Crocs with socks?

[Oz-kateer]

I was in Disney last week and it was wall to wall crocs, but mainly without socks and I think it's because it was so darned H O T!!!! But I did see a few socks n crocs about.

When you go to Disney, you suspend all disbelief anyway. When you're an adult wearing mouse ears and pin lanyard, riding rollercoasters, slurping frozen cokes and making a commando plan to "hit the parks" you seriously don't care. Whatever floats your boat. I'd rather be comfortable and have a sensational time than worry about what other people think of me. Who's looking at ME anyway?

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

I was in Disney last week and it was wall to wall crocs, but mainly without socks and I think it's because it was so darned H O T!!!! But I did see a few socks n crocs about.

When you go to Disney, you suspend all disbelief anyway. When you're an adult wearing mouse ears and pin lanyard, riding rollercoasters, slurping frozen cokes and making a commando plan to "hit the parks" you seriously don't care. Whatever floats your boat. I'd rather be comfortable and have a sensational time than worry about what other people think of me. Who's looking at ME anyway?

I was there last week too and you're right it was HOT!! Most days I wore my croc flip flops but on one of our last days to Epcot (lots of walking) I decided to wear my regular pink Mickey Crocs with ankle socks for padding due to my achy feet. I thought of this thread and ventured out geeky anyways!

The people I laughed most at were the truly stupid women who wore some type of heel shoe! Now that is just insane!

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

You guys - from one sock-n-croc wearer to another - do yourself a huge favor and buy a stick of Body Glide before you go. It's for runners and you can get it at sporting goods stores. It looks like stick antiperspirant. With socks or without, at WDW I slather my feet with it before putting on my crocs. My feet are in heaven all day. Seriously. My feet are never an issue anymore; my biggest problem was that prior to my last trip I had not increased my walking program to build up my stamina for all the walking we do. Even if you're an active person, if you're going to be park commandos you need to train for it.

 

[squirrel]

Don't forget to check your Crocs for wear.

I brought two pairs with me and ended up having to buy a pair at WDW. I had worn through two pairs and was getting a blister in the spot where the Crocs (Gekkos) were worn on the bottom.

 

[copperbrick]

crocs are a fashion faux pas in the first place. I almost always wear mine with socks. HAHAHAHAHA

Yep, that pretty much sums it up!

We were there from Oct. 2 - 11, oh my gosh HOT!

I did find a pair of very low socks in a color that matched my Crocs exactly, and they were hardly noticible. Odd, I changed pairs every day (I brought enough for a new pair every day), and in the beginning, they stayed up, but toward the end, they kept falling down to under my heel.

Darn. Thought I'd found an answer, but not.

So, I changed socks to a dorkier pair and kept going - at that point I didn't really give a flying fluff about anything other than being REALLY cool and comfortable -- as much as possible in humidity level in the 90's and real feel of 110! I tried to go without socks, but noooo way.

Ya wanna know something? I had so many wonderful exchanges with fellow Disney-lovers, it really didn't matter. I don't think any of them were looking at my feet. I made a ton of friends, exchanged the best info and had a ball -- probably because I was smiling, which I would not have been doing if my feet hurt.

Attitude is everything!

 

[copperbrick]

Let's see...

Fanny pack stuffed with every neccessity imaginable? Check.

Black cap with giant mouse ears? Check.

Oversized sweatshirt with Eyeore on it? Check.

Lanyard weighed down with 150 pins? Check.

Sock with Crocs = increased dorkiness? Naaaahhhhhh!

-- LOL! VERY funny post. I really did laugh out loud. Thanks for the smile.

Still goin' for socks here, though!

Hugs,
Copper

 

[MrsSilvaStrat]

It's incredibly dorky looking - but if my feet hurt, then I will just be an incredible dork

I did wear socks with my Crocs in June 08 b/c my feet were so beat up I just needed the extra cushion.

I mean honestly, I'm already totally dis'ed out with sparkles in my hair, camera in one hand and a map/mickey ice cream pop in the other. I'm not going for fashionista, I'm going for good-times-ista.

 

[mvansear]

I'm a nurse in a hospital. All the nurses who wear crocs wear them with socks. I have been wearing them with socks long before anyone outside the hospitals was wearing. We can't really have our toes showing inside the holes.

 

[queenie82]

Haven't read all the posts but have any of you seen the fleece lined crocs?
Obviously this isn't a summer thing...but they provide a more enclosed croc and are warmer for winter
http://www.crocs.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-crocs_us-Site/default/Product-Show?pid=10049

I personally loathe crocs (look, concept and lack of support) but whatever floats your boat.

 

[copperbrick]

I'm a nurse in a hospital. All the nurses who wear crocs wear them with socks. I have been wearing them with socks long before anyone outside the hospitals was wearing. We can't really have our toes showing inside the holes.

GREAT post!

You know, I would like to ask the no-Crocs or no-Crocs-with-socks people here: How many of you have problem feet, big time?

It is one thing to not want to wear Crocs or Crocs with socks if you are comfortable wearing any other sort of shoe.

It is another thing if you have neurological problems (as I do) or other problems that put you in horrific pain if you do not have just the right shoes, padding, insulation etc.

As someone told me, "Picture yourself wanting to have the vacation-of-a-lifetime, but you have a knife stabbing your feet every step of the way . . . would you do whatever it takes to get out of the pain, or would you choose to be fashionable and feel as though your feet are going to fall off . . . which of course, would ruin your vacation?"

I know what that knife feels like, believe me, and it hurts like heck.

Comfort rocks.

 

[Wall-E1]

I have been reading this thread and debating whether or not to post. My name is Wall-E1 and I am a crocoholic. It started innocently enough. I tried on a pair while shopping, with no intention of buying a pair. They do look ridiculous. I was just trying to be funny. As soon as the soles of my feet caressed the soft perforated rubber of that fabulous shoe, I was hooked. I didn't know what to say to the friends that I was with, but I knew that I would not be leaving the store without a pair of these miraculous creations. I bought that pair of shoes and additional pairs as my addiction progressed. My son, of course, was mortified to be seen in public with his father in Crocs. And yes, I wore socks with them. It was a time of innocence and a time of freedom. As the addiction progressed, I began wearing nothing but Crocs. even if attending a semi-formal affair, there I would be, in my Crocs. I would wear them in the ocean and in the pool. There were nights that I would sleep in them. Eventually, the people closest to me started avoiding me. The Crocs were putting up a wall between me and the people that I cared about most. I promised that I would not wear them anymore, but when I was alone I would slip on the soft, rubbery shoes that I so loved. Eventually, like all good things, the Crocs began to meet their end. Some pairs simply wore out. One pair, our cat urinated on. Apparently, even she had enough of the shoes. Today, I still have one, old worn out pair. I don't wear it, yet I can't part with it.

 

[queenie82]

GREAT post!

You know, I would like to ask the no-Crocs or no-Crocs-with-socks people here: How many of you have problem feet, big time?

Yes. Family of big fussy feet.

It is one thing to not want to wear Crocs or Crocs with socks if you are comfortable wearing any other sort of shoe.

It is another thing if you have neurological problems (as I do) or other problems that put you in horrific pain if you do not have just the right shoes, padding, insulation etc.

As someone told me, "Picture yourself wanting to have the vacation-of-a-lifetime, but you have a knife stabbing your feet every step of the way . . . would you do whatever it takes to get out of the pain, or would you choose to be fashionable and feel as though your feet are going to fall off . . . which of course, would ruin your vacation?"

I know what that knife feels like, believe me, and it hurts like heck.

Comfort rocks.

For me the prospect of Crocs is just pointless. There is no support whatsoever. They do look ridiculous and according to my podiatrist bad for your feet. Plus they are uncomfortable big time.
I and 2 of my family require Orthotics. One has Plantar Fasciitis and just the right orthotics and shoes are the difference between agony and comfort.
I can only wear sandals part of the time. If I want to wear them more often I have to wear ones that can take the orthotics.

But as I say whatever floats your boat. If no arch support is comfortable and you are fine looking ridiculous then whatever floats your boat

 

[3floridarays]

I have always been one of those people who said there was no way I would EVER wear something that awful looking, regardless of how comfortable they might be.

So last weekend I was walking past a Croc kiosk at the mall and saw a sign that said Buy One Get One Free. So I thought, "Okay, I'm, going to see what all the fuss is about".

Thirty minutes later I was the owner of 8 pairs of Crocs. Go figure....

 

[mickeyluv'r]

I don't think I'd probably wear them with socks, and I can't personally wear them all day long, but...

On our most recent trip during rainy season- I noticed during one particularly rainy event, that there were three kinds of folks inthe park: A few holdout miserable-looking sneakers wearers, barefoot folks, and happy Crocs wearers. More or less everyone else had left the parks.

In rain at WDW, they are the perfect footwear - getting wet doesn't make them unwearable, and they dry immediately.

Incidentally, we were among he barefoot folks. I was kind of wishing I'd brought my Crocs that night.

 

[littleelvis]

No offense but Crocs are the most vile thing every created. Right up there with the fanny pack. Horrible Horrible creation........

 

[mousefan215]

No offense but Crocs are the most vile thing every created. Right up there with the fanny pack. Horrible Horrible creation........

I think the fanny pack still takes the cake!

 

[TimandTanya]

I love my Crocs the most,
I love them more than toast,
I wear them all with ease,
I wear them while eating peas,
I love them in the morning,
They're never, ever boring,
I wear them while playing guitar,
I can walk so very, very far,
I wear them while reading DIS
They give my feet a kiss,
They feel so good my Crocs,
I love to wear 'em with socks.

 

[laughinplace199]

I think that if you're ok wearing shoes that can be cleaned in the dishwasher, whether or not you wear socks with them is a negligible point.

 

[Aisling]

No offense but Crocs are the most vile thing every created. Right up there with the fanny pack. Horrible Horrible creation........

I love my Crocs...SO comfortable!
And my DH loves his fanny pack...SO convenient! But he calls it a waist pack, so that makes it ok.

 

[maxiesmom]

I always swore I would never wear crocs. But then during a 4th of July trip to Disney World my feet began to hurt, big time. And it didn't matter which pair of tennis shoes I wore. I was nearly in tears by the time I found the croc display in a store on Main Street. Oh my gosh, those things truly saved my vacation! I put those puppies on and my feet were so happy! They may not be the cutest things on the face of the earth, but crocs sure are comfortable.

Hey, at least I finally gave up my fanny pack, so I don't look like a total nerd!