Dragon's Tail Coaster - All Day Access - safety

[letscutitout]

Wondering how this is organized. Is it set up so that children can safely wait in line for their turn and go on it without a parent? Do the attendants do a good job making sure the riders are secure or is it really up to the rider to make sure they are secure before the ride starts? Thank you! Trying to figure out if the kids can be off and running with this or if it will require my constant (hopefully not) supervision.

[smplybcause]

There's a platform where there's a queue. I suppose if it's a lot of people the queue would go down the stairs and onto the beach. The riders are secured by a seatbelt, so it's just making sure someone is buckled in. 

[twangster]

What safety risk are you looking to avoid?  How old a child are we talking about?  Secure in their seat on the ride or secure from a mean teenager picking on them in line?

 

I wouldn't leave a 6 year old alone but I might a 15 year old.   

 

Parents always need to supervise their children.  Royal staff running the ride are not Adventure Ocean counsellors nor will they escort a young child back to their parents on the beach somewhere.  

 

 

Edited June 12, 2019 by twangster

[letscutitout]

4 minutes ago, twangster said:

What safety risk are you looking to avoid?  How old a child are we talking about?  Secure in their seat on the ride or secure from a mean teenager picking on them in line?

 

I wouldn't leave a 6 year old alone but I might a 15 year old.   

 

Parents always need to supervise their children.  Royal staff running the ride are not Adventure Ocean baby sitters nor will they escort a young child back to their parents on the beach somewhere.  

 

 

I am not looking for someone to babysit them. Just want to know if the operators do a good job making sure the riders are secure. 1 of mine tends to be a little spacey. Last trip to Haiti, RC staff did not operate the ride. It was men from Haiti. 

[twangster]

1 minute ago, letscutitout said:

I am not looking for someone to babysit them. Just want to know if the operators do a good job making sure the riders are secure. 1 of mine tends to be a little spacey. Last trip to Haiti, RC staff did not operate the ride. It was men from Haiti. 

 

Those men from Haiti are Royal employees.  They employee nearly 500 locals for various functions at Labadee.

 

You know your child best.  They will verify that the seatbelt is connected but depending on what you mean by a spacey child I might be concerned what that child might do during the ride.  In that case I'd want to be on the ride with the child.