Splash ride vehicle configuration

[quest4dl]

I just saw a Splash mountain picture and it looks like the seats are singles (vs. at least 2 across)? My ds7 will be riding alot of the 'bigger' rides for the first time but will surely want to be sitting next to me. Any other rides where we won't be able to sit next to each other?

 

[cccdisney]

I just saw a Splash mountain picture and it looks like the seats are singles (vs. at least 2 across)? My ds7 will be riding alot of the 'bigger' rides for the first time but will surely want to be sitting next to me. Any other rides where we won't be able to sit next to each other?

Yes, they are single except for the very back seat which can seat 2 people. CM's usually put an adult and child pair back there or just one adult. That would be the only seat that could fit 2 people. A child also can not ride in the front seat (there is a height restriction - can't remember what it is though)

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

I just saw a Splash mountain picture and it looks like the seats are singles (vs. at least 2 across)? My ds7 will be riding alot of the 'bigger' rides for the first time but will surely want to be sitting next to me. Any other rides where we won't be able to sit next to each other?

Yep, on Splash you sit in singles. The very last seat is big enough to fit probably yourself and DS, but I don't know if it's allowed.. Last trip DBF sat back there and there would have been plenty of room to sit with him, but I didn't think about it until the log started moving.. But again, I don't know if you are allowed to..

You can have him sit in front of you, and you can hold on to him if he needs it. The seats are close enough together that you can lean into him and you won't be uncomfortable..

On the Matterhorn you sit in front of each other like in Splash, but 2 can share a seat belt. So you're plenty close (way closer than Splash) to hold on to him..

Those are the only rides I can think of right now that are like that..

HTH!

EDIT: yep! I just saw the PP's post. Another person can sit with you on the back seat..

 

[quest4dl]

You can have him sit in front of you, and you can hold on to him if he needs it. The seats are close enough together that you can lean into him and you won't be uncomfortable..

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So how close is the stranger you're sitting in front/back of? Not sure if I want someone I don't know suddenly grabbing onto me!

 

[disneyfaninaz]

Check out this site for a picture of the ride log.

http://www.allearsnet.com/dlr/tp/dl/splash_log.jpg

 

[TripHHH]

My DD7 was also riding some of the bigger rides when we went a few weeks ago. She wanted to ride Splash Mountain, but when I told her we would be in separate seats, but that I could still put my arms around her if she as in front of me...she refused to go on it. Big bummer. It was too much for her to think we would be in different seats. Maybe next time...

 

[quest4dl]

I guess this is another one to put on the 'differences between WDW and DL' list!

 

[bumbershoot]

So how close is the stranger you're sitting in front/back of? Not sure if I want someone I don't know suddenly grabbing onto me!

If you look at the picture below your own post, those dividers are between you and the person in front of or behind you.

I assume the back 2-seater is behind that last vertical divider, but I don't know.

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

When we went in Oct, I was seated in the back as a single... and I would swear that a guy and his gf were seated together right in front of me, her between his legs...



--Lisa

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

Okay I googled some images... like this pic with the kiddo between the dad's legs... i hope you can still do this, as it has been my plan if dd passes the height requirement in 2.5 weeks!

http://itrundle.com/worldtrip2000/pages/image511.html

another one:

http://www.widewaterfilms.com/travel/dland05/dland17.jpg

--Lisa

 

[bumbershoot]

I don't know...the date in that first URL is 2000, and I believe it has been refurbed since then.

I see the little girl hanging onto a divider in the second picture with the date of 2005 in the URL.

Combining the logs, each person could be behind a divider, but the divider is hidden between each with the one that she's holding onto peeking out.

BUT when was it refurbed?


On my first ride I was in the single rider line, and got the second row. There was a guy in front of me on the other side of the divider, and it seemed pretty tight, too tight to have a human RIGHT in front of me, and at the time I was smaller than I am now.

But I could be wrong.

I'm just planning on getting that back row with DS (if he'll go). Bypass the question.

 

[bonita_babe232]

When we went on last october they put my 3 almost 4 yr old in his own seat which he was fine with.... i sat behind him and held on to him when we went down the big hill! He didn't mind at all he actually didn't want me to hold him.... but he wasn't scared of anything he want on ALL the rides he could and was po'd casue he couldn't go on screamin and grizzly.....

 

[pixiewings71]

You absolutely cannot share seats on Splash. We went on it last month, my DD8 and I sat in the very back behind DBF and DD11. We fit fine and yes, we were behind the divider of the last seat. DBF and DD11 each had their own seat, they will not let you double up.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

So how close is the stranger you're sitting in front/back of? Not sure if I want someone I don't know suddenly grabbing onto me!

You're not that close. But if you wanted to lean into him, the seat divider will be in your way, but it's still doable..

 

[AmericanItGirl]

Yes, they are single except for the very back seat which can seat 2 people. CM's usually put an adult and child pair back there or just one adult. That would be the only seat that could fit 2 people. A child also can not ride in the front seat (there is a height restriction - can't remember what it is though)

When did they institute that rule? When I first rode Splash Mountain in the mid-90's my friend and I shared the front seat (she sat behind me...and I ducked down before we hit the bottom, so she got soaked and I stayed dry, it was classic) and I'm pretty sure that I was in 4th and she was in 3rd grade at the time.

 

[twinspluscade]

When did they institute that rule? When I first rode Splash Mountain in the mid-90's my friend and I shared the front seat (she sat behind me...and I ducked down before we hit the bottom, so she got soaked and I stayed dry, it was classic) and I'm pretty sure that I was in 4th and she was in 3rd grade at the time.

Very recently, I think. I remember reading about it on the WDW boards a few months ago.

I read that they added the rule because kids were ducking in the front row, and bonking their heads.

 

[bumbershoot]

According to all I've read, it's a 60" height rule, not necessarily kids.

However, a poster on another site with a very small adult daughter was allowed in the front seat, even though she is under 5 feet tall.

Since I'm only 5'3" I'm fairly disturbed by putting such a high limit on that front seat!!!!!

And since my 3 year old is up to my ribcage (not just to the bottom of my ribs, but inching his way up), I'm not sure that that height requirement will keep him from the front seat very long!

 

[jernysgirl]

I thought that for some reason when we were there in mid-March, we saw a couple of logs go by with two in the very back seat, sitting side by side. The last seat in the back of the log was a little wider than the rest, and they were letting an adult and small child sit together in the back. I wouldn't swear to it, but I really think I remember seeing at least two logs go by like that...?

I only think I remember this because I thought it was weird. I have always been used to the single rider seats.

 

[bumbershoot]

Yes, they are single except for the very back seat which can seat 2 people. CM's usually put an adult and child pair back there or just one adult. That would be the only seat that could fit 2 people.

There ya go.

 

[quest4dl]

Thanks all! My 11 yo will be disappointed about not riding up front - then again, I haven't measured him recently...