Splash Mountain

This week's entry has a special place in the Disney travels of the Diskids. It started when their mommy and daddy went on their honeymoon and waited over two hours for their mom's first time on the attraction to beat all attractions - the ride to beat all rides - Walt Disney World's Splash Mountain. The Magic of Disney came alive for our mom that day and she waited 11 years to take us on the ride she loved so much. We can't remember, but she tells us she was very, very excited.

After 11 years, two days of driving and three days of parks with a 2 year old (Hannah), 4 year old (Noah) and 6 year old (Joshua), our mom ran to Splash Mountain and.....none of us would go on it with her. It was a sad, sad day. But wait! Noah is so sweet. (Noah quote - "I work on being sweet every day!") Our Mom talked little Noah into going on Splash Mountain with her after all these years of waiting and wishing, hoping and dreaming of sharing the magic with her kids.

It did Not Go Well. In fact, it went so badly that Noah has been to Walt Disney World at the ages of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and even though he's tried it again a couple of times he still remembers how scared he was that day and he's too frightened to really try it again.

Well, he was frightened...but then:

Noah is brave and as we write this review he has decided that when he goes to Walt Disney World this September he is going to ride Splash Mountain until he is NOT scared any more! When he does we'll come back and replace the sad ending of this story with a very happy one. Noah reviewed Splash Mountain as if he had already conquered his fears, because he just knows he will! And we (Joshua and Hannah) know he will, too.

And now for the Diskids review of Splash Mountain!

Today we're ranking Splash Mountain on the DISKID-OMETER for all those other kids out there who aren't sure if it's worth the time or if it's scary at all. If you want to find out more about us and if we're like Y-O -U or your kids, then visit our pages and find out! We rank all the Disney attractions (rides and shows) on our very own DISKID-OMETER and we use the Mickey-thumbs-up system. Mickey has 4 fingers, so the most anything can get is 4 fingers up. The least is 0 fingers. We also have a frightometer, and you can scroll down past that Mickey hand to see how scary Splash Mountain can be!

Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World Diskidometer ratings:

Joshua - 4 Mickey fingers up

Noah - 4 Mickey fingers up

Hannah - 4 Mickey fingers up

The Diskids Frightometer is measured this way -

One eye covered is a little scary.

Both eyes covered is a lot scary.

Run away is too scary to do it again!

Joshua - Not scary at all!

Noah - One eye covered

Hannah - One eye covered

This is our favorite Youtube video of Splash Mountain and our mom previewed it to make sure it was safe for all the kids out there who want to see what it's really like or remember how much fun it was. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We really don't think anyone can enjoy Splash Mountain as much as our mom, but if you think you might, let us know! She loves having friends visit her in Her Laughing Place!