DesertScorpion
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2020
Taking our kiddos (5 & 3) to DL in May and I’m wondering what are some of the ways others have prepped their kids for the rides. Our 5 year old is 42” so she’ll be able to ride almost anything. Our 3 year old most likely won’t care about rides and will probably be the parade and character meet & greet type.
I think the thing I’m most concerned about is the lead up to the actual rides and our 5 year old psyching herself out. Over Xmas she wanted to ride this big down hill inner tube ride at the zoo so I bought the tickets and as we got to the stairs she started getting scared and I had to talk her through it the whole time we waited and convince her to finally try it. When we went down and got to the bottom she had a big grin on her face and immediately wanted to go again so I know if I can just get her to focus on the fun of it all she’ll have a blast.
I’ve read that some have shown their kids YouTube videos of the whole ride so that they can kind of get the feel of it before hand but I’m wondering if that truly helps or if it also kind of spoils the fun of them.
What have some of you done to make sure the loud sounds or the dimmer environments don’t psych the little ones out?
I think the thing I’m most concerned about is the lead up to the actual rides and our 5 year old psyching herself out. Over Xmas she wanted to ride this big down hill inner tube ride at the zoo so I bought the tickets and as we got to the stairs she started getting scared and I had to talk her through it the whole time we waited and convince her to finally try it. When we went down and got to the bottom she had a big grin on her face and immediately wanted to go again so I know if I can just get her to focus on the fun of it all she’ll have a blast.
I’ve read that some have shown their kids YouTube videos of the whole ride so that they can kind of get the feel of it before hand but I’m wondering if that truly helps or if it also kind of spoils the fun of them.
What have some of you done to make sure the loud sounds or the dimmer environments don’t psych the little ones out?