My 3 y.o. loves it! There are two separate lines, one side is swinging gondolas and the other is for stationary ones. You'll definitely want to take the stationary side with a little one.
I did get on the swinging side once to scare my mom before she realized what was going on. It was pretty hilarious and worth the terror, but I sure wouldn't do it again either.
I can handle the stationary ones just fine, though. My heart rate picks up a bit when we swing up, but I'm OK 
Toddler might be the ideal age, before a (possibly hereditary 
) fear of heights kicks in 
Shes just a crazy girl! I think she'll ride anything she's tall enough for. It's the 8 year old that is always hesitant to try anything.
) My only concern is that it's possible he might pick up on your worry and react negatively. But it's hard to tell from your post if you're actually somewhat frightened of it, or just a little bothered by it.i too have an irrational fear to go on , cuz they lock you in the cages and i had nightmare where i was riding it and it fell into the water next to it and i was locked into the cage. so now i dont go on it
It likely won't change your mind, but the ride is based on a design that's been running summers in Coney Island since 1920 with a flawless safety record. So the mechanics of it are sound.
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Ok, that so got a LOL out of me
I could totally picture this 
Yes
Thus it's kind of a long wait to get on, and there's long periods where you are in the cages, just sitting still, or slowly moving up, cage by cage. My fear of heights kicks in when we are slowing inching up to the peak - I'm not so bothered when it's smoothly cycling. I can handle it though ... and the view is really wonderful This seems to be random depending on the CMs
I have seen them going down the line looking for smaller parties to put together, and then other times - just loading per party (some cages will just have 2 people in them). Whether the line is long or not ... it seems completely random to me.
