First Ride?

Originally Posted By noahbear2008

Hello All,
We are leaving in 12 days (SO EXCITED) to take our two year old on his first trip to Disneyland! My husband and I have been bantering back and forth about what should be his first ride. He says Pirates and I am leaning towards Pooh. We are going to be arriving in the park around 11 or 12 on a Saturday so I know wait times for some rides will be long. I just don't want to scare him on his first ride so he will be afraid for the rest of the trip. Any thoughts?

 

Originally Posted By brunolvr

The Disneyland Railroad would be my vote.

 

Originally Posted By Mickeysbestfan

Peterpan

 

Originally Posted By MerryMouseWife

A vote for the railroad here.

 

Originally Posted By WDWdreamin

Peter Pan

 

Originally Posted By WDWdreamin

then Dumbo

 

Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance

I wouldn't start with Pirates, it could be scary for some kids, and the waterfall dips even make my husband nervous

 

Originally Posted By Terminus

My son is two and his favorite attraction in the whole park (actually, both parks) is the Tiki Room. Pooh is his second favorite. He asks for those two things all the time.

I vote for either one of those two.

 

Originally Posted By noahbear2008

The railroad is a good idea! I didn't think of that, nice and mellow to start out and he loves trains. CC I was thinking pirates would be too much to start too maybe ease into that one. The Tiki room is a good idea too, maybe after the train.

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

Some kids freak out about going into the dark (and others have no problem with it). I think the train is a great idea. (And when it goes into its tunnels, maybe talk to him to give him a little reassurance).

 

Originally Posted By GoofTrooper23

Definitely Peter Pan.....a favorite among many!

 

Originally Posted By dzy76

Always Peter Pan or Pirates for me.

 

Originally Posted By Dalia3001

Everyone warned me about kids and dark rides, and I wish I had listened better! It didn't occur to me that Peter Pan could scare anyone, but my poor little niece was terrified, because it was dark!

If I could do it again we would have done Dumbo, and Storybook Canal boat rides and the train and the merry go round first so that she wouldn't have been scared.

She didn't even make it into the Tiki room because she got scared by Pele outside!

She loved Astro Orbiter though, we rode it nine times in a row during early entry one morning, ha ha.

I think it will really depend on the child, she was three and a half at the time.

She just recently went to her first movie in a theater (Tinkerbell) because she really doesn't like being in the dark.

I can't wait until 2013 when she and my nephew (who was six months during our last trip) come back again! He's already a little daredevil, and by then I think she'll be up to at least trying out stuff like the Tiki room. : )

 

Originally Posted By Dalia3001

Someone else suggested showing kids the rides first on youtube, and that might be a thought.

 

Originally Posted By noahbear2008

Good point about the dark thing. My little one just started realizing the difference between light and dark and he has started saying "scary dark". I like the canal boats idea, I think we will love that. We are going to ease into the dark rides I think, maybe start with Pooh which seems the least scary to me then maybe Peter Pan. I like the You Tube idea too, I am going to do that. I did show him the Christmas Parade on You Tube and he loved it. Has anyone had good luck with the Buzz Lightyear ride and little ones? He loves Buzz but its kind of loud. Also can you take the little ones on Midway Mania and let them sit on your lap?

 

Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x

Matterhorn

 

Originally Posted By Dalia3001

Earplugs? Not sure that a 2 year old would want them, but they might help with loud noises.

My niece liked Pooh.

One thing that was great for her was that we printed out stickers that looked like the CM name tags, and all the princesses, face characters and CMs called her by name for the whole trip! She loved it. The guy who runs this site will make you a free personalized name thing if you're interested, he's awesome. : )

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Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

Unless you get there within an hour of opening, the wait for Peter Pan could be an hour or more. If you're getting there at 11:00 a.m.or so, you're going to be in line for possibly 30 minutes to an hour.

If you're getting there after November 12, I would suggest It's A Small World for the first ride. By then, Christmas will be up, and you'll all enjoy it. It's safe, non-threatening, and right after that you can do Storybook or head over to Toontown.

 

Originally Posted By noahbear2008

Oh I like the Small World idea too, we have watched that one the Disneyland pod casts and he always sees to like it and he loves the music. All these ideas are great.

 

Originally Posted By Sara Tonin

I'm going with Pooh...that was a first ride for the grandmonkeys...also IASW