Top rides for Pre-Schoolers

[nutterbutter2010]

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but what rides are the favorites of your pre-schoolers? Please be park specific!!!

 

[PrincessKell]

We have only been to Disneyland but this is what she liked and still does. Her first time was at 3.5yrs she is now 7.

My daughter loves Its a Small World/ and Its a Small World Holiday. She is also very fond of Peter Pans flight, Casey Jr, Tea Cups, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, She loves to ride on the train, Winnie the Pooh, POTC.

She loves DCA park and loves everything in the Bugs Life area.

 

[ppan77]

I am sure I skipped a few but here is what we enjoy with our preschoolers. We love MK and always dedicate atleast two days here. Our next fave is DHS!
MK (the whole park-but here goes our faves with ds4 and dd18 months)
WDW Railroad
TTA
Buzz
Indy Speedway
Tea Cups
Barnstormer
Pooh
Peter Pan
Philarmagic
Dumbo
Carousel
Small World
Jungle Cruise
POTC (a little dark but harmless)
Aladdin's Carpets
Tiki Room

DHS (our second fav park with preschoolers)
Playhouse Disney -show
Toy Story Mania
Little Mermaid -(can be scary during storm scene)
Beauty and the Beast-show
Muppets 3d-show

AK
Safari
Triceratop Spin
Train to Rafiki
lots of shows/animal trails but not a lot of rides

Epcot(not huge fans of this park bc of lack of rides)
Nemo and Friends
Turtle Talk
Figment
Spaceship Earth
Test Track (must be 40 in)

 

[ktlm]

We took DD when she was 2 yrs 10 months and again when she was 3. There really was not a ride that she did not like. We did not take her in Haunted Mansion, or obviously on anything that had a height restriction (other than Goofy's barnstormer which was was tall enough for). There are so many rides that little ones can go on in the parks. Her absolute favorites were Peter Pan, Small World, and the plain old Carousel in Fantasyland at MK and Aladdin's Magic Carpets at Adventureland at MK. Next, would be Toy Story Mania at DHS. That would be followed by the boat ride in Mexico at Epcot. Her favorite park other than MK, is definitely Epcot. In addition to the rides and just exploring there, the fact that the World Showcase is full of Princesses is a big hit with her. At 2 years 10 months, she did not like AK at all (we have a tram at our local zoo, and I don't think she got the distinction between that and Safari), but at 3 she liked it there. She is usually ready to leave DHS by mid- afternoon, so we probably spend the least amount of time there, but she loves shows, so at that park she loves The little Mermaid show, Beauty and the Beast Show and Muppet 3-D. She liked the beginning and the end of Fanstasmic, but the middle terrified her and she doesn't scare that easily (i.e. we had to ride Snow White's Scary Adventures about 4 times in a row). We were sitting too close- if you take little ones, I would sit towards the back where it is not so intense. If you have kids who won't sit through shows and you are looking for rides, you probably won't spend much time at all at DHS, but Toy Story Mania is definitely worth going for with the little ones. (We did not take her on the Great Movie Ride because of the Alien's movie part and the live gun fight part, which we did not think she would do well with)

 

[Macduffy]

MK
Tomorrowland Speedway
Dumbo/Aladdin (same thing)
Barnstormer

EPCOT
Soarin'
Test Track

DHS
Playhouse Disney Show
Toy Story Mania


AK
KALI RIVER RAPIDS!!!!!!!!
avoid Dinosaur at ALL COSTS - horrible horrible horrible

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

AK -
Dinoland, all of it
Nemo show

EP -
Spaceship earth
Nemo, the ride
Turtle Talk with Crush

DHS -
none

MK -
Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
Goofy's Barnstormer
Indy Speedway
Dumbo
train

 

[nutterbutter2010]

Thanks for the ideas guys!!!!

 

[snubie]

Our last trip DD was just about to turn 4. Her absolute favorites included:

MK:
Small World
Flying carpets
TTA

EPCOT:
Nemo
Spaceship Earth
the ride in Mexico

Keep in mind my DD is not a daredevil and was just a bit too short to make Soarin or Test Track.