What if They’re Too Short/Young? Continued

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AGE AND WALT DISNEY WORLD

Children less emotionally and cognitively developed than the typical third grader will have some of the best of Disney World go right over their heads, and may have trouble with some of the best, but scary, rides.

Test one such ride on your children and base their exposure to the rest on their reaction to the first.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 50% of both American girls and boys hit 44 inches by age five and a half. 90% of girls are 44 inches or taller by age seven, and 90% of boys by age six and a half.

These children may be too young for the scary parts of some of the best Walt Disney World has to offer.

Six rides–four of them being among the ten most popular rides at Walt Disney World– for which a 44 inch tall child is tall enough may be too scary: Stitch’s Great Escape, Mission: Space, Tower of Terror, Dinosaur, Expedition Everest, and Space Mountain.

The last is “just” a roller coaster, and is too scary only if your child is not rational enough to understand that he or she takes much bigger risks of injury when riding in a car than on a roller coaster.

The first five are a little tougher: the actual physical and visual experience that is being imitated–the “story” of the ride and its effects–can be a little scary even for older children.

If you must bring children with less than the emotional and cognitive development of a third grader, base your exposure of your children to the final four on this list based on their reaction to the first one of these they encounter.  If the first one is too much, keep them off the rest of Tower of Terror,  Mission: Space, Stitch’s Great Escape, Dinosaur, and Expedition Everest.

See this page for help if you have no intention of following this advice!

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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

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