How big a kid will the stollers hold?

[DisneyPhD]

You know I am rather suprized by the negitive comments on kids in stollers.

I always asummed that when people are looking at my kids in there double stroller they are thinking "what cute kids." At least those are the comments I get.

It never occured to me that people might be judging my almost 5 year old (and me) for being there. Or thinking she is lazy (or we can't control them). Some kids hate strollers. Mine love them. (I feel very lucky about that.)

Of course I like to asume the best in people.

Thank you to the members who have been supportive instead of judgmental of others on this thread.

 

[Whosemom]

We're going to WDW next june, and were just talking about this. Last month we went to a smaller water park and got a stroller for our stuff, but then it was a water park the last week of sept, so we needed layers, and someplace to put unlayered layers. But man was it handy. We may still get one next summer.

Point in fact is, my then-to-be 5 yo still takes naps. If we shove over the souvees to make room, and he can zonk out, why would the rest of us go back to the room? That's just absurd. We suck every minute dry when we get a chance to go somewhere!!

Stroll on, sister!

 

[lark]

If you kid starts to whine that they are tired, it's time to leave or go find a sit down show. Plain and simple.

Yes, but isn't the point that it will take them longer to get tired if they have a stoller?

And what exactly is wrong with that?

Why not walk to the parks instead of taking disney transportation? That will get those fat little kids in shape pronto. Now, they'll be exhausted before they even get to the front gates, but that just means they should go back to the hotel right then. Don't even go into the parks. Plain and simple.

In fact, what's with all this taking airplanes to Disney? And why should the kids get to take the elevators in the contemporary. Let's have the little fatties walk the stairs.

This honestly is one of the most absurd threads I have read on this board. The thing about it is that it's all so gratutious -- the OP got her question answered in like 10 minutes, and then it's just a bunch of people piling on. I seriously cannot believe people give a crap whether other parents want to keep their kids less tired during the day so they can enjoy WDW a little longer.

Not your cup of tea, fine. That's your decision. Way to go super mom or dad. But to criticize other parents because they think their kids will not need a nap until 4 instead of 1 if they have a stroller? Come on.

 

[LoveBuzz2]

The last time we were at Disney, my now 6 year old ds was 4. He did just fine with no stroller except one day. It was our 4th day of our 7 day trip and he was crabby, whiney etc from the minute we woke up. We lounged around a bit that day and eventually went over to see MGM. We rented a stroller that day for him and he was fine! Never had to rent another one... Now that he is six, I would think he wouldn't need one, but I guess we'll take it day by day...

 

[dumby]

You know I am rather suprized by the negitive comments on kids in stollers.

I always asummed that when people are looking at my kids in there double stroller they are thinking "what cute kids." At least those are the comments I get.

It never occured to me that people might be judging my almost 5 year old (and me) for being there. Or thinking she is lazy (or we can't control them). Some kids hate strollers. Mine love them. (I feel very lucky about that.)

Of course I like to asume the best in people.

Thank you to the members who have been supportive instead of judgmental of others on this thread.

BTW you have the cutest kids.

 

[dwkwootton]

Strollers and crowds make for a tough situation. Everyone knows that and no one in their right mind has any objection to a baby or a tiny tot in a stroller. At what point does it become considered insensitive to (as per the original question) stuff your healthy overgrown child into a stroller making the touring tougher on everyone but you?

 

[monica31671]

My seven year old son is very tall for his age so I put him in a double stroller in June.
It never occured to me that he might need a stroller. He had a low blood sugar attack at the Magic Kingdom one night and it was a long walk to the bus stop. The next day at Epcot we got the stroller. People did look at us funny, but that stoller was my peace of mind for the day.
My kid is as healthy as a horse except he is a diabetic. No matter how careful we are about the food and insulin, there is no preventing a low blood sugar episode now and then. So many factors come in to play. Even after his blood sugar is back to normal, he is so tired. Too tired to march across a park whether it's been 5 minutes or 5 hours since we walked through the gate.
I agree with the previous poster: A week in a stroller at WDW is not going to make a kid fat.
If I'm happy and my kid is happy without interupting anyone else's good time - who really cares?

 

[mjkaferle5]

How dare anyone put their older kids in a stroller at Disney World!! I mean back in the day when I was 7 years old (1976), I used to walk through all 4 of the Disney parks no problem!!

Oh wait there was only one park back then!

Folks, If you ain't got nuthin' nice to say...........

 

[Amy&Dan]

Wow....some people must have a lot of guilt to be so defensive about this.

Truth is, your kids can do a lot more than many of us give them credit for, if we just let them. Of course the kids who have broken heals, or rash's ect ect, may not be able to walk.

But 7 out of 10 kids above 5 or 6, have no need to be in a stroller...PERIOD

If you kid starts to whine that they are tired, it's time to leave or go find a sit down show. Plain and simple.

Some people should have guilt for being so judgemental, but thats probably asking too much.

Glad you can cut some kids a break for being lame or having a rash, good for you!

And can you direct us to the Harvard School of Medicine pediatric study where this 7 out of 10 figure came from?

Wow, such great advice, good thing the world, including Disneyworld vacations is so cut in stone and plain and simple.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Strollers and crowds make for a tough situation. Everyone knows that and no one in their right mind has any objection to a baby or a tiny tot in a stroller. At what point does it become considered insensitive to (as per the original question) stuff your healthy overgrown child into a stroller making the touring tougher on everyone but you?

You know you are right, it is always very insensitive to think about your children or yourself. And while we are at the task of demanding all children over a certain age be forbidden to ride in strollers, lets forbid wheelchairs and ECCV's from being in the parks too. And old people, because I know they get in the way as well. Maybe WDW can think up a new hard ticket event and call it "Mickey's Night For Losers Who Clog Up the Walkways". That way all of those annoying folks who use strollers and cause countless deaths and accidents at WDW can still see the park one night a year.

I am done with this thread. Hope the OP got her question answered. I have to go pick my kids up at school in the stroller cause they are fat and shouldn't have to walk home.

 

[DisneyPhD]

BTW you have the cutest kids.

Thank you, I tend to think so!

 

[jamzots]

You know you are right, it is always very insensitive to think about your children or yourself. And while we are at the task of demanding all children over a certain age be forbidden to ride in strollers, lets forbid wheelchairs and ECCV's from being in the parks too. And old people, because I know they get in the way as well. Maybe WDW can think up a new hard ticket event and call it "Mickey's Night For Losers Who Clog Up the Walkways". That way all of those annoying folks who use strollers and cause countless deaths and accidents at WDW can still see the park one night a year.

I am done with this thread. Hope the OP got her question answered. I have to go pick my kids up at school in the stroller cause they are fat and shouldn't have to walk home.

LMAO!!!!
You said it in a better way than me !!!!!

 

[mommaU4]

I'm sorry fanofdisney was your question how big a kid will the strollers hold? Or was it should I put my 6 thru 12 yr old in a stroller?

I thought it was simply a size question, in which case I'm sorry but I'm not sure of the answer.

I can tell you that we are going to rent a double stroller for our twin 5 yr olds when we go. They are not fat. They don't have a rash. They do have little legs which can't go as fast as mommy and daddy sometimes. They also have wandering eyes which sometimes causes them to wander and by being in a stroller they will be easier to keep an eye on and there for safer.

If you were asking permission to do that or if it's appropriate, well then, my answer is it's up to you.

 

[dwkwootton]

You know you are right, it is always very insensitive to think about your children or yourself. And while we are at the task of demanding all children over a certain age be forbidden to ride in strollers, lets forbid wheelchairs and ECCV's from being in the parks too. And old people, because I know they get in the way as well. Maybe WDW can think up a new hard ticket event and call it "Mickey's Night For Losers Who Clog Up the Walkways". That way all of those annoying folks who use strollers and cause countless deaths and accidents at WDW can still see the park one night a year.

I am done with this thread. Hope the OP got her question answered. I have to go pick my kids up at school in the stroller cause they are fat and shouldn't have to walk home.

This isn't very polite. I was asking a question that merits some thought. And I was raised to find it insensitive to think only of myself and mine and more thought for others would benefit everyone. Courtesy should be extended to all and finding what works best for all should be considered a good thing. I don't know why your response is so off the wall, not representative of my question, and mostly so unkind. My 90 year old mother spent the last 6 years of her life in a wheelchair. If you would have the manners not to make reference to old people or people who need wheelchairs as losers in your response to me, that would be appropriate.

 

[dumby]

This isn't very polite. I was asking a question that merits some thought. And I was raised to find it insensitive to think only of myself and mine and more thought for others would benefit everyone. Courtesy should be extended to all and finding what works best for all should be considered a good thing. I don't know why your response is so off the wall, not representative of my question, and mostly so unkind. My 90 year old mother spent the last 6 years of her life in a wheelchair. If you would have the manners not to make reference to old people or people who need wheelchairs as losers in your response to me, that would be appropriate.

I don't think the poster was actually calling anyone a loser. But now you see how we feel when you talk about our children when the poster mentions something near and dear to you like older people in wheelchairs.

I think everyone should mind their own business and if someone uses a stroller for their child no matter what the age don't worry about it. The world would be a lot better off if people would stop worrying about what everybody else is doing and take care of themselves.

My little one is will be 5 1/2 when we go and I will definitely have a stroller for him. I find it very tiring myself to do all that walking and I want him to have a good time not remember being so tired.

 

[C.Ann]

I think everyone should mind their own business and if someone uses a stroller for their child no matter what the age don't worry about it. The world would be a lot better off if people would stop worrying about what everybody else is doing and take care of themselves.

My little one is will be 5 1/2 when we go and I will definitely have a stroller for him. I find it very tiring myself to do all that walking and I want him to have a good time not remember being so tired.

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No ones business but the parents..

 

[dwkwootton]

I was talking about using strollers for a school age children for one person's convenience with no regard whatsoever for the difficult situation that the overabundance of unneccessary strollers and wheelchairs creates for everyone in the parks. Changing it to the distain of the young, elderly, and infirmed is just plain wrong.

 

[C.Ann]

the difficult situation that the overabundance of unneccessary strollers and wheelchairs creates for everyone in the parks. .

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Just curious.. Who determines when the use of a stroller is necessary or not?

 

[Amy&Dan]

I was talking about using strollers for a school age children for one person's convenience with no regard whatsoever for the difficult situation that the overabundance of unneccessary strollers and wheelchairs creates for everyone in the parks. Changing it to the distain of the young, elderly, and infirmed is just plain wrong.

Okay, we are even. I found your post rude and you found mine the same. I brought up the elderly because they are on my mind and the way your post was worded it made me think that convenience was quite important to you on your WDW trips. Also wheelchairs (which you brought up) are generally used by elderly people. I just returned from a week long trip to WDW and saw many people put out that my parents who are 70 and 80 (they have cancer, diabetes, blindness and Alzheimers betweem them) were taking too long or seemed dazed and confused, which got in their way. I take care of my parents, my mother is dying so don't think for one minute I don't know all about these issues. And don't think for one minute that anybody regardless of age or how they might look, is in a wheelchair, scooter or stroller unnecessarily. You use the word insensitive but refer to people "stuffing" their "overgrown" (is that code for fat?) kids in strollers. I am just trying to say that it is impossible to ever determine who needs what when it comes to mobility issues. The bottom line is that most people do what is right for their children. Also, strollers and wheelchairs are a fact of life at WDW and just one of MANY inconveniences in the crowded walkways and lines.

P.S. I used the term "losers" to refer to a group that included myself. Your post made me feel like one for renting a stroller for my 9 year old two weeks ago when she wasn't feeling up to par. Also, many people on these boards refer to people in wheelchairs and scooters as undeserving, fat or lazy. Comments about the overabundance of wheelchairs, strollers and scooters make people who use them feel like losers. So I jokingly thought maybe all of us folks like me who use these (I rent a scooter for my fil when we go with him) should just have their own night where we can't bother anybody. Posts and comments like these can be hurtful and make many people, myself included as if they are doing something wrong by looking out in the best interests of themselves and their families.

 

[dale jr. fan]

hi everyone,
we have a ds5 and ds7 and they both did great at epcot from open to the fireworks without a stroller and no break. This was the first time without a stroller.
This also was in august.