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[angelridout]

Any advice on straps to keep glasses on your head? I usually just take mine off but the friend I'm traveling with can't see 3 feet away without hers. I want her to be able to see the details on Big Thunder & the yeti on Expedition Everest.

[oysuchaheadache]

My solution was to pick up one of those elastic glasses holding on thingummies they sell in sporting goods stores. It did the job admirably on everything from BTMRR to RnRC, and I got to see the details rushing by on all the coasters.

Highly recommended, despite the nerdiness factor. (Thus remember to slip the thing off when you're not on a roller coaster...)

(On a personal note, I finally got contacts this spring after 37 years in glasses. I'm looking forward to not having to worry about my glasses at WDW for the first time.)

[Sunshine Family]

you can get eyeglass holders cheap at the dollar store. I don't mean the chain kind, you'd want the ones that fit snug around the head.

[JennyM]

I also can't see 3 feet in front of me and used to always take off my glasses and put them in my bag on BTM, SM, EE, RRC, etc so they had no chance of flying off. A few trips ago, I bought the snug black glasses holder at the resort gift shop and it works fine. I like to believe that it looks a bit cooler because it has Walt Disney World written on it! It does not...but my hair hides most of the strap so my family will be seen with me! Lol

[Tim Sullivan]

I think you'll also find that on most rides you won't have an issue with needing to worry bout losing glasses...I wear them myself (obviously!! hehe) and don't worry about removing them on almost all attractions at WDW (the only I worry about is RnR) My glasses also have straight arm posts as well (they don't have the usual "crook" at the end to go behind the ears) and stay on just fine. Most Disney attractions are actually quite slow, and aren't really aggressive enough to pitch glasses off your head.

Saying that, I've used two different types of straps on my glasses (prescription sunglasses actually) both of which I got on a trip to WDW. The first was one that I wasn't CRAZY about, but worked alright. It is a neoprene strap that you can find at pretty much any better gift shop in WDW, is black and says "Walt Disney World". Non-adjustable for length so you can't really "snug" it down short of sliding the arms through the straps even further. If you don't like advertising for WDW on the back of your head, you can always turn the strap over so the print is towards your head.

Second strap that I've used for years, couldn't find back here at home, but did find in the surf shop at DTD are Chums straps. They are cotton fabric "tubes" with a stopper on one end plus a plastic rubber adjuster, and then rubber sewn inside the tubes to give tension and help keep on your glasses. Easy to adjust for size, and work pretty well for me. They also look nicer than a basic strap or a string as well, which is a plus (at least, when worn on my sunglasses)

Another option I just thought of is you can also find loop ends that slip over the ends of your glasses that are c-shaped that hook the backs of your ears and will make it darn near impossible to lose your glasses unless you actually WANTED to lose your glasses....and has the side benefit of being virtually unnoticeable unless someone is really looking.

Hope the suggestions help!

Tim

[JoanneS]

I also wear glasses and it never even occured to me that I should take them off for rides. I've been on lots of rides and never had a problem.

[LLaffinPlace]

I used to put straps on my glasses (the ones Tim describes that have "Walt Disney World" on the back), but these days I don't really bother. What I find on the coasters and Tower of Terror is that the forward motion pushes the glasses back against my face--even through the inversions on RnRC, so the glasses stay on my head. I don't go on Primeval Whirl much anymore, but I have only ever lost a hat on that attraction.

[jimmymac]

None of the WDW rides go fast enough to make you lose your glasses. You can get straps at any sorting goods store

[tinker_me_happy]

I don't take mine off any more either... with the exception of RnR. The strap was too much of a PIA. However, I did use a bit of IV tubing once that worked great! (It was new and was "left over" from 'teaching' stuff)

[JennyM]

You all are much braver than I am! Lol! I am too blind to risk losing my glasses at all! My daughter almost lost her headband on Space Mountain one time...she had to reach out and made a lucky grab. And she had friends working there who found multiple sunglasses/glasses when walking the track every night at closing. I am not brave enough to chance it!

[Dave Marx]

I'm a big fan of Chums (the cloth tubes with neoprene "grabber" tubes at the tips), and used Croakies (the all-neoprene straps that go tight around your head) for years (the kind sold in the gift shops are usually Croakies-style). Either will certainly work well on any attraction at Disney.

The nice thing about Chums is that they're adjustable - there's a slider in the back so you can pull them tight against your head when you need them tight, but you can release the slider when comfort is more important, and even use them like the long neck cords used for reading glasses.

The Croakies style are a pain if you have to put your glasses on and off all the time (like reading glasses), but work just fine when you wear your glasses all the time (well, by the end of a long day, sometimes they've given me a slight headache if they're too tight).