- Mar 24, 2024
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I have a young & small 12 (he’s petrified of roller coasters), an average 8 starting to be a little more adventurous (but he has some sensory difficulties so can be unpredictable about what is a yay/nay), a crazy 6 year old who said he wants to go Hagrids today (when I can’t get the other two on ) and a very small 3 who is the only girl. The boys don’t care much for Disney other than Star Wars land, so Universal would be for them, but even so there’s not much in the way of mellow. I think there’s enough for them to enjoy, but my 3 year old is going to struggle. If Dreamworks land is open then at least there’s some bits so she isn’t sat in a stroller all day . Oh and ET closes MayDepends on their height, but we went when my oldest was not even 3 and we did find some things for her to do, but that was before Disaster was removed. But there is playground in Jurassic park, kudos and kang, one fish/two fish, the suess carousal, the spinner ride in the super hero section. Not sure how tall your child is, but at 34" ET is available and at 36" additional stuff opens.
I do agree Universal is hard on families with multi-age families. I know it has always been a struggle with my family since my oldest has always loved thrills (wanted to ride Hulk at 2.5 yo) and her being the oldest which means she has shorter siblings. So oldest loves going but then what do you do with the younger ones? We did Sea World & Busch Gardens a lot because there was more to do with the younger kids. Personally the new owners of Sea World do a lot of good for animals so I don't mind going there. It was a good stop gap the last 4 years when I had thrill seekers and toddlers.
I was quite shocked when we took one of the boys young that even I of A’s ‘kids bit’ was too intense for him!
My sister was watching some vlogs with me today and at the same time we said ‘why is there no SpongeBob dark ride?!’ Something similar to The Little Mermaids omnimover? SpongeBob’s driving school? Swing by the Kristy Krab? Kids would love it and no height restriction. Bubbles, lights, scents of the sea, a nice gentle ride……a people eater! . Surely he’s stood the test of time now
When Epic opens I think the balance will be better…saying that, I read earlier that all of Nintendo will have height restrictions? Hoping the average 5-6 year old can fit on some as mine were mad for it from that age!