Is there a place to store a stroller?

[flynnmnstr]

I will be alone with my DS 5 & 2 for three days while my DH is at a conference. I am really looking forward to it except for the stroller issue. My older son is in the AS and my younger one has sensory issues and is very very active. Ideally I would like to take my single stroller with my buggy board to the parks everyday and then store it somewhere and rent a double so that the boys can both sit. There is so much walking in between the hotel, bus stop and park entrances I'm not sure we'll make it.

ANy advice?

 

[SueM in MN]

You might be able to get the stroller rental place to keep it for you, but I would not count on it. And, even if they would at one park or one day, they might not the next.
I'm assuming you probably think your older child would prefer to sit rather than stand some of the time, that the buggy board means he can only stand and that the younger one is too young to trade places and stand.

Another thing you might want to look into is renting or borrowing a stroller from somewhere other than the parks. If your children's combind weight is less than 80 pounds, you can rent a sit and stand stroller from A Baby's Best Friend. The sit and stand stroller has a place on the back where the older child can either sit or stand. I saw quite a few people using that type on our last trip.

 

[mamaminnie]

I've never had a problem checking my personal stroller while renting a double.

They just give you a claim check and you retrieve it at the end of your day.

 

[SueM in MN]

that's good to know. Thanks

 

[flynnmnstr]

I was hoping that they would allow me to check my stroller. DS 5 hates standing on the buggy board; he is a stroller junkie, but at 52 lbs his stroller days are coming to an end. So unfortunately Sue renting from abbf is not an option, but thanks for the suggestion.

We've always get a GAC card mostly so he can stay in stroller when he needs to (ie, shows, lines that very crowded, etc.). Will they honor that if we have a double rental stroller? We've never taken a double before. We've always brought two singles. On my own with the two boys I will probably use the GAC more than usually just because juggling my two little maniacs will be a full time job in itself.

Thanks

 

[SueM in MN]

I was hoping that they would allow me to check my stroller. DS 5 hates standing on the buggy board; he is a stroller junkie, but at 52 lbs his stroller days are coming to an end. So unfortunately Sue renting from abbf is not an option, but thanks for the suggestion.

We've always get a GAC card mostly so he can stay in stroller when he needs to (ie, shows, lines that very crowded, etc.). Will they honor that if we have a double rental stroller? We've never taken a double before. We've always brought two singles. On my own with the two boys I will probably use the GAC more than usually just because juggling my two little maniacs will be a full time job in itself.

Thanks

Yes. I think so.
I don't have personal experience, but people have posted that they have done it. Hopefully, someone with personal experience will post.

 

[Mason7AK]

Yes, we have done this. Our son (two at the time) uses a manual wheelchair. We traveled with his cousin (4 at the time, typical developing) and stored his wheelchair at the stroller rental pavillion at MGM and rented a double stroller for them both to ride in. We had our GAC stamped to allow stroller as a wheelchair (because DS is paraplegic) and were allowed to take the double stroller through all lines. We were asked to show our GAC at almost every attraction and location because the double stroller is so large, they wanted to make sure we had to have it in line.
Angela