Ride heights are for the safety of your family. For a safe vacation, you need to follow these guidelines. Don’t stretch these limits. I wouldn’t let a child of mine ride unless he was say 35 ½ on a ride with a 35 inch limit. Remember, this is something your child can always do later on. On average, we are born about 20 inches long. Children grow rapidly in their early years, and then seem to stall out for awhile. A two ½ year old will be about ½ of his adult height. So, if you expect your child to be 5ft 6 inches tall, at 2 ½ he will measure about 39 inches. This should give you some idea how old your children have to be to ride. You want to find a park that all your family can enjoy. Check out the best Disneyland products and advice from Amazon.
The Disney Orlando park tends to have lots of low level rides for all ages. Universal is more into roller coasters and scarier theme park rides; this is acceptable for older school age children. Many of the new Harry Potter rides have height limits of over 48 inches. This is a great park for school age children. Orlando Sea World is another combination park. They have some adult rides for older children, but plenty to do for younger ones. In addition, they have Shamu and the whales.
I recommend telling your children that they have to meet TWO levels of ride heights. They have to meet yours, and they have to meet the one at the ride, which sometimes uses special inches. This will help your child not to be disappointed if he doesn’t quite meet the ride guidelines. Below is a list broken down by parks and heights.
Disney Parks in Orlando: Disneyland height requirements for rides,
Barnstomer – 35 inches tall
Stitch’s Great Escape – 38 inches tall
Kali’s River Rapids – 38 inches tall
Star Tours – 40 inches tall
Soarin’ – 40 inches tall
Dinosaur – 40 inches tall
Test Track – 40 inches tall
Big Thunder Railroad – 40 inches tall
Splash Mountain – 40 inches tall
Twilight of Terror – 40 inches tall
Space Mountain – 44 inches tall
Mission Space – 44 inches tall
Expedition Everest – 44 inches tall
Primevil Whirl – 48 inches tall
Rock N Roller Coaster – 48 inches tall
Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket – 51 inches tall and not taller than 79 inches
Tomorrowland Speedway – 52 inches to drive, 34 inches to ride
Universal Park in Orlando
ET Adventure – 34 inches tall
High in the Sky Seuss Trolly Ride – 34 inches tall
Flight of the Hippogriff – 36 inches tall
Pteranadon Fliers – 36 inches tall
Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster – 36 inches tall
Simpson’s Ride – 40 inches tall
Jimmy Neutron’s Blast – 40 inches tall
Amazing Adventures of Spiderman – 40 inches tall
Men In Black Attack – 42 inches tall
Jaurassic Park Adventure – 42 inches tall
Popeye and Bluto’s Bilge Barges – 42 inches tall
Dudley Do-Rights Ripsaw Falls – 42 inches tall
Harry Potter’s Forbidden Journey – 48 inches tall
Revenge of the Mummy – 48 inches tall
Doctor Doom’s Freefall – 52 inches tall
Dragon Challenge – 54 inches tall
Incredible Hulk – 54 inches tall
Dueling Dragons – 54 inches tall
Sea World Orlando, similar to Disneyland rides height requirements,
Shamu Express Roller coaster – 38 inches tall
Polar Express Ride – 42 inches tall
Journey to Atlantis – 42 inches tall
Flying Fiddler – 42 inches tall
Ocean Commotion – 42 inches tall
Swishy Fishes – 42 inches tall
Jazzy Jellies – 42 inches tall
Sea Carousel – 42 inches tall
Sky Tower – 48 inches tall
Kraken – 54 inches tall
Manta – 54 inches tall
Use these Disneyland ride height requirements to plan your visit and have an enjoyable time for all. Don’t forget to put some adult time in your visit. Adults need down time too.