Where do Kids have to Stand when Child Swapping?

[bwbuddy5]

Is it close to where you board the attraction, or is it back at the entrance of the attraction?

 

[Shellyb84]

Is it close to where you board the attraction, or is it back at the entrance of the attraction?

It's where you exit the attraction.

 

[ucfknight]

The child(ren) and the adult staying with them stay anywhere outside of the attraction queue. You go up to the queue entrance and advise the cast member you want to do a child swap. They will give a paper ticket to the adult staying with the kid(s) so that they may enter the FP line (along with up to 2 others) when it is their turn to ride. The ticket is good until at least the end of the day. The adult and kid(s) not riding are welcome to go off and do something else. They don't have to stay near the attraction.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hmmm... maybe I'm misunderstanding the question or the nuances of child swap (which we haven't done all that often) but when we've done it, the CM at the attractiion entrance will give you a paper ticket to come back later. The adult/kid staying behind can go do whatever they want. They don't "hold" anywhere.

 

[Shellyb84]

Hmmm... maybe I'm misunderstanding the question or the nuances of child swap (which we haven't done all that often) but when we've done it, the CM at the attractiion entrance will give you a paper ticket to come back later. The adult/kid staying behind can go do whatever they want. They don't "hold" anywhere.

This is when they get a child swap pass, which is usually just given when the child isn't tall enough. If the child is tall enough but doesn't want to ride, typically you will have to do rider swap. One person rides while the other waits with the child and then they switch out.

 

[bwbuddy5]

One person rides while the other waits with the child and then they switch out.

That's the one I'm asking about, I probably just didn't ask it correctly.

 

[AngiTN]

This is when they get a child swap pass, which is usually just given when the child isn't tall enough. If the child is tall enough but doesn't want to ride, typically you will have to do rider swap. One person rides while the other waits with the child and then they switch out.

I've never known them to handle the 2 differently.

 

[BrianL]

This is when they get a child swap pass, which is usually just given when the child isn't tall enough. If the child is tall enough but doesn't want to ride, typically you will have to do rider swap. One person rides while the other waits with the child and then they switch out.

As far as I know there is no such procedure at Disney. Anyone who does not want to ride may exit before boarding, but anyone exiting with them would not get any kind of pass to return and ride later. In most cases there is nowhere that they will allow you to stand and wait in the loading areas. I'm not going to say that certain CMs will never allow this, but I'd say that is an exception rather than the rule.

In the case of an actual Child Switch, the previous posters are correct in saying you are given a pass at the front of the queue for the person waiting with the child to return. A child who does not meet the height requirement for a ride is never allowed into the queue at all. They and the parent watching them can go do whatever else while they wait. Usually the actual Chile Switch passes are only given for children not tall enough, though information on this varies and CMs may or may not enforce it.

 

[AngiTN]

As far as I know there is no such procedure at Disney. Anyone who does not want to ride may exit before boarding, but anyone exiting with them would not get any kind of pass to return and ride later. In most cases there is nowhere that they will allow you to stand and wait in the loading areas. I'm not going to say that certain CMs will never allow this, but I'd say that is an exception rather than the rule.

In the case of an actual Child Switch, the previous posters are correct in saying you are given a pass at the front of the queue for the person waiting with the child to return. A child who does not meet the height requirement for a ride is never allowed into the queue at all. They and the parent watching them can go do whatever else while they wait. Usually the actual Chile Switch passes are only given for children not tall enough, though information on this varies and CMs may or may not enforce it.

That's what I was thinking.

What PP mentioned does happen at Universal, they have waiting areas at many of their rides and they are at the exit areas. But I've not seen that at Disney. Their process it as above from what I've experienced.

 

[Shellyb84]

As far as I know there is no such procedure at Disney. Anyone who does not want to ride may exit before boarding, but anyone exiting with them would not get any kind of pass to return and ride later. In most cases there is nowhere that they will allow you to stand and wait in the loading areas. I'm not going to say that certain CMs will never allow this, but I'd say that is an exception rather than the rule.

In the case of an actual Child Switch, the previous posters are correct in saying you are given a pass at the front of the queue for the person waiting with the child to return. A child who does not meet the height requirement for a ride is never allowed into the queue at all. They and the parent watching them can go do whatever else while they wait. Usually the actual Chile Switch passes are only given for children not tall enough, though information on this varies and CMs may or may not enforce it.

That's what I was thinking.

What PP mentioned does happen at Universal, they have waiting areas at many of their rides and they are at the exit areas. But I've not seen that at Disney. Their process it as above from what I've experienced.

DH and I swap with DD frequently, she's tall enough but she won't ride ToT or RNRC yet. We go through the line together, I ride and a CM shows them out the "chicken" exit where they wait in the area close to where the ride unloads. Then he goes back through and rides.

 

[AngiTN]

DH and I swap with DD frequently, she's tall enough but she won't ride ToT or RNRC yet. We go through the line together, I ride and a CM shows them out the "chicken" exit where they wait in the area close to where the ride unloads. Then he goes back through and rides.

You mean in the gift shop?

 

[BrianL]

DH and I swap with DD frequently, she's tall enough but she won't ride ToT or RNRC yet. We go through the line together, I ride and a CM shows them out the "chicken" exit where they wait in the area close to where the ride unloads. Then he goes back through and rides.

Does he get some kind of pass to return? I am not aware of this general procedure. I know though that they have nowhere to wait inside of the attractions, so showing them out the chicken exit makes sense.

 

[Shellyb84]

You mean in the gift shop?

For some attractions yes. At Soarin its just outside the exit door of the ride.

 

[AngiTN]

For some attractions yes. At Soarin its just outside the exit door of the ride.

And then he rides with a rider swap pass?

 

[Shellyb84]

Does he get some kind of pass to return? I am not aware of this general procedure. I know though that they have nowhere to wait inside of the attractions, so showing them out the chicken exit makes sense.

No he doesn't get a pass, they tell him to just come back through the chicken exit once I'm done riding. We've seen other people doing this also.

 

[BrianL]

No he doesn't get a pass, they tell him to just come back through the chicken exit once I'm done riding. We've seen other people doing this also.

Hmm, okay. I suppose the CMs are relaying this information to each other so they allow you to go in through the exits. This may be a case of the CMs just being nice about it, but this is certainly an unadvertised benefit.

 

[AngiTN]

Hmm, okay. I suppose the CMs are relaying this information to each other so they allow you to go in through the exits. This may be a case of the CMs just being nice about it, but this is certainly an unadvertised benefit.

I was wondering how you get back in through the exit. Especially at ToT where you have to go in an elevator
We recently got to go that way when the CM at the photobooth tasked DGD to be a bellhop for a shift because she was dressed like a ToT CM. They got her a jacket from the employee lounge, let her direct an elevator as it unloaded and they brought us all back in the exit and gave us a ride in the front row, along with a free printed photo. But that took a lot of coordination effort on the CMs to get us back in. I can't see them doing that for every rider swap

 

[Shellyb84]

Hmm, okay. I suppose the CMs are relaying this information to each other so they allow you to go in through the exits. This may be a case of the CMs just being nice about it, but this is certainly an unadvertised benefit.

DD usually tells the CM at the beginning of the queue she doesn't want to ride, that CM tells her to tell the CM at loading that she doesn't want to ride. That CM asks which one of us is riding first, then shows the other two out. This is pretty much how they've always handled it. This has been multiple trips a year for several years. A couple of times when she was smaller (but still tall enough) they offered us the paper swap pass, but rarely.

 

[Shellyb84]

I was wondering how you get back in through the exit. Especially at ToT where you have to go in an elevator
We recently got to go that way when the CM at the photobooth tasked DGD to be a bellhop for a shift because she was dressed like a ToT CM. They got her a jacket from the employee lounge, let her direct an elevator as it unloaded and they brought us all back in the exit and gave us a ride in the front row, along with a free printed photo. But that took a lot of coordination effort on the CMs to get us back in. I can't see them doing that for every rider swap

I'm almost always the first one of us to ride, so DH is the one that usually goes back through. I did ride 2nd on (I think it was) Space Mtn. once, they showed me to a hallway and said to tell the CM at the door at the end of the hall I was doing rider swap.

 

[tzolkin]

I don't think this is an "official" policy, I think it's the CMs way of being nice.

This usually happens in situations where everyone intends to ride but then a child can't/won't when you reach the boarding area. (Ex. Once DS was "tall enough" at the entrance to Test Track, but "too short" at the boarding area. The CMs had DH and DS cross through the cars and wait there to do a swap after I rode with the other kids.)

This seems confusing and potentially dangerous to be a policy intended for everyone who simply doesn't want to ride.