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might nonetheless be resentful of their older (or taller) siblings who qualify to ride. A
mom from Virginia bumped into just such a situation, writing:
You mention height requirements for rides but not the intense sibling jealousy this
can generate. Frontierland was a real problem in that respect. Our very petite
5-year-old, to her outrage, was stuck hanging around while our 8-year-old went on
Splash Mountain and [Big] Thunder Mountain with Grandma and Granddad, and
the nearby alternatives weren't helpful [too long a line for rafts to Tom Sawyer Is-
land, and so on]. If we had thought ahead, we would have left the younger kid back
in Mickey's Toontown with one of the grown-ups for another roller-coaster ride or
two and then met up later at a designated point. The best areas had a playground or
other quick attractions for short people near the rides with height requirements.
The reader makes a valid point, though splitting the group and then meeting later
can be more complicated in practical terms than she might imagine. If you choose
