Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Yeah, and don't let siblings influence them either, LOL! My sister used to tell me how "scary" the Matterhorn was, and she had me envisioning a yeti that took up the entire mountain inside! She made it seem so terrifying, I didn't have the nerve to go on it until I was a lot older. Once I did go on it, my response was "That was it?". I love the Matterhorn now, but it's funny how impressionable little kids are! Oh, and my parents took me on Space Mountain when I was about 3 or 4, and I didn't really fit in the seat, so I slid down to where you put your feet. That ride scared the crap out of me and I screamed my head off the entire ride and never wanted to go back on. So, yeah, it really depends on what the child is ready for.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle Heck, as an adult I'm still afraid of the Yeti. I scream everytime I go through that mountain. LOL I'm not a parent, but I would err on the side of caution. At 2-1/2, that growling, red-eyed monster may be a little too intense.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal The Yeti on Expedition Everest really DOES take up a huge space. That really freaked me out. He's HUUUUUUGGGGEEEE!!!!
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF My 7 year old has been riding the Matterhorn for over 4 years......and yes I still hold on to him....it is a very jerky ride.......but he loves it and always has......it depends on the child.....
Originally Posted By nemopoppins My youngest daughter went on it when she was just 2-1/2 (even though I knew the requirement was 3 years, but she was only a month away) and she LOVED it. It replaced IASW as her favorite ride. I wasn't ready for that. I still wanted her to be little.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>We always give them the choice and never encourage one way or the other<< Good for you! There's nothing I hate more than seeing a little child crying hysterically in the line for a ride while their parents say "come on, you'll love it! We've lined up, you have to go on it now!" I've seen that happen quite a few times and I always wonder if they ever get their kids back on the ride again, after that experience.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I don't know. Sometimes the parents know their kids. Say the kid always balks at things but always ends up really loving them. Yeah, it would be awful to force someone who is really suffering, but I really couldn't make the call that that is the case. I do know that one of my kids refused to go on California Screaming when DCA was new. Most of our family had gone on it about five times during that trip. Well, I just couldn't bring myself to make her go even though I knew she'd love it. Then on our last day, she decided to ride it (no pressure from me, really, I had given up) and she kicked herself for a year until our next trip that she missed all those opportunities to ride it. One time we went to Tahoe over my son's birthday and he was so upset, saying that his birthday was ruined. He played in the snow for the first time and he ended up saying it was the most fun he ever had in his life.
