Disney World and AVR

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The family is going to Disney World next week and was wondering if I should ride the roller coasters considering I am 7 months post aortic valve replacement. I think I will be okay.
 
I've also had aortic valve replacement and I can't imagine that would be a problem after seven months. They don't have any really crazy intense stuff at Disney anyway. Guardians of the Galaxy at Epcot is the best ride I have ever been on.
 
That seems like a question for the surgeon that performed the AVR. I would certainly want to enjoy Disney if it was safe, but I'm not risking my life for a ride on the teacups.
 
You may want to avoid Tower of Terror and the Rock and Roll coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
 
I wouldn’t risk it. Not that roller coasters are as stressful as piloting a fighter jet or driving an F1 car, but it’s still throwing internal organs around and shifting blood distribution. The physiological compensation for high G maneuvers includes a rapid increase in peripheral blood pressure.
 
Disney during Christmas? Ouch. The wait times may be so long you may not get a chance to ride anyway.
 
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One of my favorite memories of Disney World was from early December, 1972. It was the week after a PGA event at Disney World. Shortly after I entered the park, I was looking around an saw a man with distinctive blond hair with a boy in each hand and a daughter on his shoulders. All three of the kids had exactly the same shade of blond hair as did the Dad. They were accompanied by a woman with brown hair who appeared, by behavior, to be the Mom. My first thought upon seeing this guy and his three kids, was "If he ever gets named in a paternity suit, then he won't stand a chance." My second thought was, "That's Jack Nicklaus!" I saw him and his kids and wife all day, standing in the same lines as I was standing, buying the same junk food as I was buying. And I never saw anyone go up and ask him for an autograph or a photo. It was like everyone at Disney World reached an unspoken agreement that he was with his wife and kids and just let him have a nice time without the hassle of being a celebrity.
 
Just got back from Disney. It was actually a fun time of year to go, and I'd advise getting a ticket to the evening Christmas party at Magic Kingdom if you can. I didn't actually go on a lot of the intense rides (motion sickness and all) but my husband did. He loved Tron and Guardians but I might skip if I were you. There are still very cool rides that don't throw you around -- the Avatar ride at Magic Kingdom, Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios, Remy ride at Epcot, etc. The Star Wars section of Hollywood Studios was super impressive. Also lightening lanes are the way to go. Have fun!!
 
tallheel95 said:
Just got back from Disney. It was actually a fun time of year to go, and I'd advise getting a ticket to the evening Christmas party at Magic Kingdom if you can. I didn't actually go on a lot of the intense rides (motion sickness and all) but my husband did. He loved Tron and Guardians but I might skip if I were you. There are still very cool rides that don't throw you around -- the Avatar ride at Magic Kingdom, Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios, Remy ride at Epcot, etc. The Star Wars section of Hollywood Studios was super impressive. Also lightening lanes are the way to go. Have fun!!
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Oh I’m riding Tron and guardians
 
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Oh I’m riding Tron and guardians
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Ha, I get it. My husband loved them both! I sort of wish I had gone on those particular rides... I actually put on a scopolamine patch so that I wouldn't feel nauseated, but it made one of my pupils get weirdly enlarged so I had to remove it... bailed on the intense rides afterwards. (And temporarily stressed out that I was dying at Disney before realizing the pupil issue was from the patch.)

It was my first trip to Disney -- I was surprised by how many adults were there without children. Like adults who visit multiple times a year and just love Disney. The merch is also so tacky but people realllllly get into it.
 
theel4life said:
The family is going to Disney World next week and was wondering if I should ride the roller coasters considering I am 7 months post aortic valve replacement. I think I will be okay.
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Might want to just stick with “It’s a Small World After All” ride.
 
Party pooper here.

When I was 18 my family dragged me to Disney World to help with the driving; younger sister wanted to go. Hated it. Lines, crowds, kitsch, It's a small friggin world give me a break and most horribly, no place to sneak off and catch a buzz (which might have helped).

Thereafter I always declined to share in the joy of watching my nieces bounce around that hellscape all day long. They lived 45 minutes from Disneyland for a number of years and had yearly passes thus being seduced and sucked into that god awful cult of snow white and goofy and all those other non chrstian white evangelical types this country was made for. Now avid Disney freaks they take their kids on Disney Cruises yearly.
 
grimes70 said:
Party pooper here.

When I was 18 my family dragged me to Disney World to help with the driving; younger sister wanted to go. Hated it. Lines, crowds, kitsch, It's a small friggin world give me a break and most horribly, no place to sneak off and catch a buzz (which might have helped).

Thereafter I always declined to share in the joy of watching my nieces bounce around that hellscape all day long. They lived 45 minutes from Disneyland for a number of years and had yearly passes thus being seduced and sucked into that god awful cult of snow white and goofy and all those other non chrstian white evangelical types this country was made for. Now avid Disney freaks they take their kids on Disney Cruises yearly.
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I’m with you. I’ve been to Disney a few times (and to Disneyland once as well) and I am not a fan. I like roller coasters but prefer old school amusement parks that are more about the rides and less about “the experience.”
 
farce© said:
I’m with you. I’ve been to Disney a few times (and to Disneyland once as well) and I am not a fan. I like roller coasters but prefer old school amusement parks that are more about the rides and less about “the experience.”
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Like mentioned, this was my first trip to Disney. I had no interest — there are too many other places in the world I’d rather see first — but my husband really wanted to take the kids, and he planned the entire trip. I ended up having much more fun than I had anticipated, but I wouldn’t want to go again anytime soon. You really have to throw $$ at the trip to make it enjoyable — stay in one of the resorts, get the magic band, pay for lightening lanes, etc. It was certainly fun to see it with my children, particularly my daughter who got dressed up as Elsa and was wowed by meeting all the princesses. But as an adult only trip? Not sure I see the appeal.
 
You can pretty much buy your way out of the lines nowadays. And you can get good and drunk on great cocktails all day everywhere except Magic Kingdom. Happy kids, drunk parents, who could ask for more?
 
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