FoP Glasses

twoolle · Feb 23, 2018

I'm hoping DS8 will ride FoP with me. But he's an anxious kid and will be super worried if the glasses fall off. Can he hold them with one hand and hold on with Another? Should he just not wear them? Any suggestions would be appreciated so I can prepare him ahead of time. Thanks!

clayfolks · Feb 23, 2018

We had our grandsons (6,6,8) keep their ears on during the ride, last week. We tucked the glasses temples under the elastic neck strap.

rteetz · Feb 23, 2018

Not wearing them would hurt the experience. He can try holding them but that might not be great either. You're best to just try to wear them as is.

WillowRain · Feb 23, 2018

My kids stayed on fine. Mine I had to hold over my glasses. I really wish they would make glasses with glasses wearers in mind. Like bigger to fit over them, maybe goggles instead?

Eccle · Feb 24, 2018

My kids (9 and 6) managed fine, it was me who struggled, maybe because I wear glasses, they just would not come close to staying on my head. I had to use one hand to hold them on which I think detracted from the experience and meant it was all a bit of an anticlimax for me

Sepo · Feb 24, 2018

I bought some inexpensive silicone holders from Amazon in anticipation. Peace of mind. The glasses were indeed loose on my 8 yr old.

CAS239 · Feb 24, 2018

If the glasses are too loose you can hold them on. You don't have to hold onto the ride handles if you don't want to

Mome Rath · Feb 24, 2018

I've read parents are using either glasses holders/straps, the silicon tubes you can slip onto glasses, or a sweatband type of headband. For the best experience, don't be struggling to hold them on, or skip them, I'd plan/practice ahead and make sure something works just to get everything out of the ride.

Amanda999 · Feb 24, 2018

Definitely wear the glasses, even if the child has to hold them on. (I hold them on with one hand. But will try one of the PPs suggestions next trip.)

JakAHearts · Feb 24, 2018

I was told by a CM that they are getting child size glasses soon. Lets hope so because the adult ones barely stay on me!

dmetcalfrn · Feb 24, 2018

We did tried the sweatband for my 5yo son. It worked great!!

ENJDisneyFan · Feb 24, 2018

JakAHearts said:
I was told by a CM that they are getting child size glasses soon. Lets hope so because the adult ones barely stay on me!

That would be awesome! My 8 year old struggled to keep his on.

twoolle · Feb 24, 2018

Thanks all for the suggestions! Will we have time to practice with the glasses while waiting? Is that what the PP meant? I have some headbands they can try, just not sure if they will...boys! I will look into the silicon things too.

goofyintoronto · Feb 24, 2018

You will not get the full experience without the glasses. They should be fine, but as someone mentioned above, its not a bad idea to get silicone holders just to be sure. Or they could hold it with one hand.

CAS239 · Feb 24, 2018

twoolle said:
Thanks all for the suggestions! Will we have time to practice with the glasses while waiting? Is that what the PP meant? I have some headbands they can try, just not sure if they will...boys! I will look into the silicon things too.

You'll have like 2-3 minutes with the glasses in the preshow before you board the ride

gillep · Feb 24, 2018

twoolle said:
Thanks all for the suggestions! Will we have time to practice with the glasses while waiting? Is that what the PP meant? I have some headbands they can try, just not sure if they will...boys! I will look into the silicon things too.

I can completely understand why boys wouldn't want to wear headbands lol, but I have to say the headband worked great, it was a much better ride when I wasn't worried about the glasses falling off!

Spencer Wright · Feb 24, 2018

I wear glasses and actually found the FOP glasses to be perfect with glasses.

I normally have some insecurity it terms of something falling off but had none on FOP.

Kudos to the Imagineer who designed them!

Mome Rath · Feb 24, 2018

Yes, you have a bit of time before actually getting on the ride to see if they need to be held on with something. For boys, if you want a "headband" I'd definitely get like a tennis sweatband headband.

And what I mentioned before is just to have a plan what you are going to do before you get there. So, if you are worried get a headband (or whatever you decide on) at home and use a pair of glasses to show the kids what they/you will need to do to slip the band over the glasses posts to see if the kids will go along with it. lol

jenben8426 · Feb 24, 2018

My kids ages 13,11,9, & 7 were able to ride with the glasses on and nothing holding them. I tried doing something with my 5 year old but ran out of time. I asked the cast member what to do and he said that most kids just hold them on with one hand while holding on to the bar with the other. It worked out just fine.

twoolle · Feb 24, 2018

You guys all have great advice! I will try to practice with headbands and glasses at home! I don't have any big thick sweat headbands but I do have several black headbands that I wear when I'm exercising. Hopefully they won't mind too much. Of course my 2yo loves to wear them around!

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