With a soon to be ten year old, it is quite easy to take her on rides that she absolutely loves! Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, “it’s a small world”, even Tower of Terror are no problem for her! Don’t even get me started on roller coasters, and how much she loves them!
But there are some rides that she just doesn’t like, so this article is written for those of you like us, parents of children that do get scared at some of the attractions. Here is Sophie’s list, listed in order of the attractions list on the Walt Disney World website.
Space Mountain
Sophie doesn’t like Space Mountain because it is in the dark, and because she doesn’t have me or Cindy sitting next to her in the rocket. She might – keyword MIGHT – try the ride one more time this year, since we haven’t been on it in several years. Cindy and I will definitely be riding it, though, even if Sophie decides not to!
Stitch’s Great Escape!
This ride is primarily in the dark, and as a result, it allows Sophie and I to let our imaginations get the best of us! Couple that with special effects that you feel, but don’t see, and neither Sophie nor I are interested in riding this attraction!
I’ll be honest here – none of us in my family have ever ridden Mission: SPACE. It seems like I remember hearing about some folks having health issues as a result of riding the ride, so that is the primary reason we haven’t ridden it. However, I think I would go on it if someone wanted to ride it with me.
Flat out, Sophie and I did NOT enjoy this attraction, although I think I would have enjoyed it more had Sophie not been riding it. It was loud, it was scary with dinosaurs jumping out at us, but to the ride’s credit, it really did feel like we were going to the center of the earth! When we rode it, Sophie spent all her time tucked into my wife’s arm with a death grip, while another child in our vehicle screamed bloody murder the whole time! Definitely use caution if you want to take your kids on this ride.
As I talked about in my piece “In need of an upgrade”, It’s Tough to be a Bug is one ride that we do without. This attraction just has too much that we don’t like, so we avoid it. However, there are plenty of people and kids that like this attraction, so to each their own!
In the end, the important thing to remember is that all of our children are different. Some of them will like the thrill rides, the scary rides, and some of them won’t. Before deciding if your child should ride the attraction, gauge their enthusiasm level when you suggest that they ride it. If they act even the least bit hesitant, then don’t ride it this time. The most important thing to remember is to have fun, and if that means that you don’t try a particular attraction, well, that’s okay, isn’t it? What rides do you avoid taking your children on?
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My 8 year old son has many of the same rides on his list, but more. I love to ride the people mover but he was petrified to ride it because it goes through the dark space mountian, so this time I brought a little flashlight that he could hold and if it got too scary in the dark he could use that light.That seemed to work.
He still is hesitant to ride roller coasters,(except Barnstormer, he loves that one), splash mountain and TOT..but we slowly add a new ride each time we go..It was quite an accomplishment for him to ride Haunted Mansion and Pirates..
My 8 year old son has many of the same rides on his list, but more. I love to ride the people mover but he was petrified to ride it because it goes through the dark space mountian, so this time I brought a little flashlight that he could hold and if it got too scary in the dark he could use that light.That seemed to work.
He still is hesitant to ride roller coasters,(except Barnstormer, he loves that one), splash mountain and TOT..but we slowly add a new ride each time we go..It was quite an accomplishment for him to ride Haunted Mansion and Pirates..