Disney World Height Requirements

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Updated for 2019!

Many parents of small children don’t take height into consideration when planning for vacations. There are minimum Disney World Height Requirements for many rides at theme and water parks at Walt Disney World: if you haven’t measured your small children by now, get out that measuring tape and let’s see just who can ride what!

If you don’t see a ride listed here, then there is no height requirement for that particular ride.

Tomorrowland Speedway 32″

Barnstormer 35″

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 38″

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 40″

Splash Mountain 40″

Stitch’s Great Escape 40″

Space Mountain 44″

Soarin’ 40″

Test Track 40″

Mission: Space 40″

Alien Swirling Saucers 32″

Slinky Dog Dash 38″

Star Tours 40″

Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 40″

Rock ‘N’ Roll Coaster 48″

Kali River Rapids 38″

DINOSAUR 40″

Avatar Flight of Passage 44″

Expedition Everest 44″

Crush ‘n’ Gusher 48″

Humunga Kowabunga 48″

Ketchakiddee Creek 48″

Bay Slides 60″

Chairlift 32″

Downhill Double Dipper 48″

Slush Gusher 48″

Summit Plummet 48″

Tike’s Peak 48″

I see this question asked pretty often in WDW planning groups: should I try to cheat my child’s height if they are an inch or two below the requirement?

The answer is absolutely not. These requirements were implemented to ensure the safety of your child, rather than to ruin your day when a child is too short to enjoy a particular ride. Sometimes, even if you can do something, you shouldn’t, and this comes down to a matter of safety.

Why take a chance of epic tragedy when you could simply wait a year or two?

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