Are the rental strollers comfortable?

[magicmato]

We will be heading down to florida in November and am trying to decide whether we should bring our own strollers or rent them there. I like the idea of getting them in the park as opposed to schlepping them back and forth from the hotel, but at the same time, I am unsure if the molded hard plastic would be comfortable.

I have two girls, one will be 4.5 and one will be 22 months. Has anyone found their children would not nap in these strollers?

Our other choice is to bring our large stroller which reclines for naps and a small stroller that folds down and would probably store under the large one when our 4.5 year old wanted to walk.

Any opinions?

Thanks!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Last trip my kids were 5, almost 4 and 21 months. I brought a Peg Perego Pliko with me and rented doubles in the parks. My youngest loved the rental but when she needed a nap I always put her in the Pliko. Its so comfy she just can't help but fall asleep. I think it would be tough to sleep in the rental but I have read of Disers who say their kids did. I would take a blanket or something to make a pillow. Have you thought of rented something from ABBF? Or taking just a single stroller and renting a single?

 

[sweetpeakaris]

IMO Disney strollers are uncomfortable. I would bring a blanket to line it with, kids get tired of sitting on a hard surface, Too bad Disney can't make them with pads.

 

[stacy6552]

I definately wouldnt rent one for your toddler. You want her nice an comfy, so she falls alseep rather then melts down at the end of the day.

The rentals are probably fine for your older child, so it beomces a question of stamina. Can she make it around the mall all day on a weekend with lots of people? If not I would bring her one (our son still used his at that age). If she can and you might only need one on one particlarly long day, then you can get away with renting.

 

[crisi]

My kids didn't nap (much) in the strollers at 2 1/2 and 3 1/2. But they didn't nap in bed either and did nap on the bus in our laps. I have seen plenty of kids zonked out in Disney rentals.

They think the strollers are great. I wouldn't want to sit in them, but I'm a little older than they are.

They are formed plastic (except at MGM) and do not recline. The don't have much footwell to them either - the kids sit low to the ground.

 

[SqueakyMouse]

My kids didn't nap.

My two little ones nap every day for their sitter. They also go to bed at a regular time (at least the youngest one does) at home. Did they nap at WDW? Nope. Did they fall asleep early? Nope. I think I fell asleep before our youngest children on all but one night -- our last night!!

That being said, we took 2 cheap umbrella strollers on our 10-day May trip. One had a top for our fair-skinned red-headed 2.5 yo dd. (Truthfully, her 4 yo db usually snagged this one!) The umbrella strollers served us very well. We've used our Maclaran double stroller in the past; but I'm always nervous something will happen to it, and it's a pain to fold up and lug around. When we return with the kids in October, we'll be taking umbrella strollers again.

 

[magicmato]

Thanks for everyone's input.

My DD who will be 22 months during the trip is, unlike her sister, a great napper. She takes a nap every day between 11 and noon and then again another one in the late afternoon. Both children then go to bed around 9 pm.

I know their schedules will fall apart while we are away from home, but I am hoping that she will manage a least one nap a day. She falls asleep in the car, so my hope is that if I take a walk around the park with her, she will fall asleep from the motion.

 

[crisi]

Thanks for everyone's input.

My DD who will be 22 months during the trip is, unlike her sister, a great napper. She takes a nap every day between 11 and noon and then again another one in the late afternoon. Both children then go to bed around 9 pm.

I know their schedules will fall apart while we are away from home, but I am hoping that she will manage a least one nap a day. She falls asleep in the car, so my hope is that if I take a walk around the park with her, she will fall asleep from the motion.

That's how we ended up with bus nappers. They wouldn't sleep in strollers, or in beds. But put them in a moving vehicle (boat, train, monorail) and zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......they were always car seat nappers at home.