Theme Parks - 12yr olds are adults

paulofessex

A campaign should be undertaken in relation to this ridiculous issue of classing 12yr olds as adults. Cannot think of any other industry where this happens.

p00hsticks

If a twelve year old is old enough to go on all the rides and takes up exactly the same space as an adult, it seems perfectly sensible to me that they should pay the same as an adult.

Reductions should apply if and when people are not able to make use of all the facilities in the park (e.g. too short, disabled etc)

duchy

paulofessex wrote: »

A campaign should be undertaken in relation to this ridiculous issue of classing 12yr olds as adults. Cannot think of any other industry where this happens.

As a twelve year old probably uses the rides MORE than most adults I agree it is ridiculous- On usage and wear and tear alone they should be charged more than adults !

Other industries ? How about the airlines......or the food industry- 12 year olds don't qualify for child rates there either ( very similar scenario as the average 12 year old can out eat many adults)...some hotel chains will charge over occupancy at the age of 12 (some don't) and most hotel child eat free schemes cap at 12 too.

You could start a petition and if you get enough people to sign it we could have the farce of a house of commons debate on it but a more effective method would be simply if it's too expensive......don't go- vote with your feet. If everyone who felt theme parks were too expensive didn't go for one year.....then prices would fall.

antrobus

paulofessex wrote: »

A campaign should be undertaken in relation to this ridiculous issue of classing 12yr olds as adults. Cannot think of any other industry where this happens.

Air travel.

Most airlines appear to have a 12 years cut off as well.

doovayduck

Gig tickets - they don't care how old anyone is when it comes to price. Yeah some are over 14s/over 18 but everyone pays the same. No child rates for Disney on Ice (which made it prohibitively expensive for us )

CKhalvashi

Every airline I've used has a cut off of 12.

IMO, children are getting the same service as adults, so should pay as much. As mentioned above, many 12 year olds would use rides more than adults.

CK

Valli

p00hsticks wrote: »

If a twelve year old is old enough to go on all the rides and takes up exactly the same space as an adult, it seems perfectly sensible to me that they should pay the same as an adult.

Reductions should apply if and when people are not able to make use of all the facilities in the park (e.g. too short, disabled etc)

Or the fact that non-riding adults must pay exactly the same admission price.

force_ten

paulofessex wrote: »

A campaign should be undertaken in relation to this ridiculous issue of classing 12yr olds as adults. Cannot think of any other industry where this happens.

as already said the airline industry classes a 12 year old as an adult and the price difference between an adult and a child airline ticket is a lot harder to swallow than the difference between an adult and a child theme park ticket

at the age of 12 most children make the 140 cm hight requirement for all the big rides and you can bet your life they are going to want to take full advantage of all the rides that are available so will get more value for money out of the adult ticket than a reluctant 50 year old

i am a parent of a now 15 year old so we had to pay adult prices for her at Disney and every other theme park we have been to for the last few years

campaign all you like but i cant see you ever winning this one

System

In Disney, I am not too sure if this is still the case now, but you are an adult aged 10!

For years, my parents lied about my age - ie saying I was 11 when I was 12/13. Couldn't do it when booking holidays. Because of me being tall, they could not do it for long.

Their lies must have saved them a few hundred quid.

martinbuckley

Strange then that a 12 year old cannot take their 11 year old friend to the theme park, despite being classed as an adult for admission purposes!

kathrynha

I would prefer it if theme parks had 2 adult prices (maybe with different coloured wrist bands for each). One for people wanting to ride all the rides, and a cheaper one for wusses like my husband, who's only role in a theme park is to hold the bags.

For our family theme parks and many other attractions work out quite expensive, due to only having 1 child, and therefore not being able to make use of most family tickets, and buy one get one free isn't as good a saving when there is an odd number of you.