Three's a crowd... or not?

[SASTACK1216]

We are going to WDW as a party of three (me, my husband and my son). Haven't been to Disney since I was a kid. I was wondering if one of us (either my husband or me) will be forced to sit next to a stranger on a ride? Perhaps, someone from the single rider line? Do they still have those?

 

[mesaboy2]

Three rides have SR (Test Track, Expedition Everest, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster). On those rides in particular, you are likely to be sat with a single.

 

[bigherosix]

A lot of rides have room for three people in a row. Might be tight depending on how old your son is, but it's not the huge issue you might think it would be.

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

Test Track sits 3 across so you'll have no trouble there. Our family is a family of 3 and the only ride we have had the experience of having to ride with a stranger in the car with one of us is the mine train. It only sits 2 per car and when we were there last summer, they were filling every seat.

 

[Lucius Best]

Test Track seats three across, so you will not be sitting next to a stranger. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train does not have single rider line, but they will match up odd-numbered parties, so one of you will definitely be sitting next to a stranger. Depending on how big your son is, there are a few rides where you might be able to fit in the same car three across, or maybe not.

 

[mesaboy2]

Test Track sits 3 across so you'll have no trouble there. Our family is a family of 3 and the only ride we have had the experience of having to ride with a stranger in the car with one of us is the mine train. It only sits 2 per car and when we were there last summer, they were filling every seat.

Test Track seats three across, so you will not be sitting next to a stranger. Seven Dwarfs Mine Train does not have single rider line, but they will match up odd-numbered parties, so one of you will definitely be sitting next to a stranger. Depending on how big your son is, there are a few rides where you might be able to fit in the same car three across, or maybe not.

Yeah, I totally whiffed there didn't I?

 

[SASTACK1216]

Thanks so much! He's little (5 years old). Just needed this info to prepare my husband.

 

[Lucius Best]

Yeah, I totally whiffed there didn't I?

There's a first time for everything.

 

[mesaboy2]

I wish.

 

[Doug M]

 

[bumbershoot]

Yeah, I totally whiffed there didn't I?

It's allowed every so often.

 

[Princess Jes]

Think of all the new friends you'll make though!!

 

[soniam]

It's always just the 3 of us as well. We usually ask our son with whom he wants to ride. Sometimes it's me, and sometimes it's my husband. It hasn't really been an issue. They almost always fill the empty seat though.

 

[BudgieMama]

I rode the Mine Train on my own via FP+ and was sat next to a woman from a party of three. That was the day the rain started whilst I was inside for boarding so we were surprised to find ourselves riding a washing machine!

Neither of us were given the option of not sitting with a stranger, but it doesn't bother me... especially when line are long. I'd rather they filled the seats than sent rides with empty seats when the wait times are high.

 

[YawningDodo]

...What's so bad about sitting next to a stranger? Just take turns sitting next to the kiddo on the rides that don't seat three together. On my first trip as a kid we were a group of three and my mom would usually sit with me and have my brother sit alone or with a stranger, since he's three years older and was a heck of a lot braver. Now that we're all grown up, we usually go in the single riders lines and let them split our party up anyway -- we can chat in line and we'd rather get on fast than get on together. So I guess I'm that stranger you're going to be "forced" to sit with.

 

[BellsFam]

We were split up on TSMM and 7DMT and rode with strangers. DH one time, me the next...

 

[CampbellzSoup]

...What's so bad about sitting next to a stranger? Just take turns sitting next to the kiddo on the rides that don't seat three together. On my first trip as a kid we were a group of three and my mom would usually sit with me and have my brother sit alone or with a stranger, since he's three years older and was a heck of a lot braver. Now that we're all grown up, we usually go in the single riders lines and let them split our party up anyway -- we can chat in line and we'd rather get on fast than get on together. So I guess I'm that stranger you're going to be "forced" to sit with.

Right - you think they want to sit next to the OP either. Sometimes you just gotta keep trucking to get on the ride!

 

[I M Fearless]

Mine train generally fills all seats.

 

[LATJLP]

Hey guys....let's remember that we don't know OPs reason for asking, only that she said thanks and that she wanted the info to "prepare" her husband. While many people, maybe most, love making new friends of strangers in line and on rides, there are some people with a social interaction issue that perhaps this is a difficult situation. Just saying from experience with a friend who has issues about being touched by a stranger, even bumped in a crowd can cause her to tense up noticeably. For her sitting on a ride with a stranger next to her is enough for her to want to get off. Soooo, we just move our group of friends around so that she always has a friend on the ride and we kinda surround her in lines and crowds.....she jokes we are her bodyguards and she feels like royalty, but in reality it is so that she can remain as comfortable as possible (being jostled by strangers too often makes her stay tense and then the "fight or flight" reaction and she desperately needs to leave, which we do for her, but obviously we want to stay as long as we can keep her going). Yes, many find her reaction "weird" and we've had some folks who don't understand make rude comments, but it's just the way she is wired.....in school her parents put her through a lot of therapy hoping she would "get over it" but all which did nothing. It's just her nature. We all have oddities whether we admit/notice them.....even Mesa Boy can whiff it once and don't we all think he's practically perfect so that weirds us out enough that there are at least 4 posts about it on this thread, lol.

NOT chastising anyone here, just hoping some of you might go "hmmm, hadn't thought of it that way".

 

[Supermom3]

I was wondering the same thing. I am traveling with my sister, her two boys 4 & 6, and my DD8. I am thinking that there may be instances where my DD will have to ride alone or next to a stranger because the boys are too young to ride alone. I don't have a problem with her being next to a stranger, but she is very shy with people she doesn't know, especially adults, and I'd like to prepare her ahead of time for those times she may not be riding next to me. I think for 7DMT she will be fine because I am in her sight, but for TSMM she might be more uncomfortable not being able to see me during the ride.