hi ritzbuddy! my 2 boys, now ages 13 and 20, have been doing alien encounter since it opened. it will depend if your little one is afraid of the dark. if he still has monster nightmares, you may want to skip this. a great deal of the time the whole attraction is in the dark. you can "feel" the alien breathing on the back of your neck courtesy of the seat restraints. if he can understand that this is just make believe and not get too upset, he may want to try it. when i took my sister-in-law on it a couple years ago (she was early forties at the time), i thought she was going to put her fingernails through my arm! we will be going back in may & june and this is on her "MUST DO" list. let him decide if this attraction is for him, and if he decides to give it a "miss" don't let his older brother rag on him too much. hope this helped. enjoy your trip.