Rides one adult can do with two kids under 7?

[SOCALMouseMommy]

My little guy is only 2 but he’s super tall and might have finally hit the magical 40 inches in height. He’s a dare devil and will want to ride some big rides with us. Problem is my older child is 6 so he can’t ride alone. I know this means Space Mountain is out. Does anyone know if I can ride with all three of us together on these rides?

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Splash Mountain
Jumpin Jellyfish
Silly Symphony Swings

Anything else I’m forgetting?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Yes to Big Thunder. No to Jellyfish and SSS. Probably to Splash - if you are in the back seat, next to one and behind one, that should work. Hopefully someone else knows for sure.

 

[Wesley815]

My little guy is only 2 but he’s super tall and might have finally hit the magical 40 inches in height.

*This isn't directed towards you, just in general....

Coming from my past working as a CM in Attractions I hope other parents understand if their children are mature enough to ride and know/realize what's about to happen. I have seen countless times where parents don't care and force them to ride (after stretching to meet the height requirement check.) Sometimes even resulted in station stop or e-stop entire attraction to allow child off, or evacuate from a stopped area.

It's a touchy subject as my mom took me on Space Mountain in which I ended up loving Disney and theme parks/thrill rides!

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

*This isn't directed towards you, just in general....

Coming from my past working as a CM in Attractions I hope other parents understand if their children are mature enough to ride and know/realize what's about to happen. I have see countless times where parents don't care and force them to ride (after stretching to meet the height requirement check.) Sometimes this has even resulted in station or e-stop entire attraction to allow child off, or evacuate from a stopped area.

It's a touchy subject as my mom took me on Space Mountain in which I ended up loving Disney and theme parks/thrill rides.

So true! I have seen it myself and it's so sad!

My youngest is a thrill junkie already. I took him on Gadget's Go Coaster over the summer and he begged me to ride it over and over (luckily there was no line!). No fear, ha ha!

 

[Wesley815]

So true! I have seen it myself and it's so sad!

My youngest is a thrill junkie already. I took him on Gadget's Go Coaster over the summer and he begged me to ride it over and over (luckily there was no line!). No fear, ha ha!

I remember I did same thing to my mom and dad. I could ride over and OVER.... looking back I'm sure they weren't too thrilled, but great memories!

 

[Malcon10t]

My granddaughter hit 40" at 2.5 years. *I* took her on Soarin' and Racers, because I didn't want to scare her. The next day, Dad took her on Space and Star Tours and we discovered we had a ride junkie. Now little brother, who is a big 6, hit 48" this summer and finally decided he could ride rides (even Pirates was a no before.).

To the OP, I believe Splash, BTMRR, and Jumping Jellyfish (I believe you can put one on each side of you) are all good. Swings will be a no go. 6yo would need to be tethered to you, and only 1 can be tethered. Star Tours will be ok, Space Might work (they have let us put the 6yo in front of us) Racers will work.

CORRECTION : Jellyfish is 2, so it is a no.

 

[dieumeye]

I had the same situation for awhile.

Big Thunder for sure will work.

Splash Mountain would work as described above, where are you sit in the back row with the littlest one, and the other one sits in front of you. I did that with my two tons of times.

Space Mountain is a maybe. They might let you sit next to the littlest one, with the older one sitting in front of you. I’m fairly sure that I was allowed to do that sometimes, but not other times. It’s been several years so I can’t recall for sure.

Jellyfish & Swings are no because each bench only has 2 seats.

RSR sits 3 across each row so that’s a good option. Guardians would also work… if everyone is feeling brave!

 

[pharmama]

I was not allowed to ride Gadgets Go Coaster with two kids under 7 but others here told me they were permitted because the CM considered the row behind to still be the in the same "car" so YMMV on that one but be prepared. Sounds similar to mixed experiences described above for Space.

As others have said, Splash is definitely a yes.

 

[Malcon10t]

*This isn't directed towards you, just in general....

Coming from my past working as a CM in Attractions I hope other parents understand if their children are mature enough to ride and know/realize what's about to happen. I have see countless times where parents don't care and force them to ride (after stretching to meet the height requirement check.) Sometimes this has even resulted in station or e-stop entire attraction to allow child off, or evacuate from a stopped area.

It's a touchy subject as my mom took me on Space Mountain in which I ended up loving Disney and theme parks/thrill rides!

Totally get this. Seen it too many times. Our family rule is simply you will not complain about the family going on the ride, and you will hang with Grandma or the family friend who is waiting off.

Now, I had someone tell me I was forcing my granddaughter on Screamin' her first time (she was 5 when she hit the height) and said she didn't look excited. (Well, she doesn't...). But she had been waiting for years and rode it over and over that weekend. Now, she did not like Tower of Terror til she was about 6. And we didn't make her ride.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Thank you so much everyone, super helpful!

 

[emmybee]

*This isn't directed towards you, just in general....

Coming from my past working as a CM in Attractions I hope other parents understand if their children are mature enough to ride and know/realize what's about to happen. I have see countless times where parents don't care and force them to ride (after stretching to meet the height requirement check.) Sometimes this has even resulted in station or e-stop entire attraction to allow child off, or evacuate from a stopped area.

It's a touchy subject as my mom took me on Space Mountain in which I ended up loving Disney and theme parks/thrill rides!

I hear you. I totally felt like one of "those parents" the first time I took my girl on Soarin'. I don't remember if it was the first time we went, as she was 2 1/2 then, but whenever she was tall enough, we took her. As we were being seated, she decided she didn't want to anymore, and she made a fuss. Enough to make me feel guilty. But we did it and she ended up loving it! Now leap forward a few years, and she's tall enough to get on CA Screamin'. Hubby was ready to get her on the ride before she or I were ready to let her go. But after maybe a year or two, the both of us decided to force the issue. Again, she fussed, but this time I wasn't feeling guilty. Of course, she loved it! She just likes to fuss a lot about it first

Your comment just made me think of my story. Is this considered a hijack?

 

[MonocularVision]

We pushed (made?) out 3(? 4?) year-old son to ride the Haunted Mansion. Caused a lot of fear for him for years. He loves the ride now and we laugh about how much we messed up but yeah, wish we hadn’t done that. Lol

 

[theluckyrabbit]

My little guy is only 2 but he’s super tall and might have finally hit the magical 40 inches in height. He’s a dare devil and will want to ride some big rides with us. Problem is my older child is 6 so he can’t ride alone. I know this means Space Mountain is out. Does anyone know if I can ride with all three of us together on these rides?

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Splash Mountain
Jumpin Jellyfish
Silly Symphony Swings

Anything else I’m forgetting?

For BTMRR, you might want to seat your youngest between his brother and you. That way you don't have to worry about little arms and legs possibly dangling outside the vehicle. Years ago, there was a bad accident which could have been avoided if the child had been seated in the middle. How fun that your youngest is so adventurous!

 

[Wesley815]

Thank you for the sympathetic/understanding replies!

It can be can get pretty ugly at height requirement or loading positions in Attractions, even with parents yelling at CM's "oh I doubt you have kids!!" or "don't tell me how to be a parent!!".... when literally all we're doing is trying to protect their child from injury if they try to get out of restraints during mid-ride.

 

[Malcon10t]

Thank you for the sympathetic/understanding replies!

It can be can get pretty ugly at height requirement or loading positions in Attractions, even with parents yelling at CM's "oh I doubt you have kids!!" or "don't tell me how to be a parent!!".... when literally all we're doing is trying to protect their child from injury if they try to get out of restraints during mid-ride.

Since I usually hang off rides, I frequently get to watch parents react to getting told their child isn't tall enough. Everything from "She was 40 inches at the doctor, here's his note saying she is tall enough" to "This is our only time"....

I know the attendant probably thought I was gaming the system, but the day after my granddaughter rode Screamin' for thee first time, she went to ride with friends (I was in Knick Knacks) and some reason they said she didn't make it. I walked her back to the ride, had her stand under thee stick, noticed her feet were about 4 inches to far forward and she was leaning back into the stick, so made her move he feet and she made it. I wanted to ask "No one else noticed this?" But the attendant was looking like I did something to her shoes, so we just sent the kids on.