ride height requirements

dlott · May 20, 2009, 07:45:31 PM

She is 35" tall. Just a little to short.

Dan

History Buff · June 01, 2009, 10:12:53 PM

Here's one of the newer measuring sticks, printed directly onto the sign:

saladdays · June 02, 2009, 11:39:34 AM

To follow-up on this, I measured my youngest son with a tape measure the other day and he is just a tad bit below 36" without his shoes on. The area with the frogs and such definitely has wrong measurements somehow.

marolinesdad · June 03, 2009, 02:06:55 PM

Copper, Zephon, or Doc. Do you know if anyone at the Park is going to check the height charts.. I mean all you would need is a good tape measure.

saladdays · June 04, 2009, 11:58:50 AM

I'm seriously thinking about bringing a tape measure next time I go to SDC to see how off the charts are myself. The ones with the actual yard sticks obviously are right, but I believe only the older rides actually have those on the charts (but I may be wrong).

Joy · July 23, 2009, 12:28:10 AM

Didn't want to start a whole new topic, since this one is fairly recent, so here goes:

Of the little kiddie rides in GE, would any of them let my 29 1/2" niece ride if her mom rides with her? I could swear one of them says that there's a *maximum* height of 55"....

Joy

marolinesdad · July 23, 2009, 06:38:47 AM

If I remember correctly I rode the Happy Frogs and the Flying bugs with my daughter when she was that size.

Joy · July 23, 2009, 11:02:36 AM

Okay, cool. Girl is so darned tiny. She's 16 months but still fits some 9/12mo outfits. She's healthy, though. Got the build of a gymnast, I guess.

Hopefully she'll be able to get her height up a bit; girl loves "ride" type stuff (quarter-rides at the mall are a big favorite of hers), so I can't wait 'til she's old enough to enjoy some of the bigger stuff at SDC. I remember when my stepnephew went on Fire in the Hole the first time; he LOVED it.

Joy

Firstvisit1967 · July 25, 2009, 11:14:10 AM

Here is a great one. My four year old grandson was two small to ride the elephants without an adult. Great I am glad they take the time to be safe. He was two short to ride the roller coaster in the GE............but they were going to let him ride Thunderation until I stopped it. (stupid son-in-law).

saladdays · July 27, 2009, 01:37:21 PM

The ladybugs is the ride that there is a maximum height for. The others have no max.

History Buff · July 27, 2009, 09:08:45 PM

Quote from: Firstvisit1967 on July 25, 2009, 11:14:10 AM
Here is a great one. My four year old grandson was two small to ride the elephants without an adult. Great I am glad they take the time to be safe. He was two short to ride the roller coaster in the GE............but they were going to let him ride Thunderation until I stopped it. (stupid son-in-law).

Actually, my daughter was allowed to ride the GE Coaster at least a year before she was tall enough for TNT. I finally started refusing to ride the one in the GE (as well as those stinkin' Happy Frogs). TNT is much smoother than the GE Coaster. Since acquiring the height, she is always happy to ride TNT. Before TNT, her favorite coaster was Big Thunder Railroad at the Magic Kingdom.

We follow the same script every time we go...

Her (on the ride): Aaaaaaaaaahahhhhhhhhhh!!!
Her (after the ride): That was great!!! I loved it!
Me: You wanna ride it again?
Her: No.

Firstvisit1967 · July 27, 2009, 10:26:45 PM

I have that talk with my youngest son (10 ). He also loves Big Thunder.

Joy · July 28, 2009, 12:18:01 AM

So, my niece went on the Happy Frogs today, accompanied by her mommy. She LOVED it.

The Wings of Wonder are the same as Happy Frogs in terms of heights. The Ladybugs, the height requirements are: taller than 36" (or it might've been 34", can't remember), shorter than 55".

Joy

KBCraig · July 28, 2009, 05:58:26 PM

You can find the restrictions for each ride here:

http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/rides-attractions/