Planning around 105cm
Reading French height signs
French parks use a consistent grammar: *accessible dès 1,05 m* is the minimum to ride at all, *accès libre à partir de…* is the height for riding alone, *accompagné d'un adulte* marks the band in between, and *interdit en dessous de…* is the hard floor. Heights are written with a comma — 1,05 m, not 1.05m — and several parks measure with shoes on at the entrance.
What 105cm opens up in France
French parks track the UK closely on what a small child can ride, with 90cm the commonest minimum and a large group of rides sitting between 90cm and 105cm. At 105cm a child clears most of the family line-up at a typical French park, with the bigger coasters still ahead at 120cm and 140cm.
Small children often get in free
Free admission below one metre is much more common in France than in the UK, and several parks in this collection advertise it. With a toddler that changes the calculation: the question is no longer whether the ticket is worth it, but how much the rest of the family can ride. Check the park's own ticket page for the exact threshold.