Is this true?

aladdinjrstar

aladdinjrstar

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I love love love love love love love.... (you get the point) WDW!!!!

I love learning new things each day about WDW! Thats why i love WDW Magic because they know what there talking bout! WOOT!!:sohappy:

Any way..... I would love love love love love to go on a backstage tour. But i was looking a round on line and it said you have to be 16 and older to do one. It was not an official site. My stomach dropeped when i saw this! I keep telling my dad we need to do a tour when we go and now i get this. IS IT TRUE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?:shrug:
 
bingie

bingie

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It is unfortunatly, but it depends on the tour if they check your id or not.

Which tour are you interested in?
 
aladdinjrstar

aladdinjrstar

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bingie said:
It is unfortunatly, but it depends on the tour if they check your id or not.

Which tour are you interested in?
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That ruined my flippin' day! I mean it is a family park why not family tours?

I want to take one that shows like backstages of rides at MK or MGM those are my favorite ones. i want to get in on secrets and stuff. That stuff it wat i am interested in.
 
jiminy.cricket

jiminy.cricket

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It depends on the tour. Most backstage tours don't allow anyone under 16, though. I'm not sure how flexible this rule is. :( I think I vaguely remember the minimum age previously being lower.
 
bingie

bingie

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Most backstage tours now dont show very much in the way of secrets.

For example, the Undiscovered Future World tour and the Keys to the Kingdom tour will take you backstage; UFW you will see the Cast services building where you can see our wardrobe area and in the KTK tour you will see backstage of splash mountain and some of the tunnel system.

You wont actually go backstage of any attractions, since they are operating. You will see the giant warehouse that houses the attractions.

The reason for the age restriction is that some younger guests might be upset by what they see (although they have removed all chance of seeing characters in half costume). They need to put a cap somewhere, but I agree that 16 is a bit old.

How old are you? If you can visually pass for 16 or older - you might be fine, or not. If you pay for the tour and show up without an ID they might let you go anyway...etc.. it really depends.
 
aladdinjrstar

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bingie said:
Most backstage tours now dont show very much in the way of secrets.

For example, the Undiscovered Future World tour and the Keys to the Kingdom tour will take you backstage; UFW you will see the Cast services building where you can see our wardrobe area and in the KTK tour you will see backstage of splash mountain and some of the tunnel system.

You wont actually go backstage of any attractions, since they are operating. You will see the giant warehouse that houses the attractions.

The reason for the age restriction is that some younger guests might be upset by what they see (although they have removed all chance of seeing characters in half costume). They need to put a cap somewhere, but I agree that 16 is a bit old.

How old are you? If you can visually pass for 16 or older - you might be fine, or not. If you pay for the tour and show up without an ID they might let you go anyway...etc.. it really depends.
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Theres always fake id's.....JK!!! I would never past as 16 but there is a few good ones that are for familys i looked at about a scavenger hunt. i sthat any good? And anyway may be we could slip a littl ebit odf cash... No Just kidding!
 
Gagesmom314

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bingie said:
Most backstage tours now dont show very much in the way of secrets.

For example, the Undiscovered Future World tour and the Keys to the Kingdom tour will take you backstage; UFW you will see the Cast services building where you can see our wardrobe area and in the KTK tour you will see backstage of splash mountain and some of the tunnel system.

You wont actually go backstage of any attractions, since they are operating. You will see the giant warehouse that houses the attractions.

The reason for the age restriction is that some younger guests might be upset by what they see (although they have removed all chance of seeing characters in half costume). They need to put a cap somewhere, but I agree that 16 is a bit old.

How old are you? If you can visually pass for 16 or older - you might be fine, or not. If you pay for the tour and show up without an ID they might let you go anyway...etc.. it really depends.
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This is not true. I went on the Keys to the Kingdom tour on Wednesday and must say it was a great tour.
 
slappy magoo

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I think, for insurance purposes, they don't allow people under 16 in backstage areas. It used to be younger, don't know why it changed, but I would certainly think there must be a good reason for the 16-or-over stipulation, as I'm sure there are many families who'd want to take one or more of the tours if it were allowed.
 
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darthjohnny

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aladdinjrstar said:
I love love love love love love love.... (you get the point) WDW!!!!

I love learning new things each day about WDW! Thats why i love WDW Magic because they know what there talking bout! WOOT!!:sohappy:

Any way..... I would love love love love love to go on a backstage tour. But i was looking a round on line and it said you have to be 16 and older to do one. It was not an official site. My stomach dropeped when i saw this! I keep telling my dad we need to do a tour when we go and now i get this. IS IT TRUE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?:shrug:
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There are a few tours that are for younger people.

If you are interested in Steam Trains, and would like to see the backstage area where the trains are kept and prepared for the day, do the "Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour." You only have to be 10 years old.

There is another tour where you go around the park where you go around trying to solve a mystery, but this is really aimed for real young kids, so I don't know if you'd be up for it or not.

There is the Mickey's Milestones Tour, but you don't go backstage. I think you have to be 10.

I don't think the 16 age limit is for insurance purposes, since some of the tours that involve actual danger lets kids do it (The Steam Train Tours where you only have to be 10 and the SCUBA diving tour where you only have to be 8.)

I think the age limit was made because of the combination of how they don't want to show younger kids the secrets of the magic/younger kids have the potential of running off into restricted areas such as in the underground utiladors/younger kids don't have the attention span to last in a tour that runs about 4 1/2-5 hrs.

I know, I was bummed to when I found out that a lot of the tours required a 16 age limit (especially since I wanted to go underground in the Keys to the Kingdom tour).

I had to wait years before I could do it. When I finally turned 15, we gave it a try and lied about my age. They didn't give me a second glance. Everything went fine.

So I say if you're close to the age, and could fudge the date on your birth certificate, definately give it a shot. :):wave:
 
raven

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slappy magoo said:
I think, for insurance purposes, they don't allow people under 16 in backstage areas. It used to be younger, don't know why it changed, but I would certainly think there must be a good reason for the 16-or-over stipulation, as I'm sure there are many families who'd want to take one or more of the tours if it were allowed.
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I also think it has to do with maturity...although they don't say anything about it. But most of the information on those tours would go way over most of the heads of people younger than 16. The tours are filled with information not much of interest from younger people. Grant it there are mature young people but for the most part it would be a waste of money for adults to bring their children on these tours because they would be very bored...especially for 7 hours!
 
Jekyll_Baker

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Gagesmom314 said:
(although they have removed all chance of seeing characters in half costume).

We saw characters half in costume on our tour. Three of them to be exact.
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I agree - when I was on KTK tour, we saw several half-costumed characters, I think mainly because by the time we got to the Utilidors, it was getting near time for them to start getting the parade ready. I remember a couple of the princes (Philip and Eric, I think), Cruella, Tigger, Fairy Godmother, and a couple others.
 
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countrycandie

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Backstage Tour and a few others

are family tours. We did the "under the park" tour in high school...(about 13 mouse ears ago). They took us under the park and got to see how things run. I think that is the most expensive tour you can go on.

The tours available are:
Disney Magic Behind the Steam Trains (10 & Up $40 per person.
Family Magic Tour (families - $25 per person)
Mickey's Magical Milestones ($25 per person)


The backstage magic is the one we took which is a 7 hour tour and is $199. You have to be at least 16 to participate. They don't usually check ID as long as someone is not strolling in with a diaper and acts reasonably mature. We had 12 year olds in our group and they did not bat an eye. The tour is lengthy and involved. They want to keep bathroom breaks and other interruptions at a minimum, so they try to cater to a more NC-16 audience.
 
sarabi

sarabi

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The truth of it is, you need to be mature to deal with backstage disney. If you are expecting some sort of mirror version of the park, you'd be wrong.

I think backstage disney would ruin the magic for children.

In fact, after seeing it having worked there, I like to pretend it doesn't exist. I remember getting a tour of the utilidor and seeing, I swear to you, Snow White sitting on a bench with a cigarette crying. And you know what? She's a person. She's backstage. And she probably had every reason in the world to cry. I learned that later. But it's not what you want to see as a guest unless you are mature enough to realize that these are people at work and this is the functional side of the park, not another show.

Not to mention all the fur characters walking around with their heads off.

You may be a very mature 16 year old, but since there is no maturity quiz, you have to wait a bit to go on some of the tours. Sorry.
 
joanna71985

joanna71985

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They really do check IDs. When me and my dad were waiting to go on KTTK, there was a family of 4 checking in. The youngest girl was just a few months under 16, but they would not let her go. The rest of the family ended up not doing the tour as well.
 

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