![]() ![]() Given Disney’s penchant for more family friendly rides, I was fully expecting the ride to be more of an immersive “dark ride” experience with a few coaster elements, similar to Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts at Universal Studios. All that I knew was that the ride would utilize technology that allowed the Omnicoaster ride vehicle cars to turn during the ride. Note that I went on Guardians of the Galaxy completely blind of the experience. We are greeted by a large Nova Corps Star Blaster at the front of the ride building. It was quite a site to see after having to detour past walls around it for the last few years. We proceed towards the Guardians of the Galaxy ride building, located to the left of Mission: SPACE. We decided to hop on Guardians of the Galaxy before indulging ourselves with food and drinks. For the After Hours event, there was a drink station at the front of the area, along with a few dessert stations going towards Mission: SPACE. Upon entering the park, we were guided to the World Discovery section of EPCOT. The event allowed us an opportunity to experience the new coaster, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, while avoiding the typical daytime Disney crowds. Luckily for us, though, the EPCOT After Hours Party was still on. Most of DIS Con 2022 was postponed to Spring 2023 due to Hurricane Ian. ![]() DIS Con is a fundraising expo for Give Kids The World Village consisting of a number of events, celebrity appearances, and memorabilia auctions. ![]() The nightmare seemed to last hours as I searched for the nearest exit shielding her from the firey wrath of the tiki god (my memories may have amplified things over time).Earlier this month, my wife bought us tickets to attend the DIS Con 2022 EPCOT After Hours Party. I was frozen as I watch my sweet, tired little trusting girl simultaneously develop a lifelong fear of anything tiki-related and decide that her parents were the worst to ever live. Then, and I about died, it goes dark and some volcano god comes rising out of the set near us and my daughter is screaming bloody murder. Well, the show started the same and then the new guys show up, which is fine. It was "under new management" of Iago and Zazu which didn't seem like a red flag. She had asked over and over if it was scary and we assured her it was nothing close to scary. So we took her hoping for a cool place to rest and maybe even shut her eyes for a few minutes. We had gone years ago on our honeymoon prior to that and remember it as benign (and rather boring) animatronics. We took our daughter a few years ago so I don't know if it's changed, but the Enchanted Tiki Room blind-sided us. Barnstormer is a good test to see how your little one handles the thrill rides. Start small when it comes to roller coasters.Show them videos or tell them how the attraction will go (so there are no big surprises), or try a guide designed for kids by kids like Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World for Kids book, which has pictures and ride ratings.If they’re scared of the dark, let them have a tiny flashlight that won’t bother other people but will give them the chance to turn on a light and let them feel more in control. Give them a keyring flashlight or glow sticks to use on darker rides.Frame scary attractions in a way that is less scary for them using some of the tips and info mentioned above.If your little one scares easily, you can handle it a couple of different ways. Alien Swirling Saucers – 32″ (81 cm) or tallerĪdvice for handling things that might scare little ones at Disney World.In addition to the attractions above, the following attractions also have a height requirement and may be too intense for some little ones: The traditional thrill rides and roller coasters are generally easy to weed out if you know your little one scares easily.īut, there are several potentially scary attractions in each park with either no height requirement or ones with height requirements close to the average height of a 3-year-old that definitely would not be a good idea for every 3-year-old to ride. Advice for handling things that might scare little ones at Disney WorldĪlthough the majority of attractions at Disney World are family-friendly, there are attractions in every park that are either thrill rides OR ones that have a deceptively low height requirement.Darth Vader at Star Wars Launch Bay (temporarily unavailable).Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith.Voyage of the Little Mermaid (temporarily unavailable).Tomorrowland Transit Authority (PeopleMover). ![]()
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