Parent swap (instead of child swap)

[brockash]

Can you use the child swap option in reverse? That is, say we have 2 children that want to ride but can't/won't ride alone (oldest is 7, so technically she could, but she won't) but I'm pregnant so I can't go on. Could I wait with one child in the swap area while DH rides with the other, and then when they get back could we swap kids? So DH would ride twice and each child would ride once?

Looking at the expectant mothers advisory (https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/#/expectant-mothers/), rides that we'd be interested in doing this would be:
Splash Mnt, Barnstormer, Speedway.

Buzz Lightyear and SDMT don't have child swap, so we'd have to FP them, and DH would ride with one child, then they would come back out and I would swap magic bands with DH and then he could ride again with second child.

I believe the 3 of them could sit together on Mission Space (green), Test Track, Star Tours, Kali River Rapids, and the Safaris.

We're not interested in BTMRR, Dinosaur, EE, Primeval Whirl, Aerosmith, Space Mnt, or ToT, so I don't need to plan for those.

Thanks!

SDMT does have baby swap...Disney is the model company of no/misinformation...anyways I'm guessing it's probably technically a no, but I'd def. ask and you may get a nice CM (I'd go in assuming there's very little to no chance of it happening, but I'd still ask cause that's def. a hard situation.)

 

[Chevy]

ALSO -- you won't need to worry for Splash, it can fit 3 across, especially an adult & 2 small children.

It is also possible to fit three in a row on Splash.

I didn't realize that, thank you! One less ride to worry about.

 

[elaine amj]

I would think Buzz should be fine unless you get motion sickness easily from spinning.

And if you do, just tell the child you are riding with that you will control how much spinning there is and move the controller gently.

 

[HopperFan]

Huh, Disney's website doesn't show SDMT as having rider switch, https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/rider-switch/
but other websites say it does: https://touringplans.com/magic-kingdom/attractions/rider-swap

Disney website is so far behind on being updated (SDMT is almost 2 years old) so anything on this subject on the website is dated. 7DMT does have swap.

But whether they will allow it or not will be up to each CM. For similar purposes - with a disabled adult who can not ride all rides and not left alone - we were refused because he was not a child. Given you are keeping a child behind with you, you should be fine.

I forgot to add, every time I've ridden 7DMT with my 9 & 6 yr old the CM put the girls in FRONT of me, so I rode "alone" (with a stranger) but we were all in the same car. So, that ride shouldn't be an issue either.

And I have seen MULTIPLE times the CMs make the parents move to have the younger child with them and actually refuse one family to board until they did it properly. They argued, train left without them. You can not plan on this, it will depend on the CM working if they enforce.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

It's strange how experiences differ on what should be a hard and fast rule.

I could see if it was once or twice, but literally EVERY time they would ask the kids ages, and EVERY time they would stick my 2 kids in front of me. And this is over at least 6 trips, and we ride the ride at least 2 x's per trip, so totally different CMs each time.

 

[ErinF]

I agree! I definitely rode Buzz when I was pregnant. I also rode the Safari.

Yep, I also definitely rode Buzz and the Safari when I was almost 7 months pregnant and was just fine!