DISNEY WORLD RIDES RANKED FOR LITTLE AND BIGGER KIDS
This chart ranks all rides at Walt Disney World based on two different points of view:
- Vertically from the eyes of pre-school kids: best loved, to be avoided, or neither;
- Horizontally from the eyes of kids in the third grade or older, and their parents: skippable, favorites, or neither.
[pinit]Groupings are based on ratings by age from a number of sources, on height restrictions, and on “scariness.”
If you have trouble interpreting it, this should help
- The lower right shows rides and attractions everyone likely will love
- The upper left shows ones everyone likely may find skippable
- The upper right shows ones 3rd graders and older guests will likely love, but that pre-schoolers should avoid
- The lower left shows ones pre-schoolers will love, but that every one else likely may find dull
Supplement this with this page for a more nuanced view of who might wish to skip a ride.
For download a printable PDF version, click here.
 ITINERARY LINKS
- For itinerary design goals and the basic December Itinerary, see this
- For shorter and longer itineraries targeted at the same December week, see this
- For itineraries covering all the other parts of the year, see this
- To design your own itinerary, see this
- For rides that might be skipped, see this
- For a comprehensive guide to rides and attractions, see this
LINKS FOR HOW OLD/TALL YOUR KIDS SHOULD BE
- How Old/Tall Your Children Should Be
- What if They’re Too Short/Young?
- Taking Your Too Short/Young Kids Anyway,&*#$@!!
- The Comprehensive Guide to Rides
- Rides That Might be Skipped
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116 Comments on "The Comprehensive Guide to Walt Disney World Rides and Attractions"
Hi Irms, for kids that age–especially the 4 year old–MK and SeaWorld are a great choice. I’d spend two-three mornings, an afternoon, and an evening at MK, and a day at Sea World…the water park is highly optional…
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Hi, great site….SO much info! We are a party of 12 travelling from Canada and South Africa. Kids ages 4-7. We will be in Disney world for 5 days at the end of june. Would you think we need 2 days for magical Kingdom? Then we were thinking. Seaworld, waterpark and not sure what else to go for!???
Hi Keith! Given the ages of your kids you look thin on MK–but can do that again the 22nd if need be. You stuff generally looks good, but HS has am EMH on 19th, pm the 20th, and MK has pm EMH the 21st. So I’d move things around these days. Of these three days, MK will be least crowded the 20th, so do it then, AK has am EMH the 21st, so do it the 19th, and do HS the 21st.
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Hi Dave,
We are starting to book our vacation…wondered if you had a suggestion on the sequence if we go Oct 17-22. I was thinking
17 (Thur)-epcot (day we arrive, not quite a full day)
18-MK
19-HS
20-AK
21-MK again
22-open
We have 3 kids who will be between 9 and 4.
Thanks!