Originally Posted By FloridaHeidiLovesWDW Do you think that if a child fits the height requirment on rides such as space mountain but is stil quite young lets say 5 or 6 do you think it's ok for the child to ride this ride or is it safer to skip it.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom If the child fits the height requirement, then it is up to you. If your child frightens easily then, I would not let them ride. Some kids fear nothing and would be ok on that type of ride. My daughter would not have been happy on that type of ride at that age, so we skipped them. My nephew could not get enough of wild rides at 6 yrs old. No fear in that kid.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey My nephew was tall enough to ride Everest at six last year, but he wasn't too happy when he got off the ride. There wasn't any crying, but I don't think he blinked for a few hours . I agree with lilgoofy - it all depends on the kid.
Originally Posted By retlawfan I agree with lilgoofymom. It really depends on the child. My DD is fearless. Her favorite rides are Tower of Terror and Indiana Jones, and she barely makes the height requirement. My son is just the opposite. He'd rather skip most of the rides. Although he did ride Space Mountain last trip, so I think he's warming up to the "bigger" rides.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I would leave the kids at home and go to WDW with another adult and enjoy the place with no kiddy concerns of any kind.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I feel it really does depend on the child. Expecelity for attractions like EE,RC and TOT. My son is now tall enough to ride splash and he is only 3, when we go next year he'll he 41/2 and is already looking forward to getting soaked.
Originally Posted By gaston lives I was at WDW in January with my 3.5 year old son and 1.5 year old daughter. My son was tall enough for Big Thunder, and he loves trains and wanted to ride it. We got in line with him (my parents took my daughter someplace else), and about 3 minutes after getting in line he said he didn't want to go because it looked too scary. We promptly got out of line with no complaining and went and did something else until my wife adn I could ride alone. The sad thing was the people behind us were making comments about us being bad parents trying to take a child who was in no way ready on the ride. Here's the deal...he was tall enouhg, he wanted to go, then he chagned his mind. We didn't force him to do anything, and people that say those things are either 1) idiots, 2) don't know the situation, or 3) non-parents who don't understand taht children have as much a right to WDW as anybody else. It's up to you and your child, let them enjoy what they want to enjoy, but don't force them to do anything they don't want to do. I don't think I rode Space Mountain until I was nearly 12.
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker <The sad thing was the people behind us were making comments about us being bad parents trying to take a child who was in no way ready on the ride> It's a real shame that people can't mind their own business. Being parents that take your child/children to WDW make you good parents in my book already. I know some people that took their children down to the WDW area for a week and stayed at an all-inclusive resort so they could get drunk and ignore their kids. They took them to Universal for 1 day, and didn't even go to Disney at all. But that's their perogative. If you feel people around you are not being good parents, those comments should be kept to yourself, but of course not everyone has common decency in this world. As far as your son changing his mind on the line, that happens all the time. I could understand those people's comments had your son been screaming and crying in fear and you were FORCING him to go on the ride!
Originally Posted By gaston lives Well, that's what I thought. I didnt' say anything to the people...trying to be the bigger person, but boy did it try my patience. My parents always bug my wife and I for wanting to go to Disney every year, but I keep telling them that they took me when I was a child, and I loved the memories and had a blast! I just want my children to have the best memories they can, and we think that Disney can provide them for us! It's what we've decided to do (as a family) and if people don't understand, then that's their problem, right?
