Single adult with child-going on rides

[arol25]

Has anyone experienced this?
I am going to Disney for a few days and will be taking my 10 year old who may not want to get on certain rides once we wait in line (they may be too scary or too high). Is there any way that I would be able to go on the ride if she changes her mind and wait for me at the area where they have the parents who take turns with their child?
Thank you

 

[wdwguide]

Has anyone experienced this?
I am going to Disney for a few days and will be taking my 10 year old who may not want to get on certain rides once we wait in line (they may be too scary or too high). Is there any way that I would be able to go on the ride if she changes her mind and wait for me at the area where they have the parents who take turns with their child?
Thank you

Shouldn't be a problem at all - you can wait in line together, then all she has to do is take the chicken exit and then wait at the attraction exit for you. I recommend taking walkie talkies or cell phones just in case there is a misunderstanding and you miss each other somehow.

 

[makinorlando]

LOL - (not laughing at you), but my DD and I do this all the time, but I am usually the one taking the chicken exit and waiting for her! She has no fear of rides! There are some queues that I will let her go in herself and I will wait in the other side, but when they are very long, I go just to keep her company!

Has anyone experienced this?
I am going to Disney for a few days and will be taking my 10 year old who may not want to get on certain rides once we wait in line (they may be too scary or too high). Is there any way that I would be able to go on the ride if she changes her mind and wait for me at the area where they have the parents who take turns with their child?
Thank you

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I'm not sure which rides would be too scary for a 10yo, but on a ride like Rock N Roller Coaster, she could go go through the queue with you and then right before boarding she could go through the "chicken exit" and wait for you by where they show the ride pictures. My son did that one time, but my DH was waiting on the other side anticipating him not wanting to ride.

I think that you can do the same on ToT, but there's an elevator to ride down and she could wait by the ride photos. Not sure about Everest.

Maybe you can get her to ride once on all the rides. RnR is really the only ride that one of my kids was scared to ride, but now that child is 12yo and once I got him on RnR he became the most daring of my kids and now will ride any ride that he is faced with and has plans to ride the biggest and fastest coasters in the world. I can't believe that he's the same kid!

 

[arol25]

Thank you for the responses. You would be surprised she will want to go until the last minute and think of a thousand reasons of why not to, if I wait on line for over 60 mintes someone is going on the ride : )

 

[Hobbes]

You may find it works the opposite way and when she gets to the front and sees smaller kids-and there will be loads- getting on that she'll have to ride or look silly! I know theres an area at Space mountain cos I saw a mum and one kid ride whilst the other kid waited-the CMs were really nice about it.I'm sure I don't have to tell you not to push her on to something she doesn't like.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I always have mexed feelings about this. I saw one man forcing his boy to ride RnR, which broke my heart. The boy must have been about 8yo and really did not want to ride--was crying and very upset. That was a pretty clear cut case.

But there have been times that I've known that my child would enjoy a ride if they would just get their stubborn tushies on it. My 6yo was tall enough for an upside down coaster recently at a local amusement part and he was telling us that he wasn't sure about the ride (he wasn't upset at all). I told him that he should try it once and see if he liked it, which he agreed to. Of course he loved the ride and wanted to ride again. Other times I've bribed my kids to get on rides I knew they would enjoy. But again, I'm not talking about screaming kids.

 

[DISUNC]

Has anyone experienced this?
I am going to Disney for a few days and will be taking my 10 year old who may not want to get on certain rides once we wait in line (they may be too scary or too high). Is there any way that I would be able to go on the ride if she changes her mind and wait for me at the area where they have the parents who take turns with their child?
Thank you

I had this same problem years ago with my nephew who was 8 on SM. We waited in line and once arriving...he freaked! Had to take the "chicken out" door with him. The CM's will not 'babysit' (lack of better term) the kiddies while you go on the rides.

So if the kid don't ride, you dont ride! What can you do?

 

[denver87]

My daughter and I made eight (DD/Dd) solo trips together and I always had one standing rule, if she didn't want to ride something, then I didn't either.

Remember, your there for her (even though your going to have a blast yourself) and why risk her getting lost and ruining your whole day just to take a solo ride?

 

[twinz]

A few years ago we were in Disney with a family friend and her three boys ages 6,8, and 9. The 6 year old was sometimes scared and we gave him an invisable brave hat that he could wear during the ride and take off after it was done. Which worked for him (also having two older brothers that were not scared helped too!). He was pretty good and tried almost everything once (the ones he was tall enough to get on). The ones he really didn't want to do one of the adults waited with him.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I had this same problem years ago with my nephew who was 8 on SM. We waited in line and once arriving...he freaked! Had to take the "chicken out" door with him. The CM's will not 'babysit' (lack of better term) the kiddies while you go on the rides.

So if the kid don't ride, you dont ride! What can you do?

There's a difference in an 8yo and a 10yo. Also, between a person's own child and a nephew. I'm assuming that if she's asking the question, she's comfortable allowing the child to wait for a few minutes while she rides. Also, as long as the child is tall enough to go through the queue and knows where to wait, the time that they'd have to wait in a ride like RnR is about 2 minutes since the ride itself is 1 1/2 minutes. ToT would be quite a bit longer since the ride itself is a lot longer. Everyone has their own comfort level and knows their own children. I would go over the safety rules with a child before hand and be clear about where the meeting point is, though (and cell phones are a great idea).

 

[mill4023]

There's a difference in an 8yo and a 10yo. Also, between a person's own child and a nephew. I'm assuming that if she's asking the question, she's comfortable allowing the child to wait for a few minutes while she rides. Also, as long as the child is tall enough to go through the queue and knows where to wait, the time that they'd have to wait in a ride like RnR is about 2 minutes since the ride itself is 1 1/2 minutes. ToT would be quite a bit longer since the ride itself is a lot longer. Everyone has their own comfort level and knows their own children. I would go over the safety rules with a child before hand and be clear about where the meeting point is, though (and cell phones are a great idea).

Yep. Every parent has to decide when their child is old enough to wait alone. For my own kids, at 8, I'd probably say no, but at 10, I'd be ok with them waiting alone for a short time.

 

[tjmw2727]

Yes - most of the time there is a chicken exit or a place to wait. Have a back up plan in case she has to use the restroom or just gets spooked. Some rides she will be able to see you all the time, others it may be a while when she dosen't know where you are. Maybe you both should carry a cellphone just in case??

Not sure if this is what you were asking, but like pp's have mentioned you and she must be comfortable with her waiting alone as the CM's will not watch or be responsible for her in anyway. My 11 yo I could not do this right now but looking forward my 9yo would be totally fine waiting when she is 10 or 11. She is just a different type of child so only the OP konws best if her dd can handle the wait.

I travel often with my dd's who are now 11 and 9 and like an above poster said its all or nothing for us. I don't mind skipping anything but they often have to do some negotiating!

TJ

 

[C.Darwin]

if you're comfortable leaving your child alone and unsupervised. cm's won't babysit for you. keep in mind...what if the ride breaks down for an extended period of time while you're on it? i can't tell you how many times i've sat on tot, space mountain, etc... for a long time waiting for cm's to let us off or restart the ride.

 

[Hannathy]

I would certainly be willing to let my 10 yr old wait at an exit at Disney for me, actually I would probably let my 8 yr old do it. While a CM is not going to babysit they would definately help if there was a real problem. , if the child did get bothered (statistically nil) or you were unavoidably delayed and they went up to a CM I'm sure they would assist. I would just say stand within sight of an employee and wait.

I agree with the poster that said if I wait an hour doggone right someone is going on that ride!