Rank 'em - Scariest rides for kids

[SandiR]

The scariest rides from my kids perspective (in order):

Tower of Terror
Rockin roller coaster
Space mountain
Expedition Everest

Nothing else scares them at all.

 

[njmom76]

Dinosaur is the only ride my 6 year old has said she has no desire to go back on and she loves TOT.

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[Gumbo4x4]

DD6 (now 8) is fine with thrill rides, but draws the line at "creepy". We avoided Dinosaur, Haunted Mansion, POC, and the obvious.

*She didn't like Indiana Jones Stunt spectacular (creepy music)
*Turned away from Darth Vader (he's creepy)
*Was fine in bug's life until Hopper (creepy character)
*HATED Fantasmic (creepy, creepy, CREEPY!!).

 

[indimom]

I'm thinking of kids age 4-7. Rank these in order from Most to Least scary/thrilling rides. And, "most scary/thrilling" doesn't mean in a good way, but in a "most kids aren't going to like that ride" kind of way.

I only have personal experience with SM, Soarin, and Kali - because my first trip to WDW was as an adult with my kids, and my son wouldn't ride anything scary. So, I don't have any perspective.

Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain
7 Dwarves Mine Train (speculative, obviously)
Soarin
Test Track
Expedition Everest
Kali River Rapids
Tower of Terror

My son didn't want to do anything that looked scary on our last trip (he had just turned 5). He did splash mountain once, but didn't want to do it again. Our next trip he'll be 7, and I'm hoping to start him off easy so that he'll enjoy them. I have a 4 year old daughter that will likely be fine with whatever I throw at her!

From scariest to tamest:

Space Mountain/ Expedition Everest/ Tower of Terror

Splash Mountain/ Big Thunder Mountain/ Test Track

Kali River Rapids/ Soarin

Not sure about the Mine Train. I'm thinking it will be pretty tame, but it could rank with Big Thunder.

I couldn't list them one by one because I think several are similar in intensity.

Space is dark and fast (and you cannot sit side-be-side), that can really scare a kid, Tower of Terror's line is creepy and includes the dark library, plus the drop. Everest is a full-on coaster and pretty intense.

Splash is almost tame, but the drop could really get to some kids. Big Thunder may be a bit rougher than Test Track, but it's also outside. TT is a bit dark.

Kali and Soarin are pretty tame and I think most kids love them.

Good Luck!

 

[BubblyTrip]

Stitch (had to leave)
Haunted Mansion (refuses)

Thrill rides are not scary for him. He loves Splash, BRMRR, etc.