Cigarettes,Ice & Stroller News

[goofyintoronto]

Is this a ban on push wagons too?

I would assume so, yes.

I'm all for the smoking ban, and I don't feel bad for the smokers. If you're going to bring a child all the way out of the park so that you can have a cigarette, you need to re-evaluate your priorities.

No kidding right? I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Marionnette]

This doesn't entirely clarify but it looks like the move is to streamline the bag check, and they will offer cups of loose ice in the park (which someone could then put into bags, which are allowed). I'm taking that to mean some ice cubes in a water bottle won't be an issue and that the real target is loose ice in a cooler (which security would have to rifle through to see what's underneath).

So, if you’re park hopping, you would need to discard the ice cubes before entering the next park. Quite an inconvenience unless they plan to set up ice stations just beyond security. I wouldn’t want to have to head to a QS location immediately after getting into the park.

 

[Peppeperoni]

The parents should stick a patch on for the day. I used to do it - I never smoked in my house or in front of my kids. I know it's not the same, but it'll take the edge off for the several hours in the park.

I agree. But they won’t.

 

[foodiddiedoo]

Is this a ban on push wagons too?

I'd love to see strollers/coolers separated at the security lines too.

From Disneyworld Website:

• As of May 1, 2019, strollers must be 31” (79cm) wide and 52” (132cm) long or smaller.
• As a reminder, wagons are not permitted in our parks. Beginning May 1, 2019, stroller wagons will also no longer be permitted.

 

[DisneyMom93]

Is this a ban on push wagons too?

I'd love to see strollers/coolers separated at the security lines too.

Yes, I read somewhere, push or pull wagons.

 

[Madame]

I agree. But they won’t.

Sadly, you're probably right.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Vast majority of smokers, at least the ones here in the US, are used to going long times without smoking while at work. So I suspect it's not like they'll have to run out every hour to grab a smoke

As to 2nd hand smoke, I've never felt it was something that was a huge issue outdoors. You aren't enclosed with it, forced to breathe it in. You have more than enough fresh air around you and can even step away from it, short of infants of course. While no, I don't want to hang out in smoking areas myself I've not felt th

I'm extremely sensitive to smells. Even outdoors the smoke gets in my hair, my nose and my throat. Just standing next to someone who smoked 10 minutes ago makes me ill. Will it give me cancer? I don't know. Chances are slim I guess.

Now if only they would turn Speedway electric life at MK would be perfect. I only want to smell popcorn and waffle cones.

 

[jphcoffeeboy]

Thanks. I was only thinking of the ice itself and since they distribute cups of ice water, I couldn't figure it out. I also turned on my Keurig without putting the cup under it this morning, so I may be a bit slower than usual. Glad I have you guys to think for me!

I've turned my Keurig on with no cup a few times already. At least the drip tray catches some of if before I figure it out.

 

[SensesFailed]

Only thing I could see with some(not all) vapors is using a pod device and trying to hide it. Happens in nearly every theme park I have been to. It makes me cringe because I actually do the right thing and go to the designated areas but you know it's going to happen.

 

[AngiTN]

Is this a ban on push wagons too?

I'd love to see strollers/coolers separated at the security lines too.

ALL wagons. Period.

 

[mjr0483]

Ice in a zip lock bag is now contained.
The opposite of loose.

 

[goofyintoronto]

Yep, I've seen them in the parks. And the people using them have a ridiculously hard time steering them

At bag check will they pull out a measuring tape and start measuring if they think a stroller is too big? Lol. I wonder.

 

[Kaleidodad]

Pretty much the only park where smoking was not noticeable was animal kingdom. I’m an ex smoker and I’ve smoked at the parks. I see no issue with this. Smoking Is a choice.. I see this more as a great reason to make a goal of quiting if you have an upcoming trip

I actually often noticed the AK smoking section along the path between Asia and Africa, and would proceed to annoy my family with my Animal Kingdom dad-joke: "Look kids, it's the human smoker, in its native habitat!"

 

[AngiTN]

I'm extremely sensitive to smells. Even outdoors the smoke gets in my hair, my nose and my throat. Just standing next to someone who smoked 10 minutes ago makes me ill. Will it give me cancer? I don't know. Chances are slim I guess.

Now if only they would turn Speedway electric life at MK would be perfect. I only want to smell popcorn and waffle cones.

That wasn't my point. My point was directed at the comments to bad parenting by bringing their kids into the smoking areas.
I wasn't trying to claim that no one else should be able to smell it. At least outside there's fresh air and that being in a car with it was way worse. As I said, I still don't want to be in smoking areas and I'm glad it's gone, or rather going.

 

[Jcon]

Ice in a zip lock bag is now contained.
The opposite of loose.

Which is why I'm thinking this new policy is being misinterpreted. I believe they mean loose in a cooler, so security cannot "easily" see or access the bottom of your cooler.

 

[MamaBelle4]

Now I'm afraid we will all be walking thru a giant smoke cloud before entering the parks.

That's a great point.

I feel bad for the kids. No matter what, they’re going to have to be subjected to the smoke which already sucks, and now they’ll have to be brought out of the park, for many multiple times in the day.

My parents, both heavy smokers, never took me with them on a smoke break. They took turns. I can't imagine parents will drag their kids out of the park to stand in a group of smokers, but I imagine it would happen regardless of what I think about it. I suppose single parents won't have a choice and that is unfortunate.

From Disneyworld Website:

• As of May 1, 2019, strollers must be 31” (79cm) wide and 52” (132cm) long or smaller.
• As a reminder, wagons are not permitted in our parks. Beginning May 1, 2019, stroller wagons will also no longer be permitted.

Man, people who just invested $400 in a Keenz stroller for their upcoming trip are going to be LIVID. If they see the notice prior to showing up.

 

[AngiTN]

At bag check will they pull out a measuring tape and start measuring if they think a stroller is too big? Lol. I wonder.

LOL.. maybe they'll give them some photos of types of strollers that are too big
Though really, I can't think of any stroller that would be too big if the double strollers aren't. What is bigger than those? Do they make 3 across?

 

[AngiTN]

Man, people who just invested $400 in a Keenz stroller for their upcoming trip are going to be LIVID. If they see the notice prior to showing up.

Gonna be real interesting when they haven't noticed

 

[Anchored]

Vast majority of smokers, at least the ones here in the US, are used to going long times without smoking while at work. So I suspect it's not like they'll have to run out every hour to grab a smoke

As to 2nd hand smoke, I've never felt it was something that was a huge issue outdoors. You aren't enclosed with it, forced to breathe it in. You have more than enough fresh air around you and can even step away from it, short of infants of course. While no, I don't want to hang out in smoking areas myself I've not felt th

My boyfriend is a smoker and he does not go long periods of time without smoking. He smokes before he goes in to work at 7, he "steps out" for a cigarette around 830, takes his regular break around 1015 for a cigarette, he chain smokes on his hour lunch 12-1, "steps out" again around 2, takes his second regular break around 315, and then smokes a few on the way home at 4.
So that's at least 5 smoke breaks in a 9 hour park day for us. 5 times going in and out of security. Possibly all the way back to our resort or car if they ban them in the parks altogether. That is a huge blow for smokers. It will be very inconvenient for our family, and I guarantee for many others. Especially European guests.

 

[AngiTN]

Which is why I'm thinking this new policy is being misinterpreted. I believe they mean loose in a cooler, so security cannot "easily" see or access the bottom of your cooler.

I thought the same thing, why not just bring zip lock bags and put the ice in it. But then thought, that's not changing anything.
That's still the same "got to search what's inside the bag of ice" issue so not sure if they'll allow that or not