of the logs is wide enough for two! i never realized this before (which means i must be half blind because i've been on the ride dozens and dozens of times, lol). but as the log pulled up in front of us, i realized the people getting out of the back seat were a mom and her little girl. i was thrilled to see it, because it was my youngest child's first time ever on Splash (he's finally big enough, yay!), and i was a little nervous.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

Yep! And it easily fits an audlt and a child. Even 2 adults (if you fit).

DBF and I were going to sit in it last time, but I wanted my own seat. The CM said if we fit we could sit there, we did fit (well it looked like we could), but I just saw in front of him while he sat in that seat alone....

I have seen a child and an adult sit there before. Great tip, mugglemama!

 

[NicksMommy]

i realized something while at DL last week that might be helpful to you!

the last seat at the back of the logs is wide enough for two! i never realized this before (which means i must be half blind because i've been on the ride dozens and dozens of times, lol). but as the log pulled up in front of us, i realized the people getting out of the back seat were a mom and her little girl. i was thrilled to see it, because it was my youngest child's first time ever on Splash (he's finally big enough, yay!), and i was a little nervous.

How old is your child?? Mine is 3 and we were watching A Bee Movie and he said he wanted to ride the boat thing on Honey like in the movie and go down like on a slide, when we go to DL, the only thing I could think of that was close would be Splash Mountain...

 

[pixiewings71]

DD8 and I like to ride there together. Since she can't be in the front anymore she'd rather sit with me.

 

[jernysgirl]

When they did they big refurb on Splash a year or so ago, I believe that is when the design of the seats changed... I could be totally wrong, but that is what I thought. They are wide enough to fit two now. Before you sat one in front of the other, but now you can not do that and as the PP said, their height restrictions on the front seat of the log.

 

[pixiewings71]

When they did they big refurb on Splash a year or so ago, I believe that is when the design of the seats changed... I could be totally wrong, but that is what I thought. They are wide enough to fit two now. Before you sat one in front of the other, but now you can not do that and as the PP said, their height restrictions on the front seat of the log.

No, this is wrong. The logs are the same, you sit one in front of the other except the back. The back you can put 2 side by side. WDW has different logs, I *think* that they are side by side but since I haven't been there I don't know for sure.

 

[DisneyMagicMommy]

No, this is wrong. The logs are the same, you sit one in front of the other except the back. The back you can put 2 side by side. WDW has different logs, I *think* that they are side by side but since I haven't been there I don't know for sure.

Yes...it is WDW that has the logs that are wider...they hold 8 people. 2 per row.

 

[Mugglemama]

How old is your child?? Mine is 3 and we were watching A Bee Movie and he said he wanted to ride the boat thing on Honey like in the movie and go down like on a slide, when we go to DL, the only thing I could think of that was close would be Splash Mountain...

my son is 3. well, he'll be 4 next month.

 

[DahliaRW]

I will warn you, you get way wetter in that back seat if you side side by side with someone then you do further forward because you are right on the edge, and you stick out more, so all the water splashes right in your lap!

 

[jernysgirl]

No, this is wrong. The logs are the same, you sit one in front of the other except the back. The back you can put 2 side by side. WDW has different logs, I *think* that they are side by side but since I haven't been there I don't know for sure.

I guess I might have sounded a little confusing in my other post. I did not mean to imply that the entire log was side by side, I just meant the last seat. In the years past that I went to DL, I do not remember the last seat ever being a side by side seat, you only used to be able to sit one in front of the other, even in the back seat. You also used to be able to have a child sit in front of you as you held onto them (straddled with your legs). From what I have heard, that is no more.

I believe all of those changes came about after the last refurb. Again, I could be totally wrong but I thought that I remember someone else mentioning that on the DIS awhile ago during the refurb, or just afterwards maybe.

And yes, WDW does have the entire logs that allow for passengers to sit side by side.

 

[Mugglemama]

I guess I might have sounded a little confusing in my other post. I did not mean to imply that the entire log was side by side, I just meant the last seat. In the years past that I went to DL, I do not remember the last seat ever being a side by side seat, you only used to be able to sit one in front of the other, even in the back seat. You also used to be able to have a child sit in front of you as you held onto them (straddled with your legs). From what I have heard, that is no more.

I believe all of those changes came about after the last refurb. Again, I could be totally wrong but I thought that I remember someone else mentioning that on the DIS awhile ago during the refurb, or just afterwards maybe.

And yes, WDW does have the entire logs that allow for passengers to sit side by side.

i think you're right, the logs are new as of about 6 years ago? about 6.5 years ago, our kids were 9, 3, and 6 months old, and we had AP's at the time and i asked the CM at splash mountain how old babies had to be before riding. i asked, because we had taken both of our older children on the ride when they were little, my son had been riding it since he was about 16 months old. the CM, in the fall of '01, told me that babies could ride when they were one year old. well, they must have changed the logs in the interrim, because about six months later, when dd was one year old, we went back to ride splash (it had been closed for refurb forever, so we hadn't tried to ride in a long time) and then they told us that kids now had to be 40" inches to ride! it was a total bummer for us! but when we finally did ride it and noticed the new logs and seating arrangements, it was obvious why they had changed the requirement.

 

[imjen]

I like the idea of sitting in the back seat together, but I don't think my dd would appreciate being soaked. Tough call! Do most of you with little ones (5ish & under) sit with them in the back or have them sit in front of you? If they sit in front of you, are you able to lean forward and kind of hold onto them if they're scared? Thanks!

 

[Mugglemama]

I like the idea of sitting in the back seat together, but I don't think my dd would appreciate being soaked. Tough call! Do most of you with little ones (5ish & under) sit with them in the back or have them sit in front of you? If they sit in front of you, are you able to lean forward and kind of hold onto them if they're scared? Thanks!

i sat in the back seat this time and didn't get all that wet. dd7 got splashed the most, and she was sitting in the 2nd seat back.

 

[DahliaRW]

i sat in the back seat this time and didn't get all that wet. dd7 got splashed the most, and she was sitting in the 2nd seat back.

If you're by yourself in the back you won't get that wet because you'll be further away from the sides. It's sitting side by side that you'll get more wet because you're right next to the side and that back part "bumps" out a bit so you have some front exposure too. If you don't want to get wet or your dc doesn't, bring a poncho.

 

[disneylicious]

We took my daughter for her 4th birthday and as she did okay on the other rides (Space Mtn, Thunder Mountain) we let her sit alone with my husband in front and me behind her. She held on for dear life to the sides but LOVED it!

I could really reach her to hold onto her - the seatbacks are a little far back. I tried, then got antsy and wanted to hold on for myself (great Mom I am, huh?). Still, she did fine and I could have reached her if she wanted me to but it's awkward down that final plunge.

The second time, my husband rode with her in the back two and they got SOAKED! She wasn't too happy about that! Still, we did it one more time after that as well and I think she sat on her own again!