I am a full grown adult with a spider phobia. I skipped this attraction for 2 vacations. Another vacation I got brave and did this attraction. I found that the spiders in this attraction were too large and way too cartoonish to be scary.
I actually felt silly that I avoided this in years before. I absolutely love this attraction now.
I feel that if the parents know that they have a child that is bug phobic, then they should not take them in there. They should explain that it is a scary one, but that all the bugs are NOT REAL.
And don't forget .... most of the children's stories that we grew up with have their own dark sides, too. Most children are able to handle it.
P.S. I always lean just a little forward when I think it might be time for the bee "sting".