Ha, well, yes... if I’m honest, I do have another Poly trip planned as well later in the year.
Totally OT, but my whole internal debate with Poly and CR for this particular trip revolved around my 4 year old and walking (CR) vs monorail (Poly) to MK. I really don’t want to take the stroller for her but I remember when DS was younger that walk, Sept heat, little legs = tired boy before even getting to the park, especially when trying to balance maybe staying out a little past bedtime.
I think I’m still going to go stroller-less, but may just mean I’ll end up carrying some extra weight on the walk.
Funny the small things one debates regarding any given trip/resort.
Ha, well, yes... if I’m honest, I do have another Poly trip planned as well later in the year.
Totally OT, but my whole internal debate with Poly and CR for this particular trip revolved around my 4 year old and walking (CR) vs monorail (Poly) to MK. I really don’t want to take the stroller for her but I remember when DS was younger that walk, Sept heat, little legs = tired boy before even getting to the park, especially when trying to balance maybe staying out a little past bedtime.
I think I’m still going to go stroller-less, but may just mean I’ll end up carrying some extra weight on the walk.
Funny the small things one debates regarding any given trip/resort.
I'm actually dreading giving up the stroller since it's such a convenient place to store cups, bags, etc.
I thought I was going to dread our first no stroller trip for this reason. I joked that maybe we'd bring a stroller just for our crap. Turns out, being free to move without a stroller more than made up for losing storage. It was liberating. I gave ours up at 5. Their legs may be little but they have youth on their side! They have so much more stamina and energy than we do. They can go way longer. So there was never any issues about her tiring out before us! We were dragging on the way out of the park, she was still raring to go.I feel the same way. I have to use a stroller for my DS 3 at this point, and if I don't get a double for DD 6 they'll just fight over who sits in it.
I also get how the stroller vs. no stroller issue influences a resort choice!
Awesome!! Glad to have inspired a CR fall trip! It's tough to give up the Poly but my thinking was similar to yours- something a little different for a short weekend is exciting. And it just means that you'll have an excuse to schedule another Poly trip. (That's how it works, right?)
I was really surprised at the lack of options for the fall discounts, also. I couldn't find a discount for the CR CL room we booked for Columbus Day weekend/MNSSHP, and there's absolutely nothing at the Poly (or really anywhere else at this point!) discounted the week after Thanksgiving. There was a small discount for a CR non-CL lake view room in the main tower in October, but I find CL so much more convenient for breakfast, etc. when traveling with little ones and the TPV is half the appeal- so I went for the CL room anyway. Hopefully you can grab a discount for your December trip!!!
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. I guess I underestimate the energy of young kids in the parks since I know how wiped out I am at the end of the day!
Everyone does. Because if you ask them, most kids would opt to get in a stroller, no matter the age. I mean, heck, at the end of the day, if you gave ME a choice of riding in a stroller, I'd probably take one.That's very good to hear!! I've made the same joke that we'll keep renting a stroller (we love Kingdom Strollers!) even when our kids are teenagers.
See, there's the difference. You still had one around. So no "out of sight, out of mind". Only works, at least I think it does, when no one in the family is still in a stroller.
