Single Rider Line and 10 year old

[scard192]

My co-worker and her 10 year old daughter are going to WDW this fall. daughter wants to ride EE and TT which her mother will not ride. Mother is very uncomfortable sending her 10 year old into the single rider line alone at these attractions. would they let the mother stand in the line with the daughter until they get to the chicken exit? Mom does not care if she has to use an FP for attractions she will not ride in order to wait with her child.

Would others feel comfortable sending a 10 year old into the single rider line alone? Any suggestions, tips?

TIA

 

[Robo]

My co-worker and her 10 year old daughter are going to WDW this fall. daughter wants to ride EE and TT which her mother will not ride. Mother is very uncomfortable sending her 10 year old into the single rider line alone at these attractions.
1. would they let the mother stand in the line with the daughter until they get to the chicken exit?

2. Mom does not care if she has to use an FP for attractions she will not ride in order to wait with her child.

3. Would others feel comfortable sending a 10 year old into the single rider line alone?

1. Yes. In any of the 3 lines, Single rider, regular standby or FP+ (a FP+ will be required of all
guests entering that line.)

2. A guest can wait in line at ANY attraction at WDW and then exit before riding.

3. Many other guests do that.
But, if the mother in question doesn't want to, then it's
just fine if she wants to wait in any line and then exit before riding.

 

[ErinCat]

My husband has gone through the queue and then left through the chicken exit with no problem many times. We don't make a big deal of it. He just walks on normally then exits at the appropriate time. I don't think the CM's really need to know about your motivations for leaving. They have no problem just directing people out.

 

[AlixaLock]

As stated above, your friend is welcome and absolutely should wait with her daughter if that's what she's comfortable with. I also agree that no explanations are necessary, just smile and say I'm not riding and the CM will direct her to the exit. Just make sure they've coordinated a meeting place ahead of time so that the line can move smoothly.

To answer the last part of your question, though, I just began allowing my 7 year old daughter to go through some select lines alone. I would definitely consider the possibility that the 10-year-old in question is able to ride alone and meet mom at the exit. She would definitely not be alone in doing so at WDW. Of course, this is totally subjective to the individual child and is a family decision.

 

[Robo]

A cell phone for both of the guests in question can also ease some concern about splitting up.

That is always a good back-up at WDW when parties split and want to rejoin later.

As well as the time-honored practice of all members of a party agreeing to an exact meeting spot if at any time someone gets separated from the party.
Always pick one exact spot for each park, and make sure everyone knows exactly where it is.

 

[DarkPaw]

Just make sure she realises the her daughter will be seated with a stranger for the ride wichever queue they choose

 

[disnut8]

Good advice from everyone and for the fact that the daughter will be seated alone with a stranger, well, that stranger is on vacation, might be with his/her family who are seated nearby, I really don't think that is an issue. Plus, the mother will be with the daughter until minute the seater assigns the seat so the mother can ask to hang back a bit and see where the daughter is seated. Disney will not let a ride vehicle go if someone is afraid. All will be well.

 

[bumbershoot]

Good advice from everyone and for the fact that the daughter will be seated alone with a stranger, well, that stranger is on vacation, might be with his/her family who are seated nearby, I really don't think that is an issue.

Exactly. People in an odd-numbered family end up being solo on rides often and that's likely who she'll be seated with.

I'm not sure that mom will be there at the time of seating on all rides. Chicken exits are sometimes just a bit before seating. Though she could act like she's riding and at the very last minute change her mind and be sent back in line to where the exit spot was. (Only example I can picture here is alas at DL but it's worth planning mentally for)

It's also hard to come up with an exact spot if youv'e never ridden the ride. Every gets to put on their "best judgment" hat that day.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

We had a 9 yr old with us a few weeks ago. We let it be up to him 'Do you want to ride Everest twice but we have to go single riders, or do you want to wait in line and we only get to ride it once but we go together?' (It was true, that was our first of four planned hops that day.) He said he wanted to ride it twice. First time, he actually did get to ride with one of us (that's when these giant tour groups come and they don't want to split up a group of 8 so they pull two from the SR line to fill up the last car and the next train can accommodate the big group. Doesn't always happen but great when it does.)
So our plan was to make sure one of us rode down first so we would already be waiting for him at the exit. The second time, he did have to ride SR and he had no problem with it. His grandma thought he would be terrified but he wasnt. He was smart, ride it twice as much for half the line. She later took him on SR for RnRc too (our FPs were at MK, which was the 4th and final hop.) He got to ride his faves a bunch due to SR and it worked out just fine. We did keep an eye on him and made sure he got loaded on to the train. After that, we knew we would be there first at the exit so it was fine. He's riding like a big boy pro now!!! (Last yr was the first time he was ever tall enough for Rc) I don't think it would be a problem if the SR adult didn't ride, took the chicken exit, but its never ever occurred to us...

 

[Sdobek]

EE single rider line is short and I think you can see the entire queue from outside the entrance. If she's concerned, I would go through the single rider line with her child until she gets picked to board. The unload is on the same platform so the mom could just walk over to the exit and would be waiting right there when she got off (the ride exits into a gift shop so not really anywhere else to go but there). I don't know how the chicken exit works on TT but it also has easy spots to setup a meeting point at the exit too.