Kids under 1m high go free - do they really measure this ?

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I've just received some vouchers for free entrance to Thorpe Park and Chessington and others where one pays and the other goes free. Also, kids under 1m go free. I'd probably think it good value if we all (2+1) go and only pay for one adult but my kid is 3 (under 2 or 3 is free anyway) but she is about 102/103cm. Bend her legs and she can pass for 99cm

So do they check or what ?

purplerose

I remember a friend telling me about this on a trip to Chessington, she said they had measuring posts at the entrance where you pay.

tashee26

in my experience yes - they even made me get my son out of the pushcahir to measure him when he was obviously not that high!

susancs

Can't remember them doing it at Thorpe Park, but they do have the measure at Chessington and ask the child to stand against it before isssuing tickets. I wouldn't bother with Thorpe Park as there is not much for your little one to do there (not much for my 9 year old, but we have Merlin annual passes so leave my teenage daughter and friends and head for Chessington), but Chessington is great for younger children. I seem to remember reading that Chessington do a Parent and Toddler (classed as under 5 years) at a very reasonable price about £12 for the child and parent in total-so may be worth doing a search on that.

susancs

http://www.chessington.com/groups/parent-toddler.aspx £13.50 for an adult and child under 5 years entrance on selected dates. As there are 2 adults it may be an idea to take a friend of your 3 year old with you as 4 of you can get in for £27 so cheaper than the adult price of £37.20 yo would have got using the 2for1 voucher.

greenface

Try this one at Camelot a few years back. My son in a wheelchair at entrance while i was paying for other members of the family said "i dont need to pay for him do i " young spotty at kiosk kid asked if he was over 1.2 meters. I replied i dont think that matters hes not going on the rides and he cannot stand to be measured. "But if he could stand would he be over 1.2 meters" was the last thing he said that day. Not kidding.

ellay864

My friend 'taught' her daughter to stand slouched enough that she passed under the barrier at the entrance when they went to a park somewhere (can't remember which). She was well pleased but didn't twig that it meant her daughter then couldn't go on loads of the rides. They ended up leaving the park early as her daughter's foul mood spoilt the day for them!

mo786

ellay864 wrote: »

My friend 'taught' her daughter to stand slouched enough that she passed under the barrier at the entrance when they went to a park somewhere (can't remember which). She was well pleased but didn't twig that it meant her daughter then couldn't go on loads of the rides. They ended up leaving the park early as her daughter's foul mood spoilt the day for them!

In Legoland/Chessington/Thorpe/Alton Towers, it's a pay on admission park, you don't wear a band, so the kids can go on any ride they are allowed to.

Not that I agree with 'slouching.'

ellay864

I thought some of the rides had height restrictions on? I know she had some problem when one of the staff who'd been there when they entered the park was later on duty at a ride where her daughter wasn't allowed on. Maybe it was just bad luck on getting somebody who remembered her having been small enough to get in for free
I know my OH took his son on something where kids were free until they were 5...his son was only just 5 and looked young for his age, OH had told him to pretend he was 4. The guy checking tickets later asked his son how old he was to which he happily said 'I'm 4...I'm really 5 but today I'm only 4' :rotfl: