Rider Switch pilot program RnRC/ToT

[doop]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

 

[elizs77]

Not at Splash Mountain. Kids under the height requirement were never allowed in the queue at any time of day or for any reason.

Also to add, kids must be at least 40" for the queue at ToT. Even if they aren't riding, they must be that tall.

Question, does the "soon to be riding" parent with the non riding child/baby have to show a fast pass or only the parent riding first? Because the rider switch "ticket" allows the "soon to be riding" parent to enter the attraction through the fast pass queue, correct?

The reason I ask this is our family of 4 has a non-adventureous 6 year old. If my wife, oldest son and myself all plan on riding ToT and RnR but the 6 year old is not...could we simply get two fastpass tickets for ToT and use the other two to get fastpass tickets for RnR? Do they not require all three of us who are planning on riding to have a fastpass for an attraction? Just seems like a "loophole" by using our non riding son's ticket to obtain a second set of fastpass's for another attraction. We just always used the rider switch pass as a means for our oldest son to ride a attraction twice (once with each parent).

I have no idea if any of that made any sense. I sometimes type before I think.

Let me see if this helps.

Scenario 1: Family arrives at ride and receives Rider Switch pass. First rider goes into the regular standby line and rides. Second rider then takes the Rider Switch pass to the line and is allowed to enter the FastPass line.

Scenario 2 (this is where we fit in most of the time): Family obtains FastPasses and arrives at the proper time to ride. They also obtain a Rider Switch pass. First rider goes into the FP line and rides. Second rider takes the Rider Switch pass to the line and is allowed to enter the FP line.

Our oldest son rode everything twice this way, too. He would go with one of us in the FP line, so we would use 2 FPs to get in the first time. When it was time for the second person to ride, our son was able to ride again with the adult under the Rider Switch pass. It explicitly says on the Rider Switch pass that up to 3 individuals can ride under that one pass. In the end, we usually had 1 extra FP that we could use if we wanted for an additional time on the ride, but we were usually ready to move on at that point!

 

[Chape19714]

Not at Splash Mountain. Kids under the height requirement were never allowed in the queue at any time of day or for any reason.

That would be true. I was talking more for attractions that have restrictions other than height requirements.

 

[MagliteL13]

Even the attractions that have height requirements, like ToT, an hour before park closes rider switch passes stop being handed out. At that point, interior rider swaps are done.

 

[Brian Noble]

Question, does the "soon to be riding" parent with the non riding child/baby have to show a fast pass or only the parent riding first?

Seems to vary. Usually the "extra" fastpass is not asked for. Sometimes it is. I've personally been asked for one, at TT.

YMMV, though, becuase my kids are now all tall enough for the whole shootin' match my experience is a couple years old, at least.

 

[fosse76]

For most rides, you just go up to the first CM that you see at the ride and tell them you want to do a rider switch. This is usually before you enter the queue. You'll just get a little paper that looks like a FastPass but says it's for a rider switch. Then, your first rider goes through the standby line (or FastPass line if you have a separate FastPass like we did about every time we did this). Baby and parent then go hang out, usually in the gift shop at the end of the ride for the a/c, but it's your choice. Then when the first rider is done, the other rider takes the rider switch pass to the FastPass line and goes on in.

There are some exceptions, but this is how it works about 90% of the time.

That seems cumbersome. When I worked at Six Flags we did what was logical. The family waited in line. The father would ride and the mother would a) stay in line or b) cross to the exit and wait. Then when the father would return we would let her on. No passes. It's easier for all involved.

 

[Brian Noble]

...except that it allows an under-height person into the queue, which creates its own set of problems.

Cedar Fair's solution is to issue each family with under-height kids a single pass. The riding parent leaves the pass with an op at unload. After exiting, the waiting parent plus one other party member can then enter through the exit for more or less immediate boarding, collecting the pass along the way. The only obvious avenue of abuse is to collect a couple for the family to use in parallel, but to be useful each pass has to move through the line once on that day no matter what.

 

[WDWFigment]

This doesn't sound like it will affect the Re-Entry passes, which are a big part of the "problem". But then again, I think this problem is so minute that it doesn't really impact anything in the first place.

 

[elizs77]

That seems cumbersome. When I worked at Six Flags we did what was logical. The family waited in line. The father would ride and the mother would a) stay in line or b) cross to the exit and wait. Then when the father would return we would let her on. No passes. It's easier for all involved.

It's really not that bad. My husband and I would switch off as to who went first, and most of the time, I would just stroll the baby into a gift shop, stand in the A/C and enjoy some peace away from our overly excited five year old! :lol: And sometimes, we'd just go do another ride that we could both do, like TTA or even Buzz Lightyear. So basically we just used this time to go do something we adults wanted to do!

What you described does happen at some places at Disney like at Star Tours. But we didn't do that because they would allow the stroller in the queue and there wasn't really a line anyway. Wasn't worth it to us.

 

[TheJonesys]

Rider Switch

What happens if hubby and son go on the ride and I wait with my daughter and then switch, will they give me two passes so I can go on with my son or will I have to ride on my own? Thanks:shrug:

 

[elizs77]

The Rider Switch pass says at the bottom that up to three people can get on the ride with the pass, so it will be fine for you and your son to go together on the one pass. We did this every single time.