Which scarier Snow White or Stitch?

[26555]

My 4/6 year old boys say they aren't afraid of anything and did fine on Haunted Mansion. I was thinking if they did SW and weren't scared, we could do Stitch, then work up to Dinosaur then TOT. If get scared anywere along the way, wait until next year to try again. Would this be the appropriate less scary to more scary order? Thanks.

 

[tjkraz]

Based upon everything I've read, Stitch is already off the list for our near-4 year old. I'd suggest reading the many, many reviews very carefully. Don't know if you ever experienced Alien Encounter, but I'll try to paint a picture for you:

- Each guest must sit in his/her own separate seat. It's literally a chair with armrests keeping the guests separate from one another. You probably wouldn't be able to do much more than hold your child's hand.

- A set of bars lowers onto your shoulders. It's not meant to be a restraint system so much as part of the attraction's effects. But it is quite intimidating and can also be painful.

- It's entirely possible that a small child could escape his/her chair, but the parent would likely find it difficult to follow.

- The room goes pitch black (or very nearly so) during the show.

- There are atmospheric effects in the nearly black room - water sprayed on the guest (I believe to simulate slobber with the new Stitch version). The shoulder restraint system used to bounce the guest up and down somewhat to simulate the alien moving around. Not sure if this is still part of Stitch.

Unless the Imagineers make significant changes to Stitch before its grand opening, it just doesn't sound appropriate for a small child to me.

Tower Of Terror, IMO, is in a bit different class. ToT is less psychologically intimidating and more physically intimidating. Kinda like trying to compare a haunted house (with the frights, blood and gore) to the intensity of a rollercoaster. I can certainly envision a child that would have little problem with thrill rides like BTMR or ToT, and still be scared senseless by AE/Stitch.

Dinosaur is a little of both--physical and psychological.

Depending on how the reviews read over the next few months, Dinosaur may or may not be higher on my own list than Stitch.

I don't want to come across as lecturing you on your parenting, because that couldn't be farther from the truth. You know your kids better than anyone else. That said, my final piece of advice would be to remember that if you rush kids into an attraction before they are ready, the response you get may be an immediate aversion to ANY thrill rides. Make sure you discuss with them up-front exactly what will happen and try to determine for yourself whether they are really ready for the experience.

 

[26555]

Thanks for all the info. I definately don't drag them on anything and they want to do everything. Thats why I thought we'd start at the least scary of the scary stuff and if they really don't mind it, go up from there. I had crossed Stitch off the list when I read about it but somehow my 6 year old heard about it and wants to try. We've heard bad things about Snow White so haven't tried it, thought I might see how that goes before I commit to trying Stitch. I've never done AE so the explanation helps. They've done well at US/IOA with Jaws,T2, Shrek and spiderman but I think we'll pass on the scary stuff at Disney since there are so many other things to do.

 

[chesirekate]

Have your children seen Snow White the movie? The Queen after she disguises herself as the old woman is really the scariest part of the ride, and she is in several scenes. If your kids were not scared of the old witch woman or laughed at her or whatever, then they should be fine riding Snow White. My 2 year old DD is scared to death of the witch, she wimpered and snuggled her face into me whenever the witch came on while we were watching the movie. So, I know she will not be getting on the ride anytime soon. I figure when she can handle the movie she will be able to handle the ride.

I have not ridden Stitch, so I cannot comment on that, but from what I've read I would think it's more frightening than Snow White. And like the poster above mentioned, the atmosphere sounds like it might be more intimidating than that of the ToT.

 

[AladdinsPrincess]

Definitely Stitch. It's loud and parts of it are completely in the dark. It's more "real" than Snow White too, if that makes sense.