$31 rental for a double stroller.

[krismom]

Wow, I still have 6 left over double stroller tickets from our trip in May.
Will they still honor them or do I have to pay the difference?

I am wondering the same thing- I have a few days left as well.

 

[runwad]

"I'm wondering if perhaps a new fleet of strollers in the works or something? "

Yes this is true. We were there 2 weeks ago and I was commenting at the stroller rental at Epcot about how much I love the disney strollers. The cast member told me "we are about to get new ones".

I would have never thought the price increase would be that dramatic though.

Well thank goodness for that, every one we got at all the parks had a stinking wobbly wheel, every single park it was ridiculous. Luckily my kids are old enough to not have a stroller anymore, but it was nice getting one for them as DH is a fast walker so in addition to all the miles you log in at the park...try running them to keep up with him and see how you feel. My feet actually burn and throb after a full day in the park...my poor kids.

 

[Cadillac_Dreamgirl]

Whats sad is I wonder how many park strollers will be stolen now from paying guests. Towards the end of the day when people who dident rent or bring one have tired kids and realize how expensive renting one will be, I sure you will see one more then one occasions people reporting their strollers missing.

I sure will take my ugly old stroller now.. nothing fancy or worth 20 bucks. I have a 2 year old. Very sad disney is doing this...but i thought i read somewhere they run out of strollers in the day...this way it keeps strollers available for all guests all day.....just a thought

 

[pinkerbell]

wow, spend a day away froma board and a lot happens!! I did not read the entire thread.. it got too long too fast, but from the post i've read, i'll say this

I agree with the poster that a 10 minute power rest in a stroller is a beautiful thing... and much more effective than a lenghtly retung to a resort, which many peole don't due because of the process.. and end up with cranky kids.. not judging... I get how difficult the call is to make.

This will be money lost... people will not rent the disney strollers, they will bring their own, and I will read more posts on the boards of people who are upset guests bring their own stroller's onto trams...

but hey, the nerve, what are kids, especially ones in strollers doing at Disney anyway.. can't they go someplace for children and leave disney for the adults

 

[waynesgirl]

There is a stroller swap/stroller give thread on this forum. There is also a stroller share on the DisneyFamilies forum.

I have one and if no one wants to pay, check those threads.

 

[maxiesmom]

I know many need people truly need strollers and ECV's and it is a shame the prices are going up for those people, but ECV's get you to the front of the line and double strollers allow parents to use them as shopping carts so there will always be people who use them not what they are meant for. You can say it is someone's right because they paid the stroller fee but they are affecting everyone else in the park. It affects the flow of the park and also leaves them sold out constantly to people that truly need them. Could you imagine a single mom coming into Epcot with 18 month old twins only to find out there are no more strollers available and then see 1 child families with double strollers all over the park? What about an elderly person trying to make it around the park when 2 teens are on a ECV driving around laughing (seen it!) When there is theft in a store, who pays the price? The everyday consumers - not the business. There are cheaters and then there are people that have to pay for the consequences. If Disney can cut back on how many strollers are in the park and still make the same amount of money, why shouldn't they do it? It will also hopefully allow more people that truly need them a chance to get one past noon on a busy day.

DL doesn't have double strollers for "traffic" issues so why are you so astonished that WDW might think of increasing their prices to decrease the amount as well?

So now only people with twins are deserving of the double strollers? That argument is ridiculous. Strollers are first come, first serve. Who gets to decide who "truly needs" one? Will that be a new CM position? "You lady, give that stroller back! Your 6 yr old is fat and needs to walk! Can't you see that this family who slept till noon deserves it more than you?"

What next? Proving you need a seat on a bus? I'm glad so many people on here are smarter than me and better able to judge what is best for me and my family.

BTW renting an ECV does NOT give you a front of the line perk.

 

[Suzanne74]

So now only people with twins are deserving of the double strollers? That argument is ridiculous. Strollers are first come, first serve. Who gets to decide who "truly needs" one? Will that be a new CM position? "You lady, give that stroller back! Your 6 yr old is fat and needs to walk! Can't you see that this family who slept till noon deserves it more than you?"

What next? Proving you need a seat on a bus? I'm glad so many people on here are smarter than me and better able to judge what is best for me and my family.

BTW renting an ECV does NOT give you a front of the line perk.

Where in my comments did I ever say only twins deserve a double stroller? That was not my "argument." All I said is the harsh price increase in double strollers compared to single strollers is probably to avoid single users and bigger kids from renting a double stroller they probably don't need. They will think twice before paying that amount of money. They will instead bring their own stroller, not use one at all (because the kids can't fit in a normal stroller anyway) or pay for a single stroller. IMO, it will cut down on the uses of double strollers which will leave more available to those with 2 or more kids and choose to park hop. It is my opinion, not an argument. Plus no where did I say Disney was going to decide who could and could not use them. Just by increasing the prices this high, there will be decreases in who uses them which is what they probably want because they will still make the same amount of moeny. But I like you adding a CM would yell at fat kids and say people sleep until noon. Oh, and I love your last sarcastic paragraph. Way to make your sincere point more valid.

 

[Suzanne74]

I think as someone who has gone to disney and seen it over time I can say there are sooooooo many more strollers now than in the 80s, I have pictures where you literally cant see a stroller. Now there are blue oceans of them outside of rides.
It's fine to judge and voice opinion in this forum, its not like I'm out telling people my opinion at the park while they are on vacation. I don't like being told to keep my opinions to myself and would much rather here someone else's opinion so I can expand my thought process than have them muted for my own sense of right.

I agree 100%. Very well said!!!

 

[Suzanne74]

It is sad when others feel the need to judge the rest of the world. It never even occurs to me to look and see who is occupying the strollers. Perhaps we should all be a little more concerned about our own families and let others decide what is right for theirs In fact, they gave out free double strollers for the MNSSHP and my hubby pushed my 4 year old and myself out in it while he was holding the baby in the bjorn. I guess some people may have had issues with that but it doesn't bother me at all

But see, why you have a problem with people who notice other things and claim they are judging people, you just made a statement that people should only worry about themselves which in my opinion, shows the world how selish and self-centered people can be. I know it is a tough luck world out there but I am the kind of person that thinks of others instead of just myself and my family. I wouldn't have taken the double stroller, I would have asked for a single because that is all I would have needed. Maybe someone else needed that stroller or maybe not. Who knows, but I have been on the boards long enough to read the yearly MNSSHP/MVMCP stroller complaints.

 

[Nicole721]

So now only people with twins are deserving of the double strollers? That argument is ridiculous. Strollers are first come, first serve. Who gets to decide who "truly needs" one? Will that be a new CM position? "You lady, give that stroller back! Your 6 yr old is fat and needs to walk! Can't you see that this family who slept till noon deserves it more than you?"

What next? Proving you need a seat on a bus? I'm glad so many people on here are smarter than me and better able to judge what is best for me and my family.

BTW renting an ECV does NOT give you a front of the line perk.

As someone who travels with someone who is either in a wheelchair or using a walker (usually the former for the past two years when we go to Disney), I see plenty of people who use ECV's and don't seemingly need them (they transfer fine, walk fine, have no problem with the moving walkways, etc...no problems that would prevent them from entering the ride normally) use the handicap entrance on rides like SSE and HM, where you do skip the line.

It doesn't bother us- we can't be concerned with the choices other people make on our vacation because to let it bother us would be fruitless and stupid- but people do abuse ECV's for the few rides where they can skip the lines. I won't even post what I've heard people talking about while we're waiting in line to rent a wheelchair. There are people who will use their laziness as a way to try to "cheat" a system that's only really in place in a few places and pat themselves on the back for being so "creative" in their thinking.

As for the strollers? Don't care. Doesn't affect us. If wheelchair rentals doubled in price to some ridiculous amount? We'd probably bite the bullet and buy one to travel with (we've avoided it because she can still walk short distances and it'd be awfully hard to travel with a wheelchair and a walker).

 

[CleveRocks]

As someone who travels with someone who is either in a wheelchair or using a walker (usually the former for the past two years when we go to Disney), I see plenty of people who use ECV's and don't seemingly need them (they transfer fine, walk fine, have no problem with the moving walkways, etc...no problems that would prevent them from entering the ride normally) use the handicap entrance on rides like SSE and HM, where you do skip the line.

As someone who travels with someone who is either in a wheelchair or using a walker, you should probably be more sensitive towards others whose physical problems aren't as visibly obvious as your loved one's are. Look up any of the many "hidden disabilities" threads. There's a long list of possibilities, chief among them is not being able to walk long distances without debilitating knee/leg/hip/back pain. Someone like this would have no difficulty transfering, would seem to walk fine, and would have no apparent difficulty with moving walkways, etc. But get them to try to walk more than a mile in a day and they can't walk anymore, or are wracked with terrible pain that Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet couldn't cure, etc.

And no, I have no experience with this in my personal life. But as a professional who treats patients with brain trauma (and who don't outwardly look any different than anyone else), I can think of numerous people who, if they took a trip to Disney, an ECV would mean the difference between spending 4 days in the parks having fun with their families and having to wait by the pool and wait for the family to come back telling the person all the fun they missed.

I don't want to get sarcastic or angry about this. Just please don't assume you know that people are "just fine" because they do not exhibit the same outward symptoms as your loved one.

 

[CleveRocks]

the harsh price increase in double strollers compared to single strollers

I don't mean to single you out on this, I just found the most recent quote on the subject.

I think everyone is watching out for "cheaters" and demolition derby stroller drivers rather than using common sense math. Where do you all see such a "harsh price increase in double stroller compared to single strollers"???

In the past, the multi-day price for a single was $8 and a double was $16. A single cost exactly half what a double cost. Now, the multi-day price for a single is $13 and a double is $27. Half of $27 is $13.50. Is the difference between $13 and $13.50 such a harsh and punishing penalty???

To look at it in the other direction ... two singles at $13 each is $26. A double is $27. That's a one dollar difference. A double costs ONE DOLLAR more than two singles. I don't think that's such a harsh relative increase.

Let's stop worrying so much about childhood obesity and start worrying about having them sit on their butts and learn basic arithmetic.

 

[ellenmiele]

So now only people with twins are deserving of the double strollers? That argument is ridiculous. Strollers are first come, first serve. Who gets to decide who "truly needs" one? Will that be a new CM position? "You lady, give that stroller back! Your 6 yr old is fat and needs to walk! Can't you see that this family who slept till noon deserves it more than you?"

What next? Proving you need a seat on a bus? I'm glad so many people on here are smarter than me and better able to judge what is best for me and my family.

BTW renting an ECV does NOT give you a front of the line perk.

Yes, strollers are "first come first serve", as are seats on the bus. But once you're on the bus and in a seat, if someone comes on who is more in need of a seat than I am (an elderly person, a mom with a baby, etc , I can get up and give them my seat, as can my children. Not so with strollers. When our kids got old enough to no need strollers (but would say they wanted one, at age 7 or 8) I'd explain that since we didn't need them, we'd leave them for the people who do and explain what it would be like for someone with smaller kids (reminding them how they used to be) if they got to the park and none where left. Granted, we almost always travel in busy times of year so this could really happen.
I'm sure most people here feel the same but I think we all must acceptt that there are people who don't.

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

As someone who travels with someone who is either in a wheelchair or using a walker, you should probably be more sensitive towards others whose physical problems aren't as visibly obvious as your loved one's are. Look up any of the many "hidden disabilities" threads. There's a long list of possibilities, chief among them is not being able to walk long distances without debilitating knee/leg/hip/back pain. Someone like this would have no difficulty transfering, would seem to walk fine, and would have no apparent difficulty with moving walkways, etc. But get them to try to walk more than a mile in a day and they can't walk anymore, or are wracked with terrible pain that Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet couldn't cure, etc.

And no, I have no experience with this in my personal life. But as a professional who treats patients with brain trauma (and who don't outwardly look any different than anyone else), I can think of numerous people who, if they took a trip to Disney, an ECV would mean the difference between spending 4 days in the parks having fun with their families and having to wait by the pool and wait for the family to come back telling the person all the fun they missed.

I don't want to get sarcastic or angry about this. Just please don't assume you know that people are "just fine" because they do not exhibit the same outward symptoms as your loved one.

That is so true. My sister had knee surgery before the trip (well before) but once we were there her knee swelled up like a ballon and we had to get the ECV rental. To look at her she was fine but if she tried to walk after an hour she was in agonizing pain. I am glad this was available because she spent alot of money on her trip and it would have been ruined. To others it might have looked like a heavy lady didnt want to walk but that was not the case. So not all things are visable.

 

[reelmom]

I think the biggest problem lies with the amount of the increase, not the increase itself.

I don't understand the statements about not getting a stroller for my 4 and 5 year olds because someone else with younger kids might need it more than us later in the aftenoon. The same principle can be applied to Fastpass. It's a first come first serve basis. I know that I need to get to the parks early to utilize this system, the same goes for a stroller. Should I not get a FP because someone else who didn't plan well doesn't get one. And as far as the price increase keeping stroller congestion and hit and runs to a minimum, I don't see how this is going to work. You are going to have the same amount of people visit Disney who need strollers. So instead of renting, they will bring their own. The number of strollers should stay about the same. And since it is cheaper to rent 2 singles, my family will now have 2 strollers to run over people's toes instead of the one double Just kidding, we are very careful with the strollers.

 

[maxiesmom]

It affects the flow of the park and also leaves them sold out constantly to people that truly need them. Could you imagine a single mom coming into Epcot with 18 month old twins only to find out there are no more strollers available and then see 1 child families with double strollers all over the park?

You were suggesting by this post that the mom with twins was somehow more deserving of the double strollers. Which is silly.

We are not going to change anyone's mind on who should and shouldn't have a stroller. And quite frankly the only thing I am coming away with it is a desire to hit someone with mine, should I see them shooting me looks for having one. Toodles!

 

[mgilmer]

Over and under, anyone?

 

[Maxwell]

I sent my email as well. You know what is going to happen and it happens now just not so frequently. People are going to steal strollers while you are on the rides. It has happened to us in the past and I can just see this becoming a huge problem.

 

[CleveRocks]

And as far as the price increase keeping stroller congestion and hit and runs to a minimum, I don't see how this is going to work. You are going to have the same amount of people visit Disney who need strollers. So instead of renting, they will bring their own. The number of strollers should stay about the same.

I agree with your overall viewpoint, and my views are generally at odds with the "stroller haters" rotfl: ... wow, they should get t-shirts or something!), but the point about a probable reduction in the sheer number of strollers may be a very valid point. I apologize for not giving credit where credit is due (sorry, I'm not going to scour through pages and pages ... you'll just have to be quietly proud of yourself ), but someone brought up the idea that the parents of 6 and 8 year olds, for example, wouldn't bother bringing their own stroller, and in fact might not even have one in working condition anymore. It is THESE people who might not bother with the huge expense of the double stroller, since it would be more of a convenience and less of a necessity. They might decide it's not worth it to spend that huge amount. THOSE are the people, the parents of school-age kids, who are unlikely to bring their own AND unlikely to rent with the ~58% price increase.

So I concede that point, that there's a good possibility of a decrease in sheer numbers of strollers.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Over and under, anyone?

Just a reminder ... that debates about who is and is not deserving, in need or allowed to use a stroller are NOT the topic of this thread.

The topic of this thread is the price increase in stroller rentals. Further fighting back and forth and name calling will result in this thread moving on to the great closed thread home in the sky.

Thanks,

Knox