Question About Baby Swap

[sassymom]

We will have our DD5 and DS2, my question is for the rides DD is willing to go on can we use baby swap for our son and take turns on the ride with DD riding with us both times? Hope that makes sense...

 

[NJOYURLIFE]

Yep, my son rides with my husband while I wait with my daughters, then my husband comes out and I go on with my son while my husband stays with my daughters. My son loves it cuz he gets to ride twice.

For the longest time we had avoided rides that we all could not go on, but once we started using this feature, we got to go on more "grown up" rides. My daughters are also not babies (5 and 12), but the 5 year old is often too small and the 12 year old is often just too nervous to go on some of the rides, so this has worked for us.

 

[tjmw2727]

Yes - definately!

Here is my version of parent/guardian swap (child swap) 101:

My advice on baby swap is to tell the CM at the attraction before you enter the line that you want to use swap and find out how they handle it. Do not wait until you are boarding! The baby/child unable to ride must be with you to do a swap so everyone must approach the line together. Some CM's have you all wait the line together, then the first parent and older child(ren) ride and other parent and younger child wait at the exit and then switch via the exit allowing the older child(ren) to ride with both parents. Off hand I think only Star Tours and Primevil Whirl do it this way.

Most rides now give you a rider swap pass. The rider swap pass works like a fast pass and allows up to 3 people total to return to that attraction anytime that day so the second parent can ride. You still all enter the line and ask to use parent swap. The CM will give you the rider swap pass and the parent riding second and the baby can then leave to do something else while the first party rides. I prefer the pass because the baby or child that dosen't meet the height requirement dosen't have to wait the line for something he/she can't ride.

Just to clarify, the purpose of parent swap is to allow a family with a child who dosen't meet the height restriction to enjoy the attraction with only "1 wait", rather than "2 waits" not to expeidate the wait.

HTH
TJ

 

[beattyfamily]

Just an FYI, HM does not have parent swap. Rides without a height requirement do not have it.

 

[sassymom]

There are a few rides which DD does meet the height requirement that she wants to ride. Glad to hear she can ride with both of us. As for rides without one we will either ride as a family, or as we will be a party of 9 sometimes together sometimes doing our own things we have planned a few times my parents will have our little ones and we will have my 9yo brother. Thanks for the info, it will make it better to both ride with our DD than one of us going it alone. Again thanks for the info, happy traveling all!