Height Restriction question

NashvilleMouse · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by BwanaBob
All seatbelts now!

More "arm-flailing" room!

Woo hoo! :sohappy: Now she has no excuse not to ride it! Ha ha ha... although now her claws will be tearing into my arms since she won't have to hang on anymore. :brick:

Punkss · Jan 21, 2004

So i know you all work in inches but what is the smallest ride height (or highest restriction?!?), in feet and inches or meters?

My girlfriend is about 5'2 or 5'1, is she ok?

BwanaBob · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss
So i know you all work in inches but what is the smallest ride height (or highest restriction?!?), in feet and inches or meters?

My girlfriend is about 5'2 or 5'1, is she ok?

Goofy's Barnstormer!

(35")

:lol:

She should make it

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss
So i know you all work in inches but what is the smallest ride height (or highest restriction?!?), in feet and inches or meters?

My girlfriend is about 5'2 or 5'1, is she ok?

I'm 5'3" & I have no problems.
I posted a link to the height restrictions list a few posts back.
:wave:

JBSLJames · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss
So i know you all work in inches but what is the smallest ride height (or highest restriction?!?), in feet and inches or meters?

My girlfriend is about 5'2 or 5'1, is she ok?

Meters? Struggling to remember highschool and metric system...argh.

I would have to say that 61 or 62 inches is plenty tall for riding the attractions.

I wonder when we will change the Daytona 500 to the Daytona 633.725 (or whatever 500 miles is in Kilometers). Has a certain ring to it don't you think?

Punkss · Jan 21, 2004

We had metric imposed on us here but all the old school (over 35s) still work old school!

Actually she tells me she's 4'11 now (shrinking!?) do y'all still think she'll be ok? I mean to get on all the rides or just some...?

(i wouldn't bother you all but i can't find any decent converters on the net!)

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

If I did my conversions correctly (and I'm mathlexic)

1 meter = 39.37 inches

5' 2" = (about ) 1 1/2 meters

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss
We had metric imposed on us here but all the old school (over 35s) still work old school!

Actually she tells me she's 4'11 now (shrinking!?) do y'all still think she'll be ok? I mean to get on all the rides or just some...?

(i wouldn't bother you all but i can't find any decent converters on the net!)

4' 11" = 59 inches.....she should be OK. My 9 y/o is almost that tall & we've never had a problem with her on any ride.(height wise, that is.

)

Punkss · Jan 21, 2004

Thanks sooooooooo much tigsmom, you have been invaluable, had a bit of a panic that she'd never be able to go ToT or Mission:Space!

Found a conversion that says shes 49 inches at the lowest, phew and thanks again!

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss

(i wouldn't bother you all but i can't find any decent converters on the net!)

Here is the one I used:

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/inches-to-meters.htm

Punkss · Jan 21, 2004

Thanks tigsmom!

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

No problem. Hope you enjoy your trip. :wave:

Punkss · Jan 21, 2004

Ha ha ha, oh yes we will and especially now we know she can ride them all thanks to you!

Its not until September though, just neeeeed all the info i can get!

Thanks once again tigsmom, works out now shes nearly 60 inches.....panic over! :sohappy:

The Mom · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Timothy W.
My boy was 2 years old when he first rode Splash & Big Thunder. We bought these cowboy boots that jacked his height up 5 inches and put them on him when we entered Frontierland. It helped he was a cowboy for Halloween, but you can find shoes for $2 or $3 at thriftstores that will boost height. Last year when he was 3 we found some Pooh sandals that had super thick support, so again he was able to ride Big Thunder and his favorite ride now Splash Mtn. Now that he is 4, we are working our way to Space MTN, Mission Space.. Hey your daughter can also ride 40 height rides : Test Track and Dinosaur and Kali River Rapids. My boy wants to ride that stupid carnival dino rollercoaster so bad, but it is 52 height the tallest restricition in all of WDW. Thought it was a dumb move on Disney's part to make it look so kid friendly and then have such a crazy height restriction, you can send a kid on scary Dinosaur but not this little coaster? Go figure?

If the height restrictions were based SOLELY on leg length, that would be fine. However, the restraints are based on proportions within the normal variables, ie, someone with say, 25 inch legs, would be expected to have a proportionate torso length. By thwarting the system (by 5 inches!) you put your child at risk for the restraints not protecting him.

I agree with the PW restrictions. My 10 year old insisted upon sitting by himself in the car. (It holds 4... 2 in each seat section) He was bounced all over the seat, and I had a hard time trying to grab him. It really did look like he was going to fly out at one point; he was terrified.

JBSLJames · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by Punkss
Ha ha ha, oh yes we will and especially now we know she can ride them all thanks to you!

Its not until September though, just neeeeed all the info i can get!

Thanks once again tigsmom, works out now shes nearly 60 inches.....panic over! :sohappy:

All the variation must be from the humidity :lol: Remember, September is only 8 months away. What would 8 months be in Metric?:hammer:

ScrapIron · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by tigsmom
That "Wild Mouse" type of coaster is scary...it feels like you are going right off the edge then you twist & spin. I think they got this one right. Other parks have similar restrictions on these types of coasters...they have a weight limit, too (because of the restraint system).

They don't spin, of course, but the wild mouse coaster at DCA is 42" and the one at Paramount's Great America is 44". 52" would seem to be rediculous.

tigsmom · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by ScrapIron
They don't spin, of course, but the wild mouse coaster at DCA is 42" and the one at Paramount's Great America is 44". 52" would seem to be rediculous.

I thought we were talking about Primeval Whirl......those cars spin like the tea cups. Add that to the coaster & its not for me. :hurl: I don't do spinning.

ogryn · Jan 21, 2004

Originally posted by tigsmom
Here is the one I used:

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/inches-to-meters.htm

you can do any conversions in Google...

Just type it in in the search box

ie:
4foot11inches in inches

or

168ml in gallons

ScrapIron · Jan 21, 2004

As to the original question, don't expect to get by if 1/4 inch off. The measuring device for Indy at DL is a cobra, and your head must be able to touch it. In 2001, they denied my son because the CM was just able to put a postcard between his head and the cobra. I had even taken a tape measure to the store when we bought shoes before the trip to make sure he was 46" in the ones that we bought.

Since those maps fold, he rode it eventually, although boosting height 5" is pushing it IMO.

SlideOperatorCP · Jan 21, 2004

In my opinion I also agree that five inches is pushing it... there are so many things at stake.... lives, jobs, families, lawsuits!.... a fuss over 1/4 an inch makes perfect sense to me... it's so close and must be frusterating... but anything below that... :lookaroun

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