Rides with 3 month old

[callieriggs]

We are lwaving for our Disney trip on Nov. 4th. We are taking our 2 1/2 yr old and our 3 month old. I know there is the baby swap thing for rides but I was wondering if I can take the baby on some of the other rides like small world and pooh. Also, if we baby swap on a ride can our 2 1/2 year old ride again? Thanks!!!

Cathy

 

[Cool-Beans]

to the DIS!!!

Yes, you could take the baby on IASW. I'm pretty sure a baby would be OK on Pooh, too. Yes, if you baby-swap, the toddler gets to go again.

And Bless You for taking a baby and toddler to WDW!!!

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

I wouldn't take a 3-month old on any ride, because I wouldn't want to get stuck half way through with a kid crying and screaming and ruining everyone else's experience. You can't exactly reason with a 3-month old. It's not fair to the other guests, and your baby isn't going to get anything out of it anyway.

Newborns don't belong on rides. What if you have to evacuate? Just my opinion, but you did ask, LOL.

NED

 

[callieriggs]

Cool- Beans - Thanks! That is exactly what we wanted to know. We want this trip to be as much fun as possible for our daughter. Can't wait to go. We are staying at Fort Wilderness so we also have the added advantage of Extra magic hours. Love the silly little faces!

Cathy

 

[flortlebap]

I wouldn't take a 3-month old on any ride, because I wouldn't want to get stuck half way through with a kid crying and screaming and ruining everyone else's experience. You can't exactly reason with a 3-month old. It's not fair to the other guests, and your baby isn't going to get anything out of it anyway.

Newborns don't belong on rides. What if you have to evacuate? Just my opinion, but you did ask, LOL.

NED

Well we would never have had this problem. If I'd taken my DD to Disneyworld at 3 months and she'd started screaming, I'd have fed her. If she was upset on rides on our last trip (at 13 months), the same thing happened. The benefits of being a nursing mother, I guess, and I think it's a bit harsh to say it would ruin everyone else's experience if a baby started crying, they don't make much noise at 3 months anyway!! It's preferable to somebody (ie a parent) having to sit out of EVERY ride, being miserable at what they'd missed.

Babies appreciate colours - I daresay they appreciate being held as opposed to stuck in a pram all day too, so they DO get something out of it. And if you have to evacuate - so what? You can carry a baby off!

OP... anything without a height restriction is doable. FWIW, my daughter was a little scared on the Haunted Mansion with the things that jump out and scream, but was OK everywhere else and nursing her soon kept her quiet on that

 

[callieriggs]

Thanks for the reply! I am a nursing mother too so that was my thought on fussing during rides. Actually i think my 2 yr old is more likely to be loud on rides as we are at the age where she ends all her sentences with exclamation points. Don't know about doing the haunted house, it may really scare DD think we'll wait and see how Halloween goes. Not too worried about evacuating a ride either...easier to carry a 3mo old than 2yr old, plus, I am hoping there aren't a lot of evacuations anyway!

Thanks again,
Cathy

 

[lmack6654]

Our youngest DD was 3 months old when we took our first trip in 1999. She rode alot of rides with us and we never had any problems. I was bottle feeding her and that was never an issue either. If she was hungry, she got a bottle. Mostly she slept in the stroller or in my arms. When she was awake, she was fascinated by the sights and sounds around her. She looked around in awe of just about everything. I would not hesitate to go with a small baby.

 

[Mickey'sfriend]

We had our 6 month old to WDW a couple of years ago. She rode quite a bit of rides besides Small World & Pooh. Pirates, Peter Pan, Snow White, Jungle Cruise.... basically anthing that didn't require you to be "strapped in". It was really nice to enjoy the rides as a family, rather than kid swap each time.

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

Well we would never have had this problem. If I'd taken my DD to Disneyworld at 3 months and she'd started screaming, I'd have fed her. If she was upset on rides on our last trip (at 13 months), the same thing happened. The benefits of being a nursing mother, I guess, and I think it's a bit harsh to say it would ruin everyone else's experience if a baby started crying, they don't make much noise at 3 months anyway!! It's preferable to somebody (ie a parent) having to sit out of EVERY ride, being miserable at what they'd missed.

I'm not going to get in a long discussion about it, but it just appears our opinions differ.

Yes, a crying baby on a ride is a distraction to many guests, and yes, it is worth one person not going on. It's selfish in my opinion for someone to think their one experience is more important than everyone else on an attraction. If that's a burden to the vacation, then perhaps the vacation was ill-timed.

I also can't believe you would breast feed a child ON a ride with other guests, but again, it appears our opinions differ. Breast feeding debates are never pretty, and I refuse to get into one, but I have to say I'd actually be shocked and complain if someone did it in the row next to me while I was enjoying an attraction. That's honestly among the most shocking things I've ever read at the DIS. I can see arguing about a shady bench, whatever...but a ride is where I would think a line would be drawn (again, even for safety reasons - no one else is allowed food or drink on a ride, what makes your child special?).

I do not know how many rides you have been evacuated on, but especially water rides (i.e. even IASW) are sometimes done on planks you must climb on to (it depends where in the ride you are stranded). I wouldn't risk having to do that with a baby. Or, worse, something like Peter Pan, where they have to ladder you down. Not worth the potential danger - could you imagine?

I'm sure many will flame me for stating these things, but newborn children don't belong on theme park rides in my opinion.

NED

 

[callieriggs]

I wouldn't ordinarily reply into a debate...but I just need to let you know... It is my LEGAL right to breastfeed my baby ANYWHERE! That is the LAW. I am discreet and you might not even know I was breastfeeding but it is a right protected by LAW. 'nough said. I appreciate the posts and will take both opinions into consideration.

Regards,
Cathy

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

I wouldn't ordinarily reply into a debate...but I just need to let you know... It is my LEGAL right to breastfeed my baby ANYWHERE! That is the LAW. I am discreet and you might not even know I was breastfeeding but it is a right protected by LAW. 'nough said. I appreciate the posts and will take both opinions into consideration.

Regards,
Cathy

Cathy -

I do not think it is legal on a theme park attraction.

It is legal on a street because you can stand on a street corner and eat a hot dog. That's the type of thing laws have been passed in some areas.

You cannot eat a hot dog on a theme park ride.

Food and drink are not allowed on them for safety reasons. Therefore, it shouldn't matter if the food and drink are in a breast, a sippy cup, or a beer stein; it is against the rules at WDW to consume food or drink ON a ride.

You may feel entitled to it, but that doesn't make it not against the rules.

NED

 

[Aimros]

Granted you can't eat or drink on a ride...but I don't think that pertains to breast feeding. While I wouldn't really want to be near a mother who was breast feeding their child on a ride, I think the main reason for the No Food/No Drink rule is to cut back on degradation of the ride itself and to make the experience better for all guests (example: no trash from food/drink waste, no munching/crunching/slurping/crumpling, etc.). A baby breast feeding does not require opening a container, throwing anything away, or does it make very much noise. I doubt anyone would even notice and therefore I would have to disagree completely with NED's argument.

 

[callieriggs]

Florida law

Fla. Stat. Ann. § 383.015
1993 Fl. ALS 4; 1993 Fla. Laws ch. 4; 1993 Fla. HB 231

The breast feeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health and family values. A mother may breast feed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feeding.

 

[writersblock42]

Time to get back on topic. I believe the OP asked what rides she could take her infant on not whether or not you think she should breastfeed or not breastfeed on a ride and whether or not a screaming child would upset the other guests. She just wants to know which ones allow infants. Thanks, now back to our regularly scheduled question...

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

Florida law

Fla. Stat. Ann. § 383.015
1993 Fl. ALS 4; 1993 Fla. Laws ch. 4; 1993 Fla. HB 231

The breast feeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health and family values. A mother may breast feed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the mother's breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feeding.

You didn't need to quote that. I didn't disagree.

The fact is, no one is "authorized" on those attractions to have food or drink - ANYONE. You are allowed on a WDW attraction as long as you follow the rules; if you break the rules, they revoke your authorization and then you would be in an private space you are not authorized to be, negating the "right" the law gives you.

You have no "right" to be at Disney World, you buy a ticket which is revokable at any time, the condition of which is, you follow the rules. If you break the rules, you would not be authorized to be there and the law would not apply. It just stands to good sense that if food and drink isn't allowed, the container should not matter.

Sorry, I understand your point, but when people say ANYWHERE and RIGHTS in capital letters, I think the technicalities need to be recognized as well. I stand by the fact that I believe it is against the rules at WDW to nurse on a moving vehicle ride. That's independent of my opinion that it is of bad taste (lots of things are legal but of poor taste...), but just a following of the law to the letter. I'm sure it will never come to it, but it could definately be interpreted that way.

As to riding the rides at all with a newborn, I guess if you choose to risk it, it's your business. My prayers are with you for your safety if you do. Taking a newborn on a theme park ride like "Peter Pan" may sound like an innocent fun time, it's still a theme park attraction and a risk. With that one in particular, if an evac happens (once a week or more), they have to call the fire dept. to get people down by ladders. Is a 2 minute ride worth the possibility of having to hand your baby over to a fireman to be taken down a 12-foot tall ladder, and have to navigate through the corridors of a mechanical operation like a ride?

NED

 

[Cool-Beans]

NED, the OP didn't ask for everyone's opinion on whether or not she should take her baby on a ride, she asked if she could. We ALL get that you don't think she should and that you don't think WDW will allow breast-feeding on rides. You have made your point.


OP, I'm so sorry you're getting all this grief. The DIS has its up-sides

and down-sides

, too. Too bad you had to see the down first. Hang around - it gets better.

 

[NewEnglandDisney]

NED, the OP didn't ask for everyone's opinion on whether or not she should take her baby on a ride, she asked if she could. We ALL get that you don't think she should and that you don't think WDW will allow breast-feeding on rides. You have made your point.

Cool-Beans -

I agree - I think I have made my point. However, I do feel the need to point out that I did not bring up breastfeeding; both the OP (in one of her replies) and another poster both mentioned they thought that was an option. It's not a topic I brought up out of thin air.

Again, though, you are correct. There really is nothing else I can say - you either agree, or you don't. And that is a right we all have.

NED

 

[flortlebap]

Yes, a crying baby on a ride is a distraction to many guests, and yes, it is worth one person not going on. It's selfish in my opinion for someone to think their one experience is more important than everyone else on an attraction. If that's a burden to the vacation, then perhaps the vacation was ill-timed.

I also can't believe you would breast feed a child ON a ride with other guests, but again, it appears our opinions differ. Breast feeding debates are never pretty, and I refuse to get into one, but I have to say I'd actually be shocked and complain if someone did it in the row next to me while I was enjoying an attraction. That's honestly among the most shocking things I've ever read at the DIS. I can see arguing about a shady bench, whatever...but a ride is where I would think a line would be drawn (again, even for safety reasons - no one else is allowed food or drink on a ride, what makes your child special?).

So tell me something - do you have kids? A lot of your opinions seem to be incredibly anti-children.

I find it quite sad that you feel the need to comment about nursing on a ride when really it isn't any of your business, is it? I mean it's hardly going to be offensive to you if a woman who isn't anywhere near you chooses to feed her baby somewhere dark!! I would love it if you complained at, or about, me doing it though - firstly because you'd never be able to tell I was doing it, and secondly because I'm sure that anybody you complained to would just laugh in your face! The law is on our side, as is common sense!!

I nursed at Turtle Talk with Crush too - would you have an objection to that? There's no safety issue there, TBH I think it's more of a breastfeeding in public issue.

 

[eeyoreiscool]

We have taken our kids when they were young and we didn't have any problems. We just made sure that the ride was smooth with no big bumps or sudden turns in it.

 

[susieq76]

I took my youngest son at 4 months old. He went on everything he could including IASW, UOE, Pooh, Peter Pan, Snow White and POTC. Any ride where a hand held infant was allowed. I had no problems and the lights and coors entertained him so much... babies at that age just take everything in. It was easy and he basically never cried. If I had a colicy or non-social baby I would not have taken him (my DBF's baby girl born twelve days before my son NEVER would have survived- she still has problems with large groups of people at 3!).

The breastfeeding thing? C/mon- I nursed all my boys (only until the year mark but thats my and my childrens choice) and I still would not have nursed in the middle of a ride. Why? Because yes it may be my right (debateable obviously) but I wouldn't want to make the people around me uncomfortable. There are plenty of great spots where you can nurse at WDW and I used plenty of them. IMO the middle of a ride jam packed with other people is not the place. Everyone has a right of enjoyment on the ride and I personally do not wish to hinder that by nursing my child while smack up against them. If the baby is hungry take the time out to give him a full belly prior to getting on the ride. And if a baby cries? Its freaking DisneyWorld- get over it.