Scary rides

I think about half of Disney attractions have some scary element.

How do you know if you should ride it?

It’s hard. You can’t be certain that an attraction will definitely not intensely scare your child. It’s even possible that your child rode a ride at one age and wasn’t scared, and then at an older age they are scared!

You might not be concerned about scariness

If your kids are too young to be scared, you may not want to screen rides for scariness and that’s fine.

Strategies for screening scary rides

Follow your instinct

If you are getting bad vibes, just pass on it. One too scary experience can end the whole day. There really is plenty to do that’s not scary to risk it.

If you enter a ride and your child is scared by the line, leave.

Watch a movie of the whole ride on Youtube

Every ride I’ve ever searched for has a full-length movie of it on Youtube. Watch it with your child and see if they like it.

The park guides in this book

Our park guides don’t cover much, but they do cover each potentially scary ride that your kids might meet the height requirement for.