Every family likes different rides. Some children are not tall enough to ride the big ones. What are adults and older kids in the family to do when visiting Walt Disney World? We are here to explain the solution, Disney’s Rider Switch. Read below and we will tell you just how to make this work for your group on your next trip.
What is Disney’s Rider Switch
If you have a guest in your party that does not want to or cannot ride a certain ride it does not have to detract from everyone else’s park visit. Disney offers a line hack to ensure the people who want to ride can ride. Everyone can ride without having to stand in line twice.
How to use Rider Swap
- Greet Cast Member at entrance to ride and make sure this ride offers Rider Switch
- Let the Cast Member know you would like to use Rider Switch and which people will go on the ride and which people will wait. The Cast Member will instruct those waiting on where to wait while the riders enter the queue.
- Riders will go through the normal queue and ride the attraction.
- Once the rider group is finished, they will meet with the waiting group.
- A Cast Member will verify Rider Switch and will instruct the second party on how to enter the ride (not via the standby queue). This is typically done via the Lightning Lane entrance.
*Note* If the attraction is a Virtual Queue, all Rider Swap guests must be in the boarding group or have Individual Lightning Lane purchased prior to queuing for the attraction.
For all you need to know regarding the Virtual Queue see our post Theme Park Vacations Virtual Queue. We make the virtual queue easy to understand.
Which Rides
Not all rides will offer Rider Swap. We will list the riders offering it as of January 2024.
Magic Kingdom
- The Barnstormer
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- Space Mountain
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- TRON Lightcycle / Run
EPCOT
- Frozen Ever After
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
- Mission: SPACE
- Soarin’ Around the World
- Test Track
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- Avatar Flight of Passage
- DINOSAUR
- Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
- Kali River Rapids
- Na’vi River Journey
Closing
We hope you enjoyed reading this and now understand Disney’s Rider Switch offering. It allows everyone in your travel party to ride their rides even if everyone in the party cannot or prefers not to ride. Please email us or drop a comment on Theme Park Vacations Facebook if you have any questions.
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