The Joys of Strollers

[Syndrome]

On a rainy day at MK I inadvertently discovered how to keep the stroller commandos at bay. I was carrying a large golf umbrella with a pointy tip. Holding that sucker backwards at stroller level keeps 'em away from your ankles quite effectively. I guess they have enough self preservation instincts to protect their spawn from being speared or blinded.

Last time I was at AK, SG stoller mom hit my ankles four or five times. The line wasn't even moving! She would just walk up and hit me as we were standing there! Finally in answer to my glare she says, "Oh, did I bump you?" Normally I would launch into something scathing, but that was the Day of a Million Brazillians so she was small potatoes in comparison...I saved my energy to break my way through the t-shirted blockading hoardes. Thankfully the stroller was confiscated at the parking area.

[freepixie]

Saw 2 SG moments with strollers this summer...

1. Don't you love when parents use the smallest umbrella strollers as a pack-all for everything they need to carry and all the packages and the kitchen sink? Well we saw one such stroller and the 2-year-old in it was asleep. The family decided to take a break and as soon as the dad took his hands off the handles the stroller flipped backward from all that weight on it. The best part? They didn't seem concerned that their child was wailing and obviously hit her head on the pavement, but more concerned that their precious souveniers weren't broken...

2. We saw a family and the dad took up residence in a double-wide stroller, making the kids walk. Not that bad, you might think... however this gentleman was very blessed in his mid-region, and his wife looked anorexic, and she was struggling to push that thing. The whole time he's just laughing and saying "well tomorrow I'll just get one of those motorized thingy's"... just what we need....

[bpgstudios]

Burberry Stroller

Well the SG that decided "Hey, lets take a $628.00 stroller to WDW and hope it doesn't get wet" decended upon Fantasyland the other day... during one of our usual torrential rainstorms.

SG: Can I bring my stroller into Philharmagic with me?
CM: No, you have to park it in our stroller parking lot.
SG: But it's a *thousand* dollar Burberry stroller! (She overexagerated, which led me to look it up to see if a thousand dollar stroller did exist, hence the link at the top of the post)
CM: Sorry, you can park it in our stroller parking lot over there.
SG: So what happens if it gets taken or ruined?
CM: We are not responsible for any personal items you bring to the park.
SG: Well, can I just leave it here under cover? (refering to the middle of our fastpass return queue)
CM: No, but you can park it in our stroller parking lot over there...

Why would you bring such an expensive stroller to a large public place and not expect that you might get it wet or leave it outside? Why would you buy such an expensive stroller anyways? Arent they used by babies that often get messy?

[hobie16]

Why would you bring such an expensive stroller to a large public place and not expect that you might get it wet or leave it outside? Why would you buy such an expensive stroller anyways? Arent they used by babies that often get messy?

More money than brains.

[tink70]

Saw 2 SG moments with strollers this summer...

1. Don't you love when parents use the smallest umbrella strollers as a pack-all for everything they need to carry and all the packages and the kitchen sink? Well we saw one such stroller and the 2-year-old in it was asleep. The family decided to take a break and as soon as the dad took his hands off the handles the stroller flipped backward from all that weight on it. The best part? They didn't seem concerned that their child was wailing and obviously hit her head on the pavement, but more concerned that their precious souveniers weren't broken...

2. We saw a family and the dad took up residence in a double-wide stroller, making the kids walk. Not that bad, you might think... however this gentleman was very blessed in his mid-region, and his wife looked anorexic, and she was struggling to push that thing. The whole time he's just laughing and saying "well tomorrow I'll just get one of those motorized thingy's"... just what we need....

Okay SG #1 just makes me plain mad! Poor kid, didn't ask to have their stroller be the carry all for the entire family. Hope after all the items were checked somebody checked the kid for injuries<because all those things were just soooo irreplacable>. :dropmouth

SG #2 I've seen alot. Sometimes it'll be a teen boy or girl or a preteen kid who is just complaining about being "too tired"......I do recognize some of them might have actual physical ailments but I don't believe that for the majority I see. Drives me nuts! BTW all these smileys are just too much fun LOL.

[lady ulrike]

Burberry Stroller

Well the SG that decided "Hey, lets take a $628.00 stroller to WDW and hope it doesn't get wet" decended upon Fantasyland the other day... during one of our usual torrential rainstorms.

Well, first of all there's no reason to spend that much on a stroller, but the main reason that I had to comment was that if you follow the link it says the stroller comes with a rain cover, so I guess they should've brought that with them to Florida in the middle of the rainy season, huh?

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Burberry Stroller

Well the SG that decided "Hey, lets take a $628.00 stroller to WDW and hope it doesn't get wet" decended upon Fantasyland the other day... during one of our usual torrential rainstorms.

I love the headline:

Take your tot out on the town in this signature novacheck stroller.

This strollers for show. It's not used JUST to ush a child around, but to show it off!! Why can't parents buy like a $13 stroller instead of sending money on a REALLY expensive stoller to take to Disneyland. If a $13 stroller gets stolen, it can be easily replaced, but if a $628 stroller gets stolen, you are screwed.

[vixen101485]

I cant find our stroller on line (it's a Chicco model from 2 years ago) but it does everything that this one does with the exception of a foot muff and doesnt look as bulky. OH and ours has the cool feature of an adjustable foot rest that actually flattens out the front. HA!, we have one up on you Burberry. We (well my parents ) paid $79 whole dollars for it and it has survived one trip, soon to be 2, to WDW and a lot of other places for 2 years now for over 500$ less. My DD is 4 and still uses it when we go to parks, etc.

SHOOT, I dont think our car is worth 600+ bucks.

BTW...we try to be as courteous as possible with the stroller in when at WDW, and I am sorry if I hit anyone's ankle by mistake. when I have been distracted by some Disney Magic.

[bpgstudios]

Well you'd think that in the $500+ range a stroller would have ABS, a Bose stereo system, chrome spinners, an xbox, and I dont know... maybe be waterproof?

[Cranbiz]

But back to the subject at hand. Today, I was on my bus, about to pull out of AK when a family ran up to me with two kids asleep in the stroller. I told them it had to be folded. I had to be kidding them... which, of course, we all know I was. After complaints about how the previous driver didn't make them fold it, dad got to work. After six minutes of fiddling, he finally figured it out, and stormed onto the bus.

If you are bringing a stroller to the World, please have a general understanding how to operate it before attempting a bus

Yup, he was on my bus and I just let them waltz right in thru the back doors and block the aisle while driving on other guests toes! NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

Why do SG's think that lies like that are going to let them get their way. :twisted:

And the answer to Why do I need to wake my sleeping children to fold the stroller??

Sir/Maam, Federal regulations require the stroller to be folded on a moving bus. I don't care if you leave your sleeping children in the stroller, it just needs to be folded.

Have a Magical Day!