Ride Configuration Questions

[ironpig70]

so in nov we are taking the kids to disneyland. right now they are 36" so by then we should hit the 40" mark thus some scarier rides. we will also have our 10 year old with us. question i have is rides like

matterhorn

space mountain

splash


can we share a seat with them(side by side) on these. i know splash loads in a single line so can we put the 10 year old up front and have 1 of the twins in each of our laps????


next question is rides in fantasyland or toontown. at some point the wife and i will be taking the 10 year old off by herself. so we will have a party of three which is hard on some rides so can i just let loose a couple 4 years old on disney


and if you have any other info that may help i'd greatly appreciate it.

 

[TravelinGal]

No lap riders on Splash. The last seat can hold 1 adult and 1 small child, but all other seats only allow one person between each divider.

Space mountain is two seats/side by side

Matterhorn is one person in front of another (4 per vehicle - 2 per section)

Not sure what you're asking in your second question. (joking that you'll let the little ones loose maybe??) But seriously, if you have someone watching the 4 year olds, then the 3 of you can do whatever rides you want. Yes, one of you will almost always have to sit alone, but that's not a big deal. You still get to ride in the same car...

 

[daisy_77]

Hmmm....not sure how Disney will seat you on Matterhorn or Splash...but Space Mountain, I believe, is seated side-by-side.

I hope by November your kiddos meet the 40" mark. DD was 37" last August and she still is 1/2" away from being 40".

 

[ironpig70]

last question is me or the wife will have the twins so it will be 1 adult and 2 - 4 year olds. i know most rides are fitted for 2. can i let them ride alone or do i have to go on with them????

 

[TravelinGal]

PHOTOS

Matterhorn cars - -- if fully seated holds 8 people - 4 in each car

Splash Mountain (don't know this family - just found the image on the web)
last 2 seats on the "log" - the girl in front has her hands on the seat back in front of her.

Space Mountain -- 2 cars per unit -- 12 seats total

 

[TravelinGal]

last question is me or the wife will have the twins so it will be 1 adult and 2 - 4 year olds. i know most rides are fitted for 2. can i let them ride alone or do i have to go on with them????

ahhh... gotcha! LOL

When it's just the 3 of you (2 being the 4 year olds), I'd suggest sticking to rides that are more young child friendly then. Most of those can fit 1 adult and 2 little kids in one seat. (thinking primarily fantasyland rides here, but POTC and HM would work as well if that's something they would enjoy) Soarin' you could sit one child on each side of you (if they're tall enough - don't remember the height requirement for that one)

Personally, I would NOT be comfortable taking a 4 year old on a thrill ride without an adult for each child if all 3 of you can't fit in one seat. And I'd always sit between the two little ones so I could deal with both if there was an issue. (can't reach the further away one if they freak out etc)

all ears . net has a seating guide - photos of ALL the rides - might want to look there for more details. http://allears.net/dlr/tp/seatpix.htm

 

[DevilDuckie]

last question is me or the wife will have the twins so it will be 1 adult and 2 - 4 year olds. i know most rides are fitted for 2. can i let them ride alone or do i have to go on with them????

Many rides will fit an adult and two little guys or are set up in such a way that you can sit in the vehicle behind them and be in line of sight at all times.

 

[DangerMouse]

last question is me or the wife will have the twins so it will be 1 adult and 2 - 4 year olds. i know most rides are fitted for 2. can i let them ride alone or do i have to go on with them????

Each of the 4 year olds will have to have an adult ride with them. The 10 year old can ride alone.

 

[camouseketeer]

I have similar issues. My DD's, 4 and 6 will be with me at DLR in July. We've been many times, but it's never been just the three of us (always had DH or Grandma with me).

Can we fit three on one seat for:

Autopia
BTMRR

How would anyone recommend we do Splash or Matterhorn?

We've never done those rides before, but the girls really want to try this year.

Is it possible to do those ones safely with them?

 

[DangerMouse]

I have similar issues. My DD's, 4 and 6 will be with me at DLR in July. We've been many times, but it's never been just the three of us (always had DH or Grandma with me).

Can we fit three on one seat for:

Autopia
BTMRR

How would anyone recommend we do Splash or Matterhorn?

We've never done those rides before, but the girls really want to try this year.

Is it possible to do those ones safely with them?

You won't all three fit on autopia in one car, and they won't let your 6 year old ride alone, so I'm not sure you can do that one.

You can all three fit across one row on BTMRR.

Splash, you can sit one right behind the other, or you and your youngest dd can sit in the back side by side with your 6 year old right in front of you.

Matterhorn - not sure how the CM's will handle it, but they may let the two girls ride together in one seat and you in another, or the 6 year old in one seat and you and your youngest in the other.

HTH.

 

[camouseketeer]

You won't all three fit on autopia in one car, and they won't let your 6 year old ride alone, so I'm not sure you can do that one.

I think I've seen a dad have this same problem at Autopia. I think he took a turn with child #1 while child #2 stood at the gate and watched. Then when #1 was finished, Dad went with child #2 and #1 stood and watched. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks, DangerMouse, for the other info. It sounds like Splash, at least, will be doable for us. I'm not sure if DD6 is brave enough to sit on her own for the Matterhorn.

 

[MomBoyd]

My DH and I are both Pooh sized. We are taking DS7 to DLR for the first time in July. The only ride I am concerned about is BTMRR. Is it safe for DS7 to sit in the seat behind us alone? Do they have some kind of padding to keep him from being thrown around? Or would they wait and seat him with another child?

 

[DangerMouse]

My DH and I are both Pooh sized. We are taking DS7 to DLR for the first time in July. The only ride I am concerned about is BTMRR. Is it safe for DS7 to sit in the seat behind us alone? Do they have some kind of padding to keep him from being thrown around? Or would they wait and seat him with another child?

Why wouldn't one of the parents sit with the 7 year old and one ride alone?

 

[MomBoyd]

I know from riding with my Pooh sized DH, when I was less Pooh sized, how much I got thrown around because there is only one lap bar. I wish there were two individual lap bars on some cars. That would solve the whole problem!

 

[pixiewings71]

Just an fyi, my 8 y.o. DD slides all over in the BTMRR cars, both my girls ride in the car in front of me and DBF, they are similar sizes and pull the lap bars all the way down but she slides all over the place. LOL I sit behind her so I can grab her if I feel the need to...I felt the need when we were there in April, we went around a corner and I thought she was going to slide right under the lap bar! Scared me!!!!! So I did grab her but she was OK and had already caught herself.

 

[Pucka1378]

I think I've seen a dad have this same problem at Autopia. I think he took a turn with child #1 while child #2 stood at the gate and watched. Then when #1 was finished, Dad went with child #2 and #1 stood and watched. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks, DangerMouse, for the other info. It sounds like Splash, at least, will be doable for us. I'm not sure if DD6 is brave enough to sit on her own for the Matterhorn.

I just did about two weeks ago with my boys ages 5 and 7(who are tall and skinny). We all three fit in the car. I am not a small lady LOL and the CM told me we could do driver switch. So my oldest drove then when we got back my youngest got to drive.

 

[TravelinGal]

My DH and I are both Pooh sized. We are taking DS7 to DLR for the first time in July. The only ride I am concerned about is BTMRR. Is it safe for DS7 to sit in the seat behind us alone? Do they have some kind of padding to keep him from being thrown around? Or would they wait and seat him with another child?

Why wouldn't one of the parents sit with the 7 year old and one ride alone?

I agree. One adult with the child the other adult solo either behind or in front of the other 2. Two pooh sized adults are going to be cramped in one seat anyway. (trust me on this one! DH and I were miserable sitting together on BTMRR since we are both pooh sized.) And I'd put the one with better core strength in the seat alone - even being pooh sized you slide around some and having stronger core strength will help the solo adult rider.

 

[ironpig70]

thanks guys and gals. i see space i can have one and the wife can have one and my 10 year old can sit between us. and same with the matterhorn and splash we'll just have to sit behind them or in front and watch them.



but can i let them ride solo on say pooh??? or are they to little.

 

[bumbershoot]

I'm pretty sure that kids have to be 6 or 7 to sit alone on any ride.

With Splash if they want to go (not a given by any means) I would just put one of the little ones in front of each adult. They aren't right up against you, but they aren't yards apart, either, so the adult can lean forward to keep the little one in place.

 

[bumbershoot]

I hope that they are 40" by then, but that's by no means a given. My guy has taken AGES to get from 39 to over 40, and when at Disneyland he can vary each time he comes up to a height thing...depends on if he's feeling like standing up straight, depends on if he was running a whole lot earlier (he gets shorter when he does that sort of activity), etc.

Be SURE that even if your little ones measure 40" at the doctor's office or home that they KNOW that each ride is a new measurement, and sometimes there are TWO measurements. That just b/c they rode one ride doesn't mean they'll get to ride another, and just b/c they measured tall enough outside the ride doesn't mean they'll make it once inside. It's very very important, for anti-melt-down's sake, for parents and little ones to know that. With DS we say "let's see IF you can ride this one today", instead of just assume he will be able to do so. Hope that helps!