Infants on rides??

[tinksdreamwishes]

Please help! I am planning a surprise visit to the park on thursday this week. I will be bringing DD9, DS7, and DS 15 months old. What kind of rides can he go on with me? Also can he ride POTC? All replys is much appreciated, Thank you! ~Tinksdreamwishes!

 

[Brady's Mom]

Hi!!! We'll be there Thurs. as well. Your little son can go on anything without a height restriction.

Disneyland
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
Dumbo
Carousel
Teacups
(okay, Fantasyland!!)
Pirates
Haunted Mansion
Pooh
Buzz Lightyear

California Adventure
Heimlich
Flik's Flyers
Francis' Ladybug boogie
Toy Story
Carousel

Be sure to use the Child Swap Pass to your advantage. You go to the CM at the line to an attraction your child can't ride (with your little child) and they give you a child swap pass. It is good for 2 members of your party to ride after the first group rides it. If you also use it with Fast Pass it can double your riding time.

Get a FP for all members of your group (including the baby). Get a child swap pass and use however many FP's you need for part of your group, wait with the kids that are too little (or too scared). Your group comes out, you go with one other person and enjoy the ride. It doubles how many times someone can ride a ride, so if Screamin is someone's absolute fave, they can ride it multiple times.

We love the combo of child swap and fast pass - but it is just DH and I going this weekend - so we don't have child swap option. It will make for different touring plans for us.

 

[Kayla's Mom]

As Brady's mom said, anything w/o a height restriction....one of my youngest's favorites at that age was Small World. Also, there is Autopia and Nemo. At DCA, Monsters Inc. and Golden Zephyr (more of my little ones favorites). She did great on Pirate's at that age too!

 

[LuLusApple]

you will be surprised there is more you can do with a little one than you can't enjoy!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Get a FP for all members of your group (including the baby).

How do you get a FP for the baby if the baby doesn't have a ticket??!?

 

[LuLusApple]

You can't get one for the baby LOL
You get a FP for each ticket holder and then go to the CM at the front of the line with a height restriction. Ask for a child/baby swap pass. Some of you go thru FP while the others stay with baby. Then when it's the ones left behinds turn, they take the Swap pass to the FP line without using their FPs. That way you can use the FPs again, utilizing the whole baby swap system once more

 

[Krissy Marissy]

baby swap was wonderful! Make sure you bring the baby up with you as most CM's were cool about it but I ran into several who were just plain rude. Not their fault as I imagine many try to take advantage of the system.

There are soooo many things to do! My little ones love it's a small world, pirates, I guess they like being in the boats. They also really liked the mickeys fun wheel, teacups, dumbo, the circus train ,regular train and nemo! My ds loves autopia. But honestly their most favorite thing to do was play in the fountains in DCA bugsland and also to throw coins into the fountain in toontown

 

[tinksdreamwishes]

so I can go on Pirates and haunted? cool beans ty guys!

 

[lcasa]

I would recommend holding the baby close and tight for the 2 drops on pirates - but other than that you should be fine.

No one mentioned a couple of my favs for really little ones - the Tiki Room ( little noisy fake storm at one point, but you'll be amazed how fascinated a baby can be with the singing birds ) and grabbing a picture with Mickey in his Barn in ToonTown.

Haunted Mansion will be easy.

 

[Potterswife]

When we took our daughter who was 5 months old at the time we asked the CM at POTC if we could bring her on the ride, we weren't sure with the drops and all...she said "sure, but please don't hold her over the side". My husband said "are you kidding" she replied "you'd be surprised at how many people like to dangle their kids over and dunk their kids in the water". Crazy.

 

[mamaofthree]

Sorry to hijack, but I have a FP/child swap question. We never knew it existed until recently. If I'm understanding it correctly, you wait in line (FP line if you have those tickets) with your whole group, or at least whoever is riding and make sure to include one non riding kid. You get to the front of the line, (meaning where you are about to board?) and then ask for a child swap ticket? Is that basically a fast pass then? For the other parent to use once the first group has gone and you switch kids? How do you get out of line with the non riding kid? Sorry to sound like an idiot but I'm confused. I'm sure this must be explained in detail somewhere on this board. I'd greatly appreciate a link if possible. With 2 adults and 3 kids this looks like it could work out very good for us. Thanks so much!

 

[Potterswife]

You don't have to wait in the line again, only once with your group, one person stays back and waits with the baby while the other one rides, then you switch without waiting in the line again...I am pretty sure this is only available on the rides with height restrictions, I'm sure others know more about it, we only did it once with Star Tours.

 

[LuLusApple]

Sorry to hijack, but I have a FP/child swap question. We never knew it existed until recently. If I'm understanding it correctly, you wait in line (FP line if you have those tickets) with your whole group, or at least whoever is riding and make sure to include one non riding kid. You get to the front of the line, (meaning where you are about to board?) and then ask for a child swap ticket? Is that basically a fast pass then? For the other parent to use once the first group has gone and you switch kids? How do you get out of line with the non riding kid? Sorry to sound like an idiot but I'm confused. I'm sure this must be explained in detail somewhere on this board. I'd greatly appreciate a link if possible. With 2 adults and 3 kids this looks like it could work out very good for us. Thanks so much!

You don't actually stand in line with the baby. On height restriction rides they won't let you in the line with someone under heighth. You ask the first CM you see at the beginning of the line for a swap pass. you can do it 2 ways. One the non baby group stands in the stand by line or you get FPs and the non baby group gets in the FP line. Once they have returned, the baby sitters ( minus the baby) get into the FP line with the child swap ticket. Now on SM they made us go up the exit. Everything else I recall having to use the FP line

 

[Kayla's Mom]

My husband said "are you kidding" she replied "you'd be surprised at how many people like to dangle their kids over and dunk their kids in the water". Crazy.

 

[TheZue]

One thing to watch out for is how dark the rides are. I'm not sure where you live, but we are in suburbia and it never truly gets dark here. When we took our son on pirates at 18 months we found out he was scared of the dark with a boatload of people. He HATED it, and he remembered it when we went back a couple years later.

 

[tink2dw]

Thats when you break out one of the glow bracelets you bought at the Dollar Store or the glow tubes at Walmart and crack one for baby to hold and stare at!! Along with the big post it notes to cover the electronic eye on the toliet so your toddler can go without the feeling of being eaten alive.

 

[aprincess@mail.com]

My son was only 2 months old when we went on POTC. I think he slept the whole ride. LOL

We took him on all the Fantasyland rides and HM, Buzz, and the Boats.
Have fun!

 

[skoocher]

The first time we took our son to DL, he was only 9 months old and he LOVED it. Did not get scared on any ride and he went on all that he was allowed to. We are taking him this Friday and he should be tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides this time.