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Here
is a listing of the rides in Disney's MGM Studios.
Links in the Seat Type Column, take you to Photos
of the Ride Vehicles. Additional comments on individual rides are
below the chart.
General
MGM Comment
I
was surprised to find that in most of the theater attractions they now
have benches in the back of the theaters to accommodate larger guests.
CMs also were very helpful in helping me find these and/or making sure
I knew about them. These are located at Muppets 3D, and Voyage of the
Little Mermaid. Sounds Dangerous does not allow this because you need
to be in a theater seat to have earphones. However, a CM let me know that
some of the endseat arm rests are broken and will flip back {These are
the first seats that you come to so you may need to let other guests pass
before you sit down)
Animation
Tour
The
one problem area is the theaters in the animation tour. These theaters
are so small that they do not have room for benches. The seats are tight
but at least the films are not very long.
Muppet
Vision
Be careful
at the theater for Muppets...it has tight arm rests.
The seats
in this show are tiny! The arm rests dug very deeply into my hips and
hurt. I will continue to go to the show because I love the Muppets but
I guess I will have to suffer the bruises!I am an agile size 26, with
long legs 36 inch inseam.
Rock
n' Roller
Coaster
I wisely
took the All Ears Net advice and asked to be seated in a front seat
on this ride for the extra leg room, and my 6'6", 390 lb frame
had no trouble fitting in this ride at all. And as a side note, this
is one of the smoothest roller coasters I've ever been on - what an
awesome ride! I will definitely be doing this one again. And again.
Joshua Olive
Firstly, I'm 5' 10", roughly 340
lbs. I was nervous about riding this. I'd had a problem fitting into
the seat on the Montu at Busch Gardens and couldn't ride, which was
very humiliating so I try to avoid rides with a shoulder harness. I'd
read on the website that the odd numbered seats have a little extra
room, cast members must know where to seat large people because I was
put in row 1 (great view). The seats are reclined so your stomach sticks
out, it touches the bottom harness, you can't suck it in because then
your chest gets bigger and pushes the harness up as well. There must
have been no problems because the Cast members said nothing.
Lots of fun but your head gets beat up
a little and no problems fitting - more leg room than it looks too.
I am 5'10 and about 300 lbs.
No Problem at all! I am 5'11" and
320 pounds.
I'm 6' and 430 lbs and RnR is fine for
me in either the front or the back. I did find that when I could spread
my legs out a little further (in the front seats) that the harness seemed
to come down a little farther.
Sci-Fi
Dine In
One
other MGM problem area is the seating at Sci-Fi Dine-In. This is a GREAT
restaurant especially for finicky eaters but the booths are shaped like
cars and the table is attached to back of the seat in front of you. This
is a tight squeeze. Make sure to ask for a table instead of a booth. These
still are shaped like cars in the front but you sit in chairs at a regular
table.
Sounds
Dangerous
I always
worry about "fitting in." (5'8" size 4X). The only place
that gave me a slight problem was the Drew Cary Sounds Dangerous show
where I had to slide my hind quarters in and under the arm rests. Otherwise
I found Disney quite fanny friendly!
I am about
380 lbs (size 32-34). There were seats with moveable armrests. I had
to ask the CM if there were any. They were near the back on the left
side (as you face the screen)
The Drew
Carey Sound Dangerous show has very small seats. I fit in almost all,
not a problem, but, these seats were very narrow. They didn't look that
narrow, I was surprised when I sat down and hurt both sides.
This
has very small theatre seats. (I'm a size 26-28) Most theatre seating
was a bit tight, but I was able to manage - my friend who is more like
a 22-24 had a MAJOR problem with the seats at Sounds Dangerous! and wished
me "good luck!" I was only able to sit in the sit by slightly turning
sideways, and not leaning all the way back - an uncomfortable experience...for
what I considered to be a lame show! :) You might want to
update the website and warn others that one size definitely does NOT fit
all for this attraction!
Star Tours
On our
last visit to MGM Studios, we experienced "Star
Tours" over 5 times due to my 8 year old son's obsession with the
Star Wars movies. EVERY single time I boarded the ride, I ran into
the arm rests with my "mother of three" over-sized hips, causing
a
huge black and blue bruise on my leg. My suggestion would be to
always remember to turn sideways when boarding the seating area and
be cautious of the arm rests. I only had this problem on Star Tours.
Disney is very accommodating to all sizes of people. I hope readers
will feel comfortable deciding to go to Disney World because it is a
wonderful place to experience life, no matter what your size is. (Kelly
)
I am 5'8"
and weigh close to 350, with a very large tummy. This seat is a slightly
uncomfortable seat with a buckle, but once I was able to buckle the
belt (which I did with a bit of sucking in) the ride was fine, if not
a bit jerky. To buckle the belt, I had to sort of lift up and buckle
it underneath my stomach (all of you big folks out there like me should
know this maneuver by now!), which was the narrowest part of my waist/hip
area, and let the tummy sort of ride on top of the belt. After my initial
fear about not fitting, the ride was very fun.
Tower
of Terror
I am almost
400 lbs and Tower of Terror was always one of my favorites with the
bench seats and bar. I panicked the last time when someone mentioned
they had switched to those nasty seatbelts. When I got up to the elevator
I pulled the CM aside (a skinny little size 2) who was wonderful and
said don't worry that many larger than me have been on and she would
help. She made sure to save the front row and the end seats for my firend
and I. She had me sit down first and she pulled out the seat belt and
fastened it (this was a great spot since the benches have no arms on
the aisle side to give me extra room) and then had my friend sit and
do his second. All this was done without much ado or embarrassment.
The Twilight
Zone Tower of Terror has seat belts. I have been seated on the aisle,
in the middle, and by the wall. The most comfortable spot is on the
aisle, with the LEAST comfortable being by the wall.
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