if my son just meets the height requirement but is too scared to ride will they still offer a rider switch pass? I don't to change my fastpasses yet if they don't do this.

Actually, up to 3 people can do rider switch. Great article.

We're a party of 5. Dad, Mom, 12 year old, 8 year old, 7 month old. Obviously, the baby is our non rider. Am I understanding you correctly in that when we rider swap, only 1 of my old enough to ride kids will be able to ride a 2nd time?

Scenario:

Dad, 12, & 8 are "party 1"

Mom waits with baby

Mom & just her favorite kid (lol) are "party 2"

Seems like in the past, the rider swap pass was good for up to 4 people. Was there a change?

I keep double (triple, quadruple...) checking this. We have 5 kids, trying to make the most out of FP and rider swap without screwing it up. We have 6 of us 48" and taller and one 35" 1yr old.

My current plan has my hubby using their FP, riding w 2 kids and then me swapping and riding w the other 2 and vice versa...

My question is - can I bring 2 of the kids w me w rider swap or just one? I am confused. If just one, I need to re-do our FP!

Okay, another question about swap/FP. We have 4 kids, 11,9,4 and 2 y.o. Both parents and the older 2 kids would want to do these rides. So would we do Parent A with child A riding, then Swap so parent B and child B can ride? Would we bring the whole family and get in the line, then Swap? If using FP must one rider be used for each time? Do use use FP for both the A rider names or 1 A and 1 B rider total of 2 FPs? Thanks, 1st trimmer and I have so many questions.

It seems like using this in conjunction with Fastpass+ is sort of gaming the system. Is there any indication from Disney that they wont give rider switch if you are going into the fastpass line?

Hello! Are you able to do rider switch when it's two adults and a child. Our son will be three when we go and I'm wondering if we would be allowed to take advantage of this program.

Thanks!

Hi, just to double check...the second adult doesn't need a fast pass+ for the ride? Just the first adult and the child that is riding, or just the first adult if both kids too small? Seems too good to be true, unless I have totally misunderstood!

Hi there!

Has anyone used rider swap for Haunted Mansion recently? I realize there is not a height requirement, but there is the scare factor for small children. Thanks for your help!

I haven't found this answer yet... Are there any restrictions to a party of 3 or 4 using rider swap or just riding rides in general when there is one adult and 3 kids? One is 48 inches and the other 2 are 40 inches. We have always gone with 2 adults and 2 children so on the coasters a grown up rode with a child in each seat. Will there be any issues with a smaller child riding alone or with a 48 inch child in a row? I can't find the answer to this one. One of the grown ups going will be pregnant and unable to ride the coasters. If we use rider swap and I take myself and 2 kids to swap I just don't know how that works? Do they ask a single rider adult to fill in a spot by a smaller child that meets the height requirement?

Hello, can more than one adult stay with the child that doesn't meet the height requirement and then can both of the adults use the rider switch pass? I'm going to Disney in October with 5 adults and 2 young children and trying to figure out how we can use FastPass+ and rider switch to get on more rides with shorter lines. Thanks!

Hi, we're a party of 6 - 4 adults and 2 kids. I understand the logic of one of the children not riding and being offered the rider switch by staying with an adult in the party. In our case, the kids will want to ride - but their grandparents won't. I'm assuming 'scared grandparents' wouldn't cut it for the rider switch. And that one of the kids would need to stay behind, but then both kids could ride a second time with the grandparent? Or is that frowned upon because the child sat out the first time because they were 'scared'....They should be tall enough for the rides we want to go on. Thx so much, K

In using the system, I was wondering if this scenario would work thus enabling more fast pass rides. One parent and one child books a certain ride and time. Using the system, you then book the other parent and other child another fast pass ride an hour later or so to a different ride. They ride the first one and fast pass with the other parent and child who did not have the original ride on their fast pass. Then the party goes to the second ride and does the same thing. Creating 6 fast pass rides/doubling the amount assuming those rides do the child swap. Does that sound correct? Thanks in advance :)

I just called Disney World and they said those entering a ride with a fastpass would NOT be given rider swap unless the second group also had fastpasses. Obviously if you had fastpasses for everyone you wouldn't need child swap! Is this just a policy they say but don't actually practice? My kids are split into bigs and littles and I'm really bummed that the adult fastpasses have to be split between their rides. :-/ Isn't that the whole point of child swap?

I'm trying to better understand the whole fast pass/parent swap situation.

We have a little one who can't ride Space Mountain, so if I book fastpass for Space Mountain, myself and older child, and book a fastpass for my husband and little one on some ride nearby, can we get parent swaps and swap out on both rides? Essentially, the kids would ride each ride twice and my husband and myself would each ride once with each child.

Does that make sense? Is that possible?

And does the parent swap pass get you back in the fastpass lane or regular lane?

I just read on a message board that rider swap passes are good until the end of the month they are issued, could any one verify this please?

I don't know that this has been answered yet--if it's Just me and my two kids, will a cast member wait with my not-tall-enough hold while I ride with the older? Or do we effectively have to miss all the big ones because there isn't another adult to wait?

Is a ride swap system available at Disneyland?

Hello,

We are heading to WDW in a few days and this will be the first time traveling to WDW with our kids. We are a party of 4 adults, 2 kids and 1 toddler. The toddler does not get fast pass, b/c he is 22 months and no ticket was purchased, correct? The kids meet height requirements, so they will be able to ride all the rides. I am trying to maximum fast pass and rider swap. So for many of the fast passes, I selected 3 adults and 1 of the kids using a fast pass. Can the other kid use a fast pass from one of the adults? Meaning we will have 2 adults and 2 kids riding. Would we need to switch wrist bands, so that both kids can ride the ride. I was hoping to maximum the number of fast passes for the kids by using some of the adult fast passes for the kids. I was also going to use rider swap. Do I need a fast pass for the person waiting with the toddler, if the other people in the party have a fast pass? Can I use the rider swap without fast pass for a ride that the others in my party are using fast pass?

Here is a little chart that I hope helps you answer some of my questions....

Fast Pass Selection Ride Selection 1 Like to Ride

Using Fast Pass

Adult 1 X X

Adult 2 X X

Adult 3 X Fast Pass

Used by Kid 2

Adult 4 Wait (rider swap)

Kid 1 X X

Kid 2 X use FP from A3

Both kids would be able to ride again using rider swap and A4 would ride. A3 would not ride the ride at all.

Am I understanding this correctly... We are traveling with 6 adults and a 20 month old.

Adults 1-3 use their fast pass and ride while adults 4-6 stay back with the little one. After adults 1-3 get off the ride adults 4-6 can then ride w/o needing fast pass?

This essentially means adults our group would be able to fast pass up to 6 rides w/o any issues. Or in the case of Epcot we could have 3 people fast pass test track as tier 1 and the other 3 past pass Soarin.

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Hello, I'll be going to Animal Kingdom on Dec 23, and we all want to get on Expedition Everest and by the time I don't know if my 5 year old will 44" to ride. So do I still have to get the FastPass+ for her an order to get the rider switch? It will be 2 adults , 2 kids. (Ages 5, 10). So my husband will get to ride with his son, and when its over I'll get to ride with my son correct ? We will have to get FastPass+ for us ? Sorry if this doesn't make sense lol

Do you know why you can get a ride swap for frozen and na'vi river (both no height requirement) , but not for pirates of the Caribbean?