What attractions have age and/or height restrictions?

The following age, height and other restrictions apply to rides and attractions at Disneyland Paris:

Phantom Manor
Some scenes may be frightening for younger children

Big Thunder Mountain
General health restrictions (see note)
Min age: 3 years
Min height: 1.02 metres (40 inches)

Pirates of the Caribbean
General health restrictions (see note)

Indiana Jones et le Temple du Peril
General health restrictions (see note)
Min age: 8 years
Min height: 1.40 metres (55 inches)

La Taniere du Dragon
Some scenes may be frightening for younger children

Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains
Some scenes may be frightening for younger children

Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Min age: 1 year

Orbitron - Machines Volantes
Min age: 1 year

Autopia
General health restrictions (see note)
Min age: 1 year
Min height for driver: 1.32 metres (52 inches)

Star Tours
General health restrictions (see note)
Min age: 3 years
Min height for after-ride computer game: 1.02 metres (40 inches)

CineMagique (Captain EO)
Some scenes may be frightening for younger children, and high volumes may cause discomfort for those with sensitive hearing

Space mountain - De la Terre a la Lune
General health restrictions (see note)
Min age: 10 years
Min height: 1.40 metres (55 inches)

Note: Pregnant women and people with heart, back, neck, motion sickness or other similar problems should not ride attractions marked as having 'general health restrictions'.

Tim Stainthorpe (tim@maingate.demon.co.uk) offers the following advice: "One point I think may be useful concerns ride heights. There were countless times when we saw parents queuing for up to an hour with small children, only to be told that their child was too small to ride when they reached the loading area. Sometimes the entrance attendant either missed them in the rush, or the parents tried to sneak their child past. Either way they were very annoyed at being told their child couldn't ride. In order to prevent this I'd suggest that parents make the entrance attendant measure their child before queuing."

A technique which can be useful for parents with very small children is known as the "baby swap". This entails the whole family joining the queue for the attraction as normal, and progressing as far as the loading area. Once there, one parent rides the attraction while the other waits with the children. The rider is then allowed to return directly to the loading point and can look after the children while the second parent goes on the ride. The whole family are then reunited at the exit point. Of course, the downside of this system is that the children will have to stand in a potentially long queue with nothing in it for them at the end.

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