Hit And Run By Strollers?

[toocooltobeMom]

Disney-Super-Mom; I am with you 100%. IMHO. Trekking the parks for miles in any given day requires alot of leg work for most healthy adults

 

[my4kids]

Yes, we thought we would never bring a stroller to Disney too but then we had a DD10, DD8, DS6 and DS1 so we wanted our whole family on our family vacation. It certianly wasn't a common place event for us seeing that we saved forever just to get there...We were not going to wait until they were 16, 14, and 12 and 6. I think Walt would agree Disney is for every age.

Back to topic, yes, many stroller operators need a license/training, but in today's world, one must expect to have to navigate around them. If everyone in public places would just display common courtesy, we could all have an enjoyable experience.[/QUOTE]

I agree.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I was thinking the same thing since the first time we went mine were 10,7,6,1. Sorry, but i wasn't going to make the 10 year old wait any longer. Ds 1 won't remember the trip, but I'll tell him he had a blast! What does it matter that some need strollers...

Back to topic, My husband is very guilty of ramming people with the stroller. (Usually me) and although he apologizes to other people, he alway yells at me for getting in front of him. I am not making excuses for him, I think he could be more careful, but people from the north just move different than people from the south(ie faster). He has no idea that he may seem rude to others. He feels it is rude to stroll slowly and stop to look at something in front of him. He also is not as used to pushing a stroller, and a WDW stroller is a different thing than the strollers you are used to at home. He just does not judge the distance correctly...I don't know if it is his height too....he is VERY tall and strolls along looking over people heads and not at their backsides like me. So I don't think he notices that someone may cross in front of him. Because he is is tall, he also had HUGE feet, and he complains when he is pushing a stoller that he has to stand way back from it and hunch a bit or else his feet keep hitting the back of the stroller, so that adds to his misjudging the distance. I usually just take over on the stroller pushing just to save those around me.

My DD was almost run over by a wheelchair in Disney! It was ugly, let me tell you. We were in MGM and the parade was about to start, my kids were sitting up by the rope, and DH and I were standing right behind them, but DD was a little to my left, since there are more of them than us. Anyway, people were using a break in the rope to cut across the parade route to the otherside to get seats. A family started to cross the route (kids first) and then Mom comes behind(a ways back, because her kids were running) in a powered wheelchair. Just as she was about to cross the route the CM put the rope across and said noone could cross anymore because the parade was about to come through. Woman in wheelchair (with heavy accent) just pushes forward thinking he will let her through. He tlod her no, and she did try to explain that her kids were on the other side, and he said you will have to go around this building to get there. (the parade is there by now) Really nothing the CM could do) She backed up and FULL FORCE AHEAD rammed him in the shin! He was red in the face in pain, and you could tell he wanted to curse. But he didn't budge. She backed up again and tryed to full force ahead plow a path. Of course the path was where my daughter is sitting. I screamed, and yelled "you are going to hurt someone" and then she relented and backed away. Yes, one of our more magical moments.

 

[waltfan1957]

I dont understand how trapping everyone else rather than allowing ambulatory people to pass while she maneuvers the ECV is preventing injury. I have seen a lot of injuries caused by ECV drivers who apparently were given a rental but no road test! I may be misunderstanding but it sounds like you and your family are just rude.

obvious statement from someone who has had no experiance of using a wheelchair my wife has been punched in the face by people pointing where they want to go, had ciggarettes dropped on her, bags hanging of peoples shoulders smacking her in the face, she reallt is inconsiderate

 

[my4kids]

Off the OP's topic, but I just wanted to let some of you know that sometimes there's a reason you see older kids who look perfectly healthy and normal riding in strollers. We have 7 year old son who is a very high functioning autistic, and one of the many problems that is associated with autism is extremely poor muscle tone. So to you he may look normal, and even act normal, but his poor little 48 pound body just doesn't have the strength or stamina to walk in a park all day, or even half a day for that matter. I have to say that we've gotten some dirty looks from others at DL when they see our son in a stroller, and I'll admit it hurts our feeling a bit, but we have no choice.

Anyway, just wanted to say that.

Sorry to go off topic.

Not only that, but who the hecks business is it if my dd7 is tired and jumps in her brothers stoller for a while? Is it hurting anyone else? i wish people would mind their own da%@ business. We shouldn't have to explain our reason, or even have a reason. Get over it people!

 

[we3disneygo]

we were there last week and dodged strollers, with the parents giving us dirty looks, some people in the the ECV's that seem to be doing it on purpose? it was quite a challange, and while getting on to Soarin' the cm ran someone's ecv over the top of dh's toes---oh did i get you????????????????????????????

 

[ssleblanc]

We didn't have a stroller and thankfully I wasn't hit by any this past week. But I did have to constantly apologize for my 6 year old who kept stopping in front of people, or slowing down. I tried to keep us moving on walkways, always aware of people behind us on a mission to move forward. I would tell my son to stop getting in front of me and stopping (really, just slowing down REALLY slow), only for him to move to my side and come to a complete stop in order to argue with me "I'm not STOPPING" (as he stood still, getting hit by unsuspecting walkers behind him). Then the 7 year old who kept walking backwards while pointing and talking about things he was seeing (first time at WDW). I can't count the number of people my kids walked into. I swear I spent the entire 6 days apologizing for their bumping into people - and telling them to apologize.