ANYONE BUY heelys for there kids in Disney??!

[Silverbelle990]

Wow this thread wa very interesting. I have a 6 year old and he wants heelys. I don't think he has the cordnation for them and told him no but now reading this thread i will never get him them. Ever!!

However i agree with the people who are angry and want them out of the parks, stores ect. We are going in feb and i will be mad if someone runs into me or my child. If this does happen i will find a CM and the parent and we will all have a very nice chat. If your child comes at my son i will step in front of him and he/she can run into me. I will not move just because your child has illegal shoes on in the park. If you think i am being overly harsh I don't really care. Sorry. I paid for my trip just as you did.

So have a merry christmas with no heelys under the tree or if you do choose to teach your children when and where to use them.

 

[djblu883]

A friend of mine who is a CM at WDW told me Heelys are NOT allowed....i know my backpack with wheels wasn't allowed either but I saw both there last week!!!!

 

[CleveRocks]

In response to a thread several months ago, I e-mailed WDW, and the official response was that Heelys (and any other wheeled shoe or anything like it) ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE PARKS. Period. This is WDW policy, not my opinion.

My opinion is that since this is the rule, Disney does a terrible job of informing people about it. I never saw a sign or any mention in any literature when I was there last month (I was actually looking for it). There can be well-meaning parents who allow their kids to wear them at WDW because they don't know they're not allowed.

My OTHER opinion is about the safety of Heelys. I'll put it to you this way ...

... my wife is a pediatrician, and, unfortunately, Heelys fund a good portion of our WDW trips, if you know what I mean.

 

[graygables]

I've seen WDW security make someone change shirts (he saw she had an extra in a bag.) When we were there last month, there was a group of 12-13yo boys on the Friendship from Epcot to MGM and one had a shirt that was basically soft porn. My 10yo DD was right in sight of it, so I stood up and told him to turn around, that I didn't want my children exposed to that cr*&. He was shocked and then he and his buddies were giggling about it, but I stood there blocking their way until they finally turned around. Other people on the boat thanked me as they were getting off and several asked them disgustedly where their mothers were. All it takes is one person to take a stand, people!

About heelies, they are skates and are not allowed in the parks. Rather than trip a child, I note their description and where they were headed and make for the nearest CM and make it CLEAR that I'm not going away until the heely-monster is de-wheeled. Yes, it's a pain sometimes doing the CMs job for them, but if I don't step up, who will? I've been run over, as have my DDs, more than once and we, the people, have to step up and take some responsibility for not allowing it to continue.

 

[HeatherC]

Ok...these can be dangerous, but for goodness sakes didn't anyone go rollerskating as a kid or ice skating or skateboarding or sleighriding. These are all dangerous too, but we still did them.

No...I don't want them allowed in the parks, but I don't think it's a big deal if a kid is outside in the neighborhood skating around.

I personally think tv, cell phones and internet is a LOT MORE dangerous for kids. I would be that a lot of kids that aren't allowed to have heelys are allowed to have tv's, cell phones and internet in their rooms. Just something to think about.

Really not trying to make anyone mad. Just pointing out that there are things that are much more dangerous to our kids these days than a pair of shoes.

HeatherC

 

[ducklite]

Ok...these can be dangerous, but for goodness sakes didn't anyone go rollerskating as a kid or ice skating or skateboarding or sleighriding. These are all dangerous too, but we still did them.

No...I don't want them allowed in the parks, but I don't think it's a big deal if a kid is outside in the neighborhood skating around.

I personally think tv, cell phones and internet is a LOT MORE dangerous for kids. I would be that a lot of kids that aren't allowed to have heelys are allowed to have tv's, cell phones and internet in their rooms. Just something to think about.

Really not trying to make anyone mad. Just pointing out that there are things that are much more dangerous to our kids these days than a pair of shoes.

HeatherC

The kid nexts doors wears them to skate around the street in our cul-de-sac (only three houses, so very little traffic) and I think that's a perfectlya cceptable use of them.

Wearing them in crowded theme parks is not acceptable though IMHO.

Anne

 

[rhiannonwales]

I'm not sure why such an old thread was ressurected, but i think that heelys are more dangerous than skates. Simply because with skates you had your whole foot on the ground to balance you .Heelys use a wheel in the back so you have to lean backwards and skate exclusively on your heels, hence HEELYS. It's a balancing act just begging for a disaster.Plus since your leaning back all the time and putting strain on your back in a way it was never designed to take your also opening the door for all kinds of back problems later on down the line.

 

[connie1042]

We were there froom Dec. 2-9 Kids had them on in all the parks and at the MVMCP Our kids thought they were cool, but I told them they could not wear them in the parks, Then a kids skates past us. No one said anything to them.

 

[KPeveler]

we had a little boy up in RI go out to get the mail with heelys, and he rolled down his steep driveway and right under a truck. he was killed. now his parents are suing the people who made the shoes! I think you dont give your 7-yr-old wheeled shoes and send him outside by himself on a steep hill! Doesnt that seem a recipe for disaster?

 

[ducklite]

we had a little boy up in RI go out to get the mail with heelys, and he rolled down his steep driveway and right under a truck. he was killed. now his parents are suing the people who made the shoes! I think you dont give your 7-yr-old wheeled shoes and send him outside by himself on a steep hill! Doesnt that seem a recipe for disaster?

I can't believe any attorney would even take that case. I guess there is no such thing as parental supervision and common sense left in this country.

Anne

 

[CleveRocks]

I can't believe any attorney would even take that case. I guess there is no such thing as parental supervision and common sense left in this country.

I agree about the trend of less-effective parenting. Look at all the parents who let their kids become attorneys.

Seriously, the lawsuit thing ... I hope the thread doesn;t get hijacked by such utter nonsense.

 

[MsTinkerChele]

KIDS KIDS!!! Rooooooolll your way to childhood obesity

 

[utilidorman101]

I found the answer to this on another board. They are NOT allowed at WDW at all.

they are! nobody stops people wearing them.

 

[CleveRocks]

they are! nobody stops people wearing them.

Just because the enforcement is lax does not mean that the rule doesn't exist. They ARE NOT permitted.

 

[texaslover]

I saw the childhood obesity remark and have to say that Heelys are not easy to use and certainly not easier than walking. My son who is 8 has them and I've tried them and it takes a lot of core strength and balance to stay "skating" for any length of time. He is only allowed to wear them around our neighborhood, etc. and I wouldn't put them on him at Disney for the sheer exhaustion factor and the courtesy of others.

Frankly, it takes a lot of effort to push off and glide a few feet and then walk a few steps on the balls of your feet and then push off again. They are not good for long distances and I can't imagine him being happy trudging through a theme park with those heavy shoes on.

We were there in Jan and July of last year and I didn't see any. Granted, I'm used to them here in TX at the mall and all over the streets but I wasn't bothered a bit on vacation.

Again, I wouldn't let my kid break the rules and use them but they aren't the monsters that many are making them out to be. Parents.....now they might be the monsters but that's a whole other issue......:

 

[LindsayDunn228]

KIDS KIDS!!! Rooooooolll your way to childhood obesity

I know where that came from!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Honey, I'm old!!!"

 

[ducklite]

We were there in Jan and July of last year and I didn't see any. Granted, I'm used to them here in TX at the mall and all over the streets but I wasn't bothered a bit on vacation.

Again, I wouldn't let my kid break the rules and use them but they aren't the monsters that many are making them out to be. Parents.....now they might be the monsters but that's a whole other issue......:

Well, they definitely are there. I've been hit by one kid in them and jumped out of the way to avoid being hit by another.

I've got a new rule of thumb. I won't get our of thier way when they can't/won't stop while coming at me. Instead I stop cold in my tracks, and if they hit me, I'll be standing still and they'll be on thier a**es--it already happened once. Sooner or later enough kids will get injured badly enough that WDW will begin to strictly enforce the rules. I'm not going out of my way to move for a kid on Heely's.

Anne

 

[CampbellScot]

They are 100% NOT ALLOWED in the parks at all. They are considered skates. Most CMs will give you a warning, but some will TELL you to take out the wheels and call security if you don't comply. They are a danger to the kids who have them on and everyone around them.. the ground is almost never even and it's so crowded! A friend and fellow CM saw a kid who wasn't paying attention and litterally cracked his head open and had to be rushed to the hospital. So please leave them at home!!!

wish this was an enforced rule...they are EVERYWHERE at the parks and a menace to anyone in the path of them!!!

 

[momofthreegamers]

Ok, here we go.....My DS, who is 10, had been asking me to buy him Heelys for several months. I refused. He would not get enough use out of them to justify spending that kind of money. The only opportunity he has for wearing them would be on the road in front of our house (since that is the only time I would allow him to wear them). I have a better idea....walk or ride your skateboard down the hill. (of course with all of the proper safety equipment) So, what changed your mind, you ask? What could posess you to give in and buy these 'shoes from the devil'? Well, I didn't buy them! My ex mother-in-law did. Let me just say that my ex MIL and I, as well as me and my ex husband, get along. We generally don't argue about anything. However, I was not happy about the purchase of the Heely's. We were all in Florida during the Thanksgiving holiday and my ex-DH and his mother left with my kids to do some early Christmas shopping. And guess what they come back with.

So, the next day, we were all going to Epcot and MK. I am not one to break rules or disobey regulations, but I allowed him to wear his heelys...but with very strict rules of my own. Again, I am not happy about the purchase of the shoes, but I know when to pick my battles and this was not a battle I wanted to waste my breath on. If my DS broke the rules I had set in place...those wheels would have been jerked right out of the bottom of shoe....and I did bring the tool to do this! He was not allowed to skate freely about the park; he was not allowed to skate at a high rate of speed; he was not allowed to skate in inappropriate places (i.e. World of Disney).

And guess what....he listened to me! I set rules and he obeyed them. He didn't run into anyone. He didn't break any bone or crack a skull. And I will say this...these shoes are not for the lazy or for kids that just don't want to walk. At the end of the day, his legs were killing him. He used muscles he never knew he had because you have to stay balanced.

Hopefully I have muted a few misconceptions about these shoes. Not all parents of heely children allow their kids to run amuck (sp?). Kids that wear heelys are not necessarily lazy kids.

I will say that my DS has only worn his heelys once since we've left Florida and that was to his friends house down the road.

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

I was at MK in October, in Cosmic Ray's. I was walking toward the condiment stand with my burger and got broadsided by a kid in heelies. My burger ended up on the floor (next to me, who also ended up on the floor). Thankfully, a CM saw what happened and stopped the kid. He made him remove the wheels and told him they are NOT allowed. He also replaced my burger for me. I guess this is a combo bad heelie/good CM story!

So, yes, it's true... I'm a heelie hater!