Another stroller or no stroller question

[MommyMK]

We are headed down to the world in couple of weeks for a short trip. We are tagging along with hubby who will be in Orlando attending a conference so I will be solo with my two girls (ages 9 & 5) while he is at the conference.

We are planning two water park days each bookended by a breakfast and dinner ADR plus one evening at the MK with an after 4 pm park ticket.

I was planning on bringing my stroller with a big basket to haul all our stuff, but then a couple of people posted that they rarely if ever saw strollers at the water parks. I plan on taking towels, a small cooler with snacks and water bottles, sunscreen, water shoes, change of clothes for all 3 of us and toiletries to the water parks.

For our MK day we plan on staying till the park closes at midnight so I figured my little one might fall asleep there at the tail end of the night. She weighs 50 lbs so I can't really carry her for any stretch of time and I don't want to be carrying a backpack around in 95 degree heat at the park, much easier to leave it on the stroller.

WWYD? Bring the stroller from home or just rent one for our MK evening and deal with making the tired kid walk to the bus and to the resort room?

 

[jacknsally19]

I would probably buy a cheap umbrella stroller and just ditch it and the end of the trip.

 

[MunchkinSweetPea]

If you have one at home bring it. Airlines will gate check it for free, making it the cheapest option. Also convenient to lug your carry on bags, jackets, etc through the airport.

 

[22Tink]

We bought a cheaper one just for the trip. The airline gate checked it for us. It was way cheaper than renting one and that way we had it for when we weren't in the parks as well.

 

[chicagoshannon]

I'd skip the stroller and just rent a locker at the water parks. I wouldn't even bother with a stroller for MK. If you were going to Epcot I might bring one but not for MK.