Kid Refuses to get on!!!!!!!

[goofy's friends]

Have any of you ever had a child beg to ride something only to wait in line for 45 or more min. and then freak out when boarding!!!??? Yes, my child did that!! It was Splash Mountain and she had already ridden twice and loved it. She begged to get on again and DH didn't want to, so I had all 3 kids with me. This is my oldest, mind you, 9 years old. We get all the way up to the loading dock and she starts to freak out She started backing up and and saying I am NOT getting on!!!! Mom, trying to stay calm, asks whynot? She is just irrational and there is no way out and the CM is getting very irritated. Luckily, little sister agreed to sit with strangers so she could sit next to me and that appeased her. This is after 3 boats go by empty, much to the dismay of everyone behind us I'm sure WOW!

 

[marcbelt]

Of course it's happened to others. What bothers me about this is that the CM got irritated. He/she should have pulled you aside til you resolved the problem and let other people through.

Revenge is sweet though; someday that CM will have kids!

 

[patsal]

Kids are unpredictable! Though it is embarrasing the others are just strangers and you may never see them again--it is better not to freak out and say things to your child that can never be taken back and make you feel bad as well. My DD is not a baby but she doesn't always like to ride the big stuff--she loves TOT and RNR, but sometimes she just doesn't wanna--so I sit with her no biggie. I have even gone all the way through the que with her to arrive at the loading area of TOT and get the I'm not going now--the last time I simply said you know how to go to the elevator and leave I will meet you in the gift shop--she got on and enjoyed the ride--too much time to think about it while in line I guess?!!

 

[BAYSIDE MOM]

All my son did was talk about the Buzz Lightyear ride. We wait on line and just when we are about to get on, he freaked and started to try and run away. I would'nt force him to get on something like TOT, but I knew he would enjoy this and it was'nt scary. I picked him up and made him go on it! It was his favorite ride by far. he talks about it constantly and must have gone on it 10 times while we were at the World for the week! Sometimes, kids get tired and moody and don't know what they want!

 

[beattyfamily]

Yes, this has happened to us as well. Our 6 year old goes through phases where she'll like a ride then the next year, be afraid of it.

She'll beg us to go on a ride and then as we get closer, she starts to cry. She's done this on Haunted Mansion, but only the first time. The stretch room scared her. She was fine once we left that room but it was so embarrassing. She did it on ToT. She changed her mind as we got to the elevator. She also did this on Space Mountain. Finally, for some reason, she decided to try it and now she loves it.

Oh how frustrating (and embarrassing) it can be!

 

[THESCHULTZFIVE]

My 9 y/o DD will not even get in line for Splash Mountain. She's ridden Tot, Space Mountain, Mission Space, but will NOT go on Splash Mountain. She says she dosen't want to get her face wet. Well excuuuuuuse me. I told her it's just like being in the shower(ok with a little heavier water pressure I guess), but she refuses. Same for Kali. Oct. 2005 was her first time riding Space Mountain. On the night of MNSSHP she wouldn't do it. When we went back to MK she decided to go, but as we got closer she started to panic. I had explained to her that she would sort of be sitting by herself, and that dad would be in front and I would be behind her. I started giving her the "there will be times in life..." speech. This one of course being when you will be afraid, but you must do something. I said you can scream the whole ride as loud as you, you can cry, but you're going to ride it. I knew she would love it if she could bring herself to do it. We went over the speed, the drops, the darkness, evrything I could think of. When we got on, I asked her if she wanted to hold my hand(I could reach her from behind), she said so no. Her first words when she got off " I can't believe I almost didn't ride that, It's AWESOME!!!!" And we proceeded to ride it 2 more times.If it had been something that I thought she might be scraed by, then I wouldn't have made her do it. But because I knew her fear was irrational, I talked her into it.

 

[urglewurgle]

i wouldn't worry about it! i don't have kids but i have a lot of younger cousins so i kind of understand... it wouldn't bother me if you were infront of me... i mean.. this is DISNEY... it's all about kids... and a few extra minutes in line is not gonna hurt anyone...

i do agree about the CM tho, he shouldn't have shown his irritation, but as long as he wasn't rude you just gotta remember that these people are human too...

 

[Poohgirl]

Yes I have two ds 7 & 9, but it wasn't because neither wanted to go on it was because BOTH wanted to go on RNR. Except neither wanted to go alone and they would not go together. Meltdown city!!! So mom (me) had to leave DS7 at the end in swap (with my mom) ride with DS9, then leave DS9 in swap and ride with DS7. Now THAT is a child swap!

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Lots of kids (and adults!) do this. Nothing to be embarassed about.

 

[Disney_Mama]

My DD 6years old freaks out on most ride lines. Whines and says she does not want to go on the ride. I know that once she gets on she will have fun. I look like the worst mom in the world making her get on the ride. Last time was on Buzz Lightyear ride. Once we got on she loved it. We got off and she wanted to go again. I want to find all the people that looked at me funny and show them that she did have fun. I know that I will never see them again but I just want to.

 

[WantToGoNow]

This happened to us on Splash Mountain last year. My son was 3.5 and was exactly 40” tall. I think the CM measuring him freaked him out because the entire time we were in line he kept asking if he was big enough. We got to the front of the line and he climb in the log. Then he started crying – the CM came by and asked what was wrong. I told him that he would be ok once the ride started – and I was positive that he would. He had been on flume rides before and loved them. The CM asked him if he wanted to ride and he said no – the CM made us get out of the boat – and didn’t even offer a fastpass so I could take my son to my dh (who was waiting with the 1 y/o) and come back and ride.

 

[liamsaunt]

My four year old niece flipped out in the line for....Winnie the Pooh! She had ridden it a bunch of times earlier on the trip and loved it, but this time she just refused to get on. Truthfully, though, it was the end of our vacation and I think she was in sensory overload. My sis took her over to the Pooh play area while I rode with my nephew. You never know, I guess.

 

[Feralpeg]

My DD rode Dinosaur many times when she was younger. One day a couple of years ago at AK, I said we should ride Dinosaur. She told me she didn't want to. She hasn't ridden since. For some reason, the idea really bothers her. I don't push it. If she doesn't want to ride a ride, it is okay with me. There are rides I don't like. I wouldn't want anyone pushing me to ride them. I'll probably never know what changed the ride for her, but that's okay.

 

[disneyfan581]

This happened to me years and years ago. I was about 3 or so and my parents wanted to take me on Peter Pan. Well, let me tell u that fight they had to go through to get me on that ride. "I don't like this i don't like this" i kept saying. They didn't care and dragged me onto it. Now im 18, i look back at that and say, "wow". It's one thing they always bring up.

 

[MyDreamIsAWish]

LOL! My youngest DD (13) did this on Rockin Roller Coaster...almost.
You are on line and you see the 'limo' take off at a high speed and it panicked her. I said "You have ridden MUCH MUCH worse than this, I promise". She decided it was worth riding, then she realized we were going to be in the FRONT of the 'limo'..LOL!!
We traded with the guy next to us and she got on saying "OMGosh" when it was getting ready to take off.
She LOVED it!!!
Honestly, she has ridden much worse stuff...things I won't even get on at other theme parks.
Now, my oldest DD (16) won't ride anything remotely scary...so she's our chicken out girl...LOL! She has in the past rode the roller coasters at Dollywood, and loved it...but just won't get up the nerve to ride anything since.
I did see some parents pushing their little bitty ones to ride things while we were there..and the kids were just freaking out!

 

[minkydog]

My 9 y/o DD will not even get in line for Splash Mountain. She's ridden Tot, Space Mountain, Mission Space, but will NOT go on Splash Mountain. She says she dosen't want to get her face wet. Well excuuuuuuse me. I told her it's just like being in the shower(ok with a little heavier water pressure I guess), but she refuses. Same for Kali. .

Tell your DD i feel the same way and i'm 49. The last time i took a shower i did not have to strap myself in and go down a chute for the water to blast me in the face. Just say no to Splash Mountain

 

[goofy's friends]

I'm just glad to know that I'm not the only one!! The funny thing was that she had to beg DS4 to go on before we got in line and he didn't want to, but did and he was fine!!! Who knows??

 

[pepperw23]

My kids? no. Me? Yep...lol. I'm with your daughter btw, Splash Mountain is not for me. For some reason it scared the pants off of me, yet I loved Space Mountain, go figure.

 

[pepperw23]

Tell your DD i feel the same way and i'm 49. The last time i took a shower i did not have to strap myself in and go down a chute for the water to blast me in the face. Just say no to Splash Mountain

 

[bubba73]

My DS (in picture below) did this to me once before. We were at Sea World and were in line for Journey to Atlantis. Now, please understand, we stood there and watched the ride about 25 times with me asking him everytime if he wanted to do it or not. He kept saying that he did so we got in line. After about 25 minutes into the line he started saying he wanted to back out of the ride. I told him that we were not going to get out of the line now. So we finally got on the ride and he was not happy. He had it in his mind that he wasn't going to like it so he made himself not like it. He got off and one of the employees asked him if he enjoyed it and his reply was that he never wanted to ride that ride again. We have actually not been back to Sea World since then.