Splash Mountain has a very narrow leg room; so much so that even ambulatory people have to put their feet over the seat to get into the log. Pirates of the Caribbean, on the other hand, has a much wider leg room, so getting in is much easier.
New rides tend to have more leg room than old ones; Tomorrowland’s Speedway has a very narrow seating, but Radiator Springs Racer and Test Track is wider. Although, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train’s seating looks like it was made for dwarfs.
The best rides are the ones that don’t have space limits for the legs; Soaring and Forbidden Journey comes to mind. The worst are the log flumes as mentioned above.
As someone with no mobility on my legs, sometimes I wish I didn’t have them – that way I could ride Splash Mountain, but of course that is a crazy thought.
If you are interested to know if the leg room will be a problem for you before going to a Disney park, go to allears.net where there is a link to the attraction’s seating photo gallery.
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Barnstormer (then again, it was made for children, I guess)
it's a small world (every row but the front; I only fit in other rows if I sit sideways)
Magic Carpets of Aladdin (the joystick gets in my way)
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (back row seems worse; getting the bar down is kind of awkward, I either have to put the center bar it between my legs if I'm riding solo or be squished on one side if I'm riding with a friend)
Pirates of the Caribbean (every row but the front; the new boats have a place to put just my feet underneath the bench in front, so I can actually sit in other rows now)
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain (even the front rows)
Splash Mountain (getting in is difficult but I can get the lap bar down easily)
Tomorrowland Speedway (getting in is very hard but I can actually get to the pedal if I sit with my knees up)
Gran Fiesta Tour (every row but the front; same as small world)
Maelstrom (every row but the front; kind of the same issue as small world and Gran Fiesta Tour, but different boat)
Spaceship Earth (I have more legroom in the back, but my knees always touch the seat in front of me, so I usually sit sideways)
Test Track (I cannot sit in the back rows, but front rows have more legroom because there's no bench in front)
Rock n Roller Coaster (I could fit in the legroom rows [1 and 7? I haven't been on in years] and the other rows were a tight squeeze; this was mostly a torso height problem for me)
Star Tours (not that bad, but I prefer sitting in the last seat of the back row so I can put my legs out in front of me)
I alsi had issues with Georgia Cyclone coaster at SFOG & the new trains on the Arkansas Twister b/c the seats were more narrow & I had a very difficult time squishing in there & Road Runner Express at SFFTx...a bit too short for me, I had to spread my knees sideways to fit.
Also I detest the new cars/restraints for the remodeled Iron Rattler at SFFTx. Nothing to hold on to except a knob in between the legs & the lap bar barely fit b/c I'm a taller person, my legs had no room so my knees had to either bend sideways or be raised up where the lap bar wouldn't fit well. NOT comfortable! I'm not planning on riding it again.
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