Well that’s ridiculous, but imagine you have a 4 year old. Tall enough for Star Tours. You go on that, it’s fun, kid loves it. Then you do Smuggler’s Run. Have a blast although Timmy complains “where is da wamp?” You’ve done two Star Wars rides. Both went great. Your son loved both. Now you move on to RotR. Same height requirement as Star Tours. So, you board and your kid freaks the f out.
HHN needs to be 21 and up.
Obviously HHN is no place for a child. Neither is Vegas. But Disney World?
Piggy-back ride, just like Happily Ever After!
Well I felt like a bad parent once in a similar situation. We spent 3 days at DLR. I was introducing my 5 year old daughter to roller coasters. We started with gadgets then Matterhorn, then big thunder, then space mtn., then finally Screamin'. She loved them all. On day 4 we went to Knott's. She got off GhostRider white as a sheet and shaking. I felt bad. But later in the day she wanted to do it again and loved it the second time.
...or if your kid is tall for his age and loves dinosaurs and meets the dinosaur ride height requirement and you bring them on the ride because you haven’t ridden it in years and you forgot just how frightening it could be. That one cost me in the gift shop afterwards
My youngest is about the same height as my wife and the oldest is a few inches taller so if anyone gets left out for height it would be my wife
. Maybe that’s an up sell at the Star Wars Resort.
That’d make for an interesting ride indeedMy youngest is about the same height as my wife and the oldest is a few inches taller so if anyone gets left out for height it would be my wife
If they really wanted to make this a mature ride they would throw in a bar or at least a drink cart when you get off the transport in the hangar. You just had a rough flight including getting caught in a tractor beam. At that point you could definitely use a cold one. While they are at it they could probably also add in Princess Leia in the gold bikini from Jabba's Palace...or are we not talking about that kind of mature
With this in mind, I give people some slack when their kids are flipping out. Everyone with kids has been there, and it sucks. But parents are human, spent a lot of money to bring their kids to the magic, and want to experience as much as they can with their kids. Without knowledge of what a ride entails, most assume “if my kid is tall enough, he’s ready.” That’s why sometimes height requirements are more about whether a child is ready than risk of injury. See SGE....or if your kid is tall for his age and loves dinosaurs and meets the dinosaur ride height requirement and you bring them on the ride because you haven’t ridden it in years and you forgot just how frightening it could be. That one cost me in the gift shop afterwards
My younger son who is mostly fearless did rides like ToT, EE and Dinosaur no problem when he was 5 but was scared of the witch at the end of Mine Train. Saw a YouTube video and refused to get on the ride. You never know what will set a kid off.
True.@Mike S @GoofGoof @MansionButler84 So...do we agree that now that Disney has purchased Fox, DHS needs a new Alien Encounter with the actual Alien? Then kids can shriek at that again.
Back to ROTR, Westsider has been posting some great behind-the-scenes info at the Happy DL Forums. He/She/It is a legit source of info, and claims even though the attraction was NOT ready to open, the downtimes have been minimized because Disney has doubled the staffing for the attraction. Apparently, there are CMs hanging out in a break room, waiting for the attraction to 101 so they can quickly evac Guests and reset the ride. If this is really how they’re operating the ride until WDI works out the kinks, I’m impressed.
That’s amazing if true.@Mike S @GoofGoof @MansionButler84 So...do we agree that now that Disney has purchased Fox, DHS needs a new Alien Encounter with the actual Alien? Then kids can shriek at that again.
Back to ROTR, Westsider has been posting some great behind-the-scenes info at the Happy DL Forums. He/She/It is a legit source of info, and claims even though the attraction was NOT ready to open, the downtimes have been minimized because Disney has doubled the staffing for the attraction. Apparently, there are CMs hanging out in a break room, waiting for the attraction to 101 so they can quickly evac Guests and reset the ride. If this is really how they’re operating the ride until WDI works out the kinks, I’m impressed.
I’d love a redo of AE with an actual scary Alien. I know it will never happen, but that ride was terrifying to me even as a grown adult. Really fun.@Mike S @GoofGoof @MansionButler84 So...do we agree that now that Disney has purchased Fox, DHS needs a new Alien Encounter with the actual Alien? Then kids can shriek at that again.
Back to ROTR, Westsider has been posting some great behind-the-scenes info at the Happy DL Forums. He/She/It is a legit source of info, and claims even though the attraction was NOT ready to open, the downtimes have been minimized because Disney has doubled the staffing for the attraction. Apparently, there are CMs hanging out in a break room, waiting for the attraction to 101 so they can quickly evac Guests and reset the ride. If this is really how they’re operating the ride until WDI works out the kinks, I’m impressed.
I feel like Indy and Spiderman were in that class long before Forbidden Journey.
Spider-man lacks the massive facade and intricate queue. And Indy is close with the great queue, but lacks the preshows. But I think FJ was the first to throw everything at the attraction. Massive facade, highly detailed queue, preshows, and mind blowing ride.
It’s only one room but I think Indy’s newsreel does a pretty good job for what it wanted to accomplish.
