Double Wide Stroller Should Be Banned

[blondemom]

They only problem I had was at the bus stop for Animal Kingdom Lodge leaving Magic Kingdom. The line was huge and the first family on line had 2 double strollers (the horror!). We could all see the bus pulling around the bend (we all cheered, we'd been waiting for so long). The bus took its time pulling up, etc. The family decided as soon as the bus door opened to try to figure out how to fold the strollers. They refused to move to the side and let other people board: "We were here first, and we're getting in first." The bus driver even asked them politely to step to the side until they could get the strollers folders. They refused. It was awful. Finally, another WDW worker (security, possibly) instructed them to move out of line. Yep, it was like 10 minutes and they STILL couldn't figure out how to fold the strollers.

Meanwhile, it was late, and we all just wanted to go home. By whatever miracle we received, the family was moved aside and we boarded. They never made it into that first bus. Wonder if they ever folded the stroller!!

That's my only stroller complaint!!!

 

[Colleen27]

I don't think doubles tend to be any worse or better than singles. It all comes down to the parent in charge and there's no way to ban the careless, thoughtless, entitled and self-involved from the Disney parks. The same parent who thinks nothing of blocking an aisle with a double-wide stroller or using it as her personal battering ram in thick crowds will do the exact. same. things. with a single or a back-to-front double.

But while we're discussing things to ban, I think Disney really should consider a ban on people of Scandinavian, Irish, and other fair-skinned northern European ancestry. All those sunburns are just painful to see, and Disney can spin it as a health-conscious attempt to reduce rampant rates of melanoma.

 

[brunette8706]

What about triple strollers? You know for TRIPLETS!? lol

 

[lugnut33]

Oh, lugnut... Your dislike of all-things Disney has now shown itself in several ongoing threads. You stir the pot with a controversial issue and then hang around to critique any reply.

But for all your hatred of WDW, you still gave them your money and will continue to do so in the future and you know it. What's even funnier is that you troll these boards with frivolous posts, wasting even more time in Disney's honor, thereby providing the company with free publicity.

On behalf of Disney, I thank you. Once again, Disney wins and you've lost, but I think we've already established that, haven't we?

Actually most people thought your post was absurd.

I hate Disney, that's why I own DVC, been to WDW many many times, been to Disneyland 7 times, spent my honeymoon at WDW, been to the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, read numerous biographies on Walt, read numerous books on Imagineering, listen to 5 Disney centric podcasts a week (the Dis, Mousetalgia, WDW Radio, Inside the Magic, and WDW Today) and am going on a Disney cruise next June with a bunch of Disney fans. Yes, my hatred runs deep.

 

[Sleeping Becca]

What about triple strollers? You know for TRIPLETS!? lol

Triplets are not allowed at WDW.

 

[lugnut33]

I don't think doubles tend to be any worse or better than singles. It all comes down to the parent in charge and there's no way to ban the careless, thoughtless, entitled and self-involved from the Disney parks. The same parent who thinks nothing of blocking an aisle with a double-wide stroller or using it as her personal battering ram in thick crowds will do the exact. same. things. with a single or a back-to-front double.

But while we're discussing things to ban, I think Disney really should consider a ban on people of Scandinavian, Irish, and other fair-skinned northern European ancestry. All those sunburns are just painful to see, and Disney can spin it as a health-conscious attempt to reduce rampant rates of melanoma.

I'm of Scandinavian descent, but I have enough hair all over my body that I don't need sunscreen (well, except the top of my head).

Last time I went to the pool the guard asked me to remove my cashmere sweater before jumping in.

 

[Schleprok]

Here we go again, somebody trying to talk sense. Don't you know that this silly tactic doesn't work??

Sorry, I am new at this common sense thing. I guess in time I will learn when and where to use it.

 

[Sleeping Becca]

You are the one who chose to have three children close together. I am sure you had good reasons for doing so, and those children add great joy to your life. You also chose to take them to WDW while they are still all under 5, and I am sure you enjoyed the trip. However, I was not privy to those choices, nor have I derived any benefit from them. How, then, did it become my responsiblity for dealing with the downside of those choices?

Maybe by leaving the privacy of your home and going in public?

 

[brunette8706]

Triplets are not allowed at WDW.

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[lugnut33]

OMG, I hope I'm not there when Ocotmom shows up:

Look at those bus strollers back there, double wide and double long!!

 

[peachygreen]

Most of us, as we grow up, learn that when we make choices, however correct those choices are, they may well cut us off from other choices. You don't always get to do everything you want at the exact moment you want to do it.

You are the one who chose to have three children close together. I am sure you had good reasons for doing so, and those children add great joy to your life. You also chose to take them to WDW while they are still all under 5, and I am sure you enjoyed the trip. However, I was not privy to those choices, nor have I derived any benefit from them. How, then, did it become my responsiblity for dealing with the downside of those choices?

If your child is sleeping then you can either choose to wake him up or you can choose to do your shopping later. What you can not ethically choose to do is to take a sleeping kid into a store in a honking huge double stroller, block aisles, cause problems for others, and claim everyone has to put up with inconviences because you don't want to inconvience yourself to deal with the consequences of your choices. If you got to the head of the line for a ride, and your child were sleeping, would you insist that they block the line and prevent anyone else from getting on until your child woke up?

If your child is too tired out to behave himself in a store, then you go back to the hotel or find somewhere in the park for him to rest and get himself back under control. It's not my responsiblity to deal with his tantrums and mis-behavior because you would rather shop than make sure your child gets the rest he needs.

If you can't manage to handle your children in a shop without causing problems for others (like blocking aisles, or turning over displays), then either you don't shop, you bring along enough adults so that you can handle the kids, or you wait until they are older before going to Disney. This is not an impossible task -- there are plenty of strollers in the stoller parking near shops.

Children get tired, fall asleep, sometimes do stupid things. They're children. But you are the adult, and it is your responsiblity to deal with your children, however inconvienent you find that, rather than expecting everyone else around you to take up your slack.

WOW!

With this I'm guessing you don't think parents should bring strollers into the mall (their aisles are even smaller than Disney's sometimes) or how about the grocery store. I'm guessing you think I should walk rather than taking up room on the tram or buses too with my stroller.

I mean really its an ethical issue now to take a stroller into a store that does not prohibit them to do some shopping that is encouraged.

I am appalled by this response. My having my kids peacfully in a stroller is not expecting you (anyone that is) to take up the slack in raising my children. I am dealing with them, not passing them off onto someone else.

 

[t_catt11]

Ah, the rhetoric and hyperbole grow thick!

 

[pbrim]

I mean really its an ethical issue now to take a stroller into a store that does not prohibit them to do some shopping that is encouraged.

I am appalled by this response. My having my kids peacfully in a stroller is not expecting you (anyone that is) to take up the slack in raising my children. I am dealing with them, not passing them off onto someone else.

Straw man much? Now I'm a horrible person for saying nasty things that I never actually said at all! If I say it is unethical to do X, and you are not doing X, then I'm not calling you unethical, am I?

What I said was "If you can't manage to handle your children in a shop without causing problems for others ..." If you're not causing problems for others, then clearly I'm not talking about you. Why are you assuming I am?

 

[pbrim]

Maybe by leaving the privacy of your home and going in public?

Oh, goody! No one is responsible for their own behavior or their childrens!

Next time I'm at WDW, forget lines. I'll just walk up to the head of the line every time! You are choosing to deal with the consequences of my choice by going out in public!

 

[Sleeping Becca]

Ah, the rhetoric and hyperbole grow thick!

Well it is your fault for strapping your little Tyranosaurs in that ginormours stroller/battering ram and wreaking havoc with it because you let them loose in Uptown Jewelers that one time and they wrecked the place with their tiny Tyranosaur arms and massive Tyranosaur tails and now you can't let them loose not even for a second or Toyko will be destroyed.

 

[t_catt11]

Well it is your fault for strapping your little Tyranosaurs in that ginormours stroller/battering ram and wreaking havoc with it because you let them loose in Uptown Jewelers that one time and they wrecked the place with their tiny Tyranosaur arms and massive Tyranosaur tails and now you can't let them loose not even for a second or Toyko will be destroyed.

 

[t_catt11]

Straw man much?

You know what's amusing? This is exactly what popped into my head when I read your post about my life choices and the impact it had on the poor rest of the world.

 

[Sleeping Becca]

Next time I'm at WDW, forget lines. I'll just walk up to the head of the line every time! You are choosing to deal with the consequences of my choice by going out in public!

Yep, pretty much. I agree to put up with a lot when I leave my home: bad drivers, rude people, careless people, traffic, people who can't decide what to order at a restaurant so on and so forth. Athough your comparison is a weak one considering that having children close together (sometimes by minutes) and daring to go on vacation using strollers in retail areas, is not in violation of a policy like line breaking.

 

[t_catt11]

Yep, pretty much. I agree to put up with a lot when I leave my home: bad drivers, rude people, careless people, traffic, people who can't decide what to order at a restaurant so on and so forth. Athough your comparison is a weak one considering that having children close together (sometimes by minutes) and daring to go on vacation using strollers in retail areas, is not in violation of a policy like line breaking.

Now, now... it *was* a comparison, right? So it's still valid, right?

Wait, let me try!

Buying a steak dinner at Le Cellier is like stealing a grubworm. You can technically gain protein by eating either of them.

How'd I do?

 

[Tara922c]

Most of us, as we grow up, learn that when we make choices, however correct those choices are, they may well cut us off from other choices. You don't always get to do everything you want at the exact moment you want to do it.

You are the one who chose to have three children close together. I am sure you had good reasons for doing so, and those children add great joy to your life. You also chose to take them to WDW while they are still all under 5, and I am sure you enjoyed the trip. However, I was not privy to those choices, nor have I derived any benefit from them. How, then, did it become my responsiblity for dealing with the downside of those choices?

If your child is sleeping then you can either choose to wake him up or you can choose to do your shopping later. What you can not ethically choose to do is to take a sleeping kid into a store in a honking huge double stroller, block aisles, cause problems for others, and claim everyone has to put up with inconviences because you don't want to inconvience yourself to deal with the consequences of your choices. If you got to the head of the line for a ride, and your child were sleeping, would you insist that they block the line and prevent anyone else from getting on until your child woke up?

If your child is too tired out to behave himself in a store, then you go back to the hotel or find somewhere in the park for him to rest and get himself back under control. It's not my responsiblity to deal with his tantrums and mis-behavior because you would rather shop than make sure your child gets the rest he needs.

If you can't manage to handle your children in a shop without causing problems for others (like blocking aisles, or turning over displays), then either you don't shop, you bring along enough adults so that you can handle the kids, or you wait until they are older before going to Disney. This is not an impossible task -- there are plenty of strollers in the stoller parking near shops.

Children get tired, fall asleep, sometimes do stupid things. They're children. But you are the adult, and it is your responsiblity to deal with your children, however inconvienent you find that, rather than expecting everyone else around you to take up your slack.

Wow. But here is the thing, strollers are allowed in Disney gift shops. Here is an idea for all the people who say the stroller is blocking an aisle, how about saying, "excuse me, may I get by". There have been times I have been in someone's way, and didn't know it, or a person was in my way, and they didn't know it. I can handle my one child just fine, and if she is asleep in her stroller, or awake, and Disney says she can come into the store with our stroller, we are going in!