Stroller rules to be enforced

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My dad, Elias Disney, he owned a
newspaper delivery route there.
Thousand papers. Twice daily.
Morning and evening edition. Elias,
he was a tough businessman. A save-
a-penny anywhere you can type of
fella so he wouldn't employ any
delivery boys, he just used me and
my big brother Roy. I was eight
then-- eight years old.

And the cold and the wet would be
seeping through the shoes and the
skin would be raw and peeling from
our faces-- and sometimes I'd find
myself sunk down in the snow,
waking up, cuz I must've passed out
for a moment-- I dunno. Then
school, too cold to figure out an
equation. And back into the snow so
by the time we got home it'd be
just getting dark, and every part
of you would sting like crazy as it
slowly came back to life in the
warmth. My mother would feed us
dinner and then it'd be time to go
out again for the evening edition.



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Disneyland has been around for over 60 years. WDW is coming up on 50. Families have made do without these huge strollers & wagons & kids have walked the parks for decades. Many of us would be thrilled for Disney to start taking some control of their parks back.
 
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We did strollers for our girls when they were 3 and 5. Did a stroller at disney for just our youngest when she was 4. Our 6 year old walked. Again we did a stroller last year as our youngest turned 5 at Disney. This upcoming trip is stroller free. They both walk just fine at 5 and 7 (my 7 year old will turn 8 at Disney). I do not judge anyone that wants to push their kids in a stroller no matter what the age but I am glad for the size restrictions. It will just make it easier for me to throw the next stroller that hits me into the lake or over a fence. I will ask the parent to remove the kid first of course ;)
 
yup, that comfortably fits within the limits

This is what we used at Disneyland - had the two younger ones in the seats and the older one on a rider board in the back ... this would also fit within the limits

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Technically, I am pretty the rider board is against the rules.

Any trailer-like object that is pushed or towed by an Electronic Conveyance Vehicle, wheelchair or stroller, or pulled by a person, including wagons.
 


I've seen "kids" bigger than me in strollers. I'm a tiny bit disabled and wondered when we'd get to the Wall-E style of WDW because I'm too stubborn for an ECV and they should be saved for people with real disablities, not my slighter ones.

Wall-E style life is exactly what I think of when I see all the ECVs and kids who are obviously old enough to walk *longer distances* like 6/7+ riding around in strollers. That makes me a jerk, but I don't really care. The disabled obviously get a pass, whether their disability is visible or not. My kids walk. We take breaks. We see shows We don't rope drop and then close the park.

1. Ban the wagons.
2. If kids can walk, skip the strollers.
3. Save the pimped out millennium falcons and princess coaches for the Make a wish sweethearts only. They deserve them.
4. Also, require ECV renters to take a safety course and earn a permit for their stay (including my MIL who was awful at it too!)

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Outside of the themed strollers, I am not really sure what would fall into this. Even a double BOB would be allowed.

I've always used a Chicco Light Way in the parks, which is a heavy duty umbrella stroller, I can't imagine even using a single BOB in the parks. DD just turned 3 and we actually sold her "main" stroller, I think it had been a year since we used it. We use the Light Way in airports and at Disney, but even at the Zoo she usually walks. At Disney we mostly park the stroller for hours at a time, especially at MK and DHS, just park it in the middle and walk everywhere. I really hope she is fully out of strollers by 5 (except for riding in the BOB while we jog).

I'm all for them banning the massive themed strollers, but unlike most people on these forums, I've never had an issue with a stroller at WDW. I think the biggest issue is on buses, the big ones are really hard to handle when folded, especially if the people have a lot of stuff.
 


This will never happen, it could transfer a ton of liability on to Disney.

Isn't there already a ton of liability on them for allowing whoever wants one to sail off into the sunset with one all willy nilly? There's been more than one lawsuit. I know Disney has good lawyers, but it's not good PR and you still have to worry about the court of public opinion. We're not going to see LESS people using ECVs. Only more.
 
Isn't there already a ton of liability on them for allowing whoever wants one to sail off into the sunset with one all willy nilly? There's been more than one lawsuit. I know Disney has good lawyers, but it's not good PR and you still have to worry about the court of public opinion. We're not going to see LESS people using ECVs. Only more.
If they "certify" you as "safe" then you hit someone, they could be sued for claiming you were safe. But if they say "here's the switch, be careful" it is much harder to claim they knowingly allowed a bad driver.
 
8yr olds need a stroller?
We stopped letting our kids use them regularly at age 4. DS5 still gets mega fussy about it, and DH does end up carrying him quite a bit. If either of his baby brothers wants to walk, well let him take a break and ride for a bit.

One of our kids has a feeding tube with a pump that runs for 12 hrs at a time. He can wear it in a special backpack, but I honestly don't see him wearing a "heavy" backpack and walking miles when it's 90° out. Our options would be for an adult to wear it (it's small for an adult) and try to make sure he doesn't run off and rip the tubing out (or have a stranger in the crowds walk thru the tubing), or to have him ride in a stroller with the backpack attached. He's young now, but if he's still using the feeding tube when he's 8, 9+,... the easiest solution will be to put him in a stroller. I can pretty much guarantee the casual witness won't even notice the feeding tube and will just think an otherwise "healthy-looking" too-old-for-a-stroller kid is being pushed around.
 
I wish I was able to get through the park without a stroller. My very healthy looking 6 year old who is the size of an 8 year old has anxiety. Sure he can walk the whole time but when it’s really crowded it gives him the space he needs.
 
Outside of the themed strollers, I am not really sure what would fall into this. Even a double BOB would be allowed.

I've always used a Chicco Light Way in the parks, which is a heavy duty umbrella stroller, I can't imagine even using a single BOB in the parks. DD just turned 3 and we actually sold her "main" stroller, I think it had been a year since we used it. We use the Light Way in airports and at Disney, but even at the Zoo she usually walks. At Disney we mostly park the stroller for hours at a time, especially at MK and DHS, just park it in the middle and walk everywhere. I really hope she is fully out of strollers by 5 (except for riding in the BOB while we jog).

I'm all for them banning the massive themed strollers, but unlike most people on these forums, I've never had an issue with a stroller at WDW. I think the biggest issue is on buses, the big ones are really hard to handle when folded, especially if the people have a lot of stuff.
We use Lite Ways, too. We've never owned huge, expensive strollers (they get roughed up by baggage handlers, etc, I'm not going to spend a fortune). I think I'd be stressed trying to maneuver a larger stroller through crowds and stores, and trying to find places to park them.
 
I hope they are cracking down.
I'd say in the last at least 5 years they have gotten much to lax about things like giant push wagons and even pull behind you wagons.
I also see people with big hard sided rolling coolers that are pull behind. Like what the heck has happened to the rules lately?!
Now they make you unzip your wallet and open your glasses case but oh xyz that are clearly outlined in the prohibited items list those are fine.
 
My disabled sister uses a wagon when we walk around because she has stamina issues. It is banned at WDW, so we rented an adult pushchair within wdw size restrictions. WDW has these rules, I am happy to obey them so I can go.
 
Mic drop! :thumbsup2


Disneyland has been around for over 60 years. WDW is coming up on 50. Families have made do without these huge strollers & wagons & kids have walked the parks for decades. Many of us would be thrilled for Disney to start taking some control of their parks back.

To be fair, the parks then were nothing like they are today. They weren't open 12-14 hours a day, didn't have anywhere near as many attractions, and certainly didn't have a fraction of the crowds, thus kids weren't spending nearly as many hours standing in line. Disney was a much easier day on kids then vs. today.

One could argue that kids need strollers today because parents are pushing their kids too hard. But if Disney was still priced as reasonably today as it was then, maybe parents wouldn't feel like they have to push so hard, to make sure they get their money's worth.
 
I can pretty much guarantee the casual witness won't even notice the feeding tube and will just think an otherwise "healthy-looking" too-old-for-a-stroller kid is being pushed around.

This. There are a lot of ppl passing judgement here on parents that they have no way of knowing if the child is disabled in any way or not. Our daughter's issues are completely invisible.
 
When I saw this my first reaction was....yay!!! I hope they enforce this with continuity.
I have a difficult time with the HUGE strollers, one child and the rest of the stroller is to hold alot of stuff.
How much stuff(crap) do people need in the parks that they cant get there? Appears go be excessive and frankly part of the problem.

Parents pushing kids to their limit is difficult to watch and quite sad. Seems like a parent agenda and not benefiting the child at all; they can`t be having fun! We have called Fantasyland stroller he** for a long time.
JMHO. :flower1:
 
To be fair, the parks then were nothing like they are today. They weren't open 12-14 hours a day, didn't have anywhere near as many attractions, and certainly didn't have a fraction of the crowds, thus kids weren't spending nearly as many hours standing in line. Disney was a much easier day on kids then vs. today.

One could argue that kids need strollers today because parents are pushing their kids too hard. But if Disney was still priced as reasonably today as it was then, maybe parents wouldn't feel like they have to push so hard, to make sure they get their money's worth.

I agree with the first sentence, but you do understand if Disney parks were "still priced as reasonably today as it was then" then the "fraction of the crowds" would be at about 10.0 to what it was years ago? You wouldn't be able to walk, let alone pull a wagon. It is extremely hard for Disney to control the numbers of people who visit. Really the only way is cost.
 
I agree with the first sentence, but you do understand if Disney parks were "still priced as reasonably today as it was then" then the "fraction of the crowds" would be at about 10.0 to what it was years ago? You wouldn't be able to walk, let alone pull a wagon. It is extremely hard for Disney to control the numbers of people who visit. Really the only way is cost.

For sure. Just stating it's really not possible to use "well they could do it then", and that is one of the factors. I agree they're using price as a crowd control measure. But in return, it really does change your mentality.
 
I hope they end them. They're becoming more and more popular.
Can you define "more popular"? Just curious how many you might see in the course of a week in the parks.

I was thinking I read these were within size limits (Surely? Since they were designed to be used in the parks) and that Disney might turn a blind eye to those since they aren't as common.
 
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