Redwood Creek Trail

[Alex2kMommy]

We've never been on the Redwood Creek Trail area of the park, and are planning to hit it on our next trip. Not only that, we are planning to meet up with friends at the Totem ceremony there.

Can someone provide a little info about the trail? I was wondering:
* About how long do you usually spend there?
* How long is the Totem ceremony?
* Where is the Totem ceremony, at the trail's end?

I know there are things my older boy (DS7) can do along the trail, the Redwood Creek Trail Challenge. Are these things adults can/would do as well?

Our younger son (DS3) will be too small for those activities, I'm just trying to get an idea of how much time to plan for that, and in particular, how much time to plan to get from the beginning of the trail to the Totem ceremony (expecting the kids will want to stop along the way.)

Thanks!

 

[DLR29]

I don't know about the Totem show, but I can give you a bit of info on the attraction. Basically it's a huge play area where kids can run around and tire themselves out. There are slides, rope walks, lookout towers, short climbing walls, caves, and tons of stuff to do, all with a Disney forest theme. There are tons of trees around, some are big enough to walk through, and I believe there is a small creek too. For the older one, there is also a tire zipline type thing that looks really fun if I weren't too tall. This often gets a long line so be sure to hit it when entering the attraction.

 

[Hound 109]

I don't know about the Totem show, but I can give you a bit of info on the attraction. Basically it's a huge play area where kids can run around and tire themselves out. There are slides, rope walks, lookout towers, short climbing walls, caves, and tons of stuff to do, all with a Disney forest theme. There are tons of trees around, some are big enough to walk through, and I believe there is a small creek too. For the older one, there is also a tire zipline type thing that looks really fun if I weren't too tall. This often gets a long line so be sure to hit it when entering the attraction.

DLR covers it well. The 3 y/o will be too small for the mini zip line, but the DS 7 will enjoy it. On a personal note, our DS 8 got a kick out of romping like a spider monkey thru the extensive network of "rope bridges" which are more like enclosed rope tunnels in the air. Parents also are able to walk this & DS loved the fact that he was able excell at this more than his not as athletic (anymore) dad.

You'll probably want to hold the 3 y/o's hand on this, but he/she will enjoy this too. We were in the area a good 1/2 hour. A good place to go for a "break from the park" or to dry off after a ride on the next door Griz Rapids. Have fun.

 

[MATTERHORN]

The totem ceremony, are you meaning the Brother Bear show? If so, it's really fun, we've seen it 3 times. It's about 20 minutes long.

Andrea

 

[DizneyMommy]

Your 3 year old will not be bored at all. My daughter has been going in there since she was 2 1/2 and she loves it. There is plenty that she could touch and room to run around and burn off steam, she loves the slides which are not too big for her at all. A lot of the ground is the rubber stuff so I am not as worried about her getting hurt. The only thing she could not do was the zip line. Really it's the free room to run and explore that she seems to get the biggest kick out of.

We do keep a close eye on her and keep her within arms reach, only because sometimes there are roudy older kids in there whose parents have not taught them courtesy or patience and she has been shoved out of the way before when one young man thought she was getting on the slide too slow. Some parents seem to think this area is a great free babysitter and they sit on their behinds in the entrance and pay no attention to what their children are doing to other people. That's all good and fine if you KNOW your child will use manners and reasonable safety sense when you are not looking, but that is not usually the case. Just because a child is "old enough" to be allowed to run free on his own in there, doesn't always mean he/she is mature enough to do so. The few CM's in the area do very little to control the out of control kids, that I have seen. *stepping off my soapbox*

We usually spend about 30 minutes or so before she is over it, but you may want to stay longer since you have an older child - his attention span is probably longer than my daughter's! One tip though... not a great area for wearing sandles. You'll want them in real shoes so they don't lose a sandal or trip and fall in the rope bridges, or get toes stepped on.

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

Can someone please tell me EXACTLY where this is? We go to DL every year and have some how managed to miss this every time

 

[samkj]

Can someone please tell me EXACTLY where this is? We go to DL every year and have some how managed to miss this every time

If you are walking from Grizzly River Run, towards the "Paradise Pier" area of the park(opposite direction of Soarin') it will be on the right. The entrance is kind of small, so it is easy to miss. We finally did this on our last trip and our kids had a blast!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

The totem ceremony, are you meaning the Brother Bear show? If so, it's really fun, we've seen it 3 times. It's about 20 minutes long.

I guess so. Just going by what the DL calendar says, something like Brother Bear Totem Ceremony...

Looks like Staley, dizzy and I are going to meet up there.

I'm glad to hear that DS3 will be able to do most of the activities there, thank you! He tries to do everything his big brother can, so I dread the thought of going in and having to keep him off of everything.