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How Old/Tall Your Children Should Be What if They’re Too Short/Young?
OVERVIEW
If this may be your kids’ only childhood visit, wait til the youngest/ shortest is 48″ tall and around 8 or 9 years old.
If you do, then they will be able to ride all attractions with height restrictions, and should have the emotional maturity to appreciate most of the best of Disney, and to have fun even on the “scary” rides.
If this is impossible for you, the material below suggests that setting 44 inches as your target minimum height costs you only little.
However, children of this height may be as young as five and a half–or even younger.
For young children, test the effect that their first scary ride has on them, and base your exposure of them to further scary rides (listed below) on how that goes.
HEIGHT
The thumbnail (click to open; when open, click again to enlarge) shows height requirements for 14 rides, so that you can see exactly what your child will miss at the height you expect him or her to be when you attend Walt Disney World.
These 14 rides include 8 of the 10 most popular rides at Walt Disney World. You’ll see that after 48 inches, the next key height is 44 inches.
If your child is less than 48 inches, but at least 44 inches, at the time of your vacation, then your child will miss only two rides, and only one of these—Rock n’ Roller Coaster—is one of Walt Disney World’s ten most popular rides.
However, if your child is less than 44 inches, then he or she will miss in addition Space Mountain, Mission: Space, and Expedition Everest–missing in total 4 of the 10 most popular rides.
At less than 40 inches, your child will miss 8 of the 10 most popular rides at the parks.
AGE
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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
6 comments
I am planning on going the week of November 13. Are there typically any specials/discounts at this time of year? If so, when are they released? I’ve been looking and haven’t been able to find anything. Thank you.
There have been in recent years, but no guarantees–it depends on the economy and the level of booking.
See this for more: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2011/03/21/when-will-the-next-walt-disney-world-discounts-be-out/
If I book a hotel way in advance and my dates end up changing, is disney pretty flexible for switching dates as long as rooms are available, and applying whatever I’ve paid to that room rate?
Dan it depends on what you book, how you book, and on how far in advance your plans change.
Different WDW packages have different rules, and if you go through something else than WDW (like a travel agent, or an airline fly and hotel package) a whole new set of rules may come into play. You need to look at the fine print to be sure.
I usually book room only via Disney’s website, and when my plans have changed they’ve done so a couple of weeks in advance, so all I’ve lost is at worst one night’s hotel price. Other package types/mechanisms are more restrictive…
That’s correct Dave. It all depends on how you’ve booked. Dan shouldn’t have a problem switching the dates around as long as there is availability and he’s booked with Disney directly or a travel agent. Changes can be made before final payment without penalty. Another bit of information is if you’ve booked directly with Disney and decide that you’d like to use a travel agent, those reservations can easily be transferred over and then you can let you travel agent make it all happen!! lol kim.traveldreams@yahoo.com
Thanks Kim!!
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