Just back Tour Groups, EVC's and Strollers

[Wadecool]

Which makes for a world full a special snowflakes!

 

[freepixie]

This thread is still going???

 

[SafetyPinndSally]

I've been rammed by ECVs driven by crazed senior citizens. I've been hamstrung by oblivious parents pushing strollers, large and small. I've been nearly bowled over by a child in a wheelchair who had NO concept of how to steer it or how to move at any speed other than warp. (Not his chair, or so I hope.) I've also been trapped in the back of a bus by a stroller parked in the aisle and preventing any movement.

I've also been knocked down by oblivious pedestrians who kept right on going, as if bowling over a 5'10" 180 pound adult was too insignificant to get their attention.

All this, and I've never BEEN to WDW or DLR, so I'm certain that it's not just the House of Mouse that has a disproportional share of inconsiderate folks. (I'm looking forward to finding out in person, though.)

You don't have to defend your use of an ECV, regardless of whether you're paralyzed from the waist down, or you run Ironman triathlons for a hobby. You don't have to defend your choice of stroller. or the age of the children riding in it. All you (that's YOU) need to do, if you use one of these devices, is to do so responsibly, and be considerate of others.

And if you see or are the victim of someone being inconsiderate or just an *** in general, then you can choose to either deal with it on the spot -- which may have interesting consequences, just sayin' -- or to let it pass.

And then... LET IT GO. Don't get your underoos in a wad, don't let it ruin your vacation, just let it go.

Sheesh. It's Walt Disney World, folks! Try relaxing and actually enjoying it! That's certainly what I intend to do when I finally get there, even if I have to hobble on a broken foot from some doofus in an ECV running over my foot a couple of times.

AMEN!

 

[going/again]

And we get to enjoy what we are paying for as Disney World Resort guests.

Oh well then if your paying for it all by yourselves, then you should be able to set the rules, But as your not Disney does. and it says all resort guests not just those without strollers or wc/ecv's

 

[jworkkul]

I've never even noticed the size of strollers. I thought they were just umbrella, regular, double, etc.? I hate to say that we will be using our "big" stroller for DD this fall, because the umbrella one doesn't have shade. We won't be using any buses, because we are driving, but I'm just wondering if I have one of these offensive strollers

You may not be taking the bus but you will have to ride the tram back to your car at some point and have to fold up your stroller. That is almost as bad as a stroller on the bus.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

We were there from 8/9/11 to 8/19/11 and did not encounter any problems with either of the 3. I saw maybe 1 or 2 tour groups, but no issues with FP. In fact I didn't really need to use any FP because the crowd level was not high to us. No problems with ECV's or strollers. It was a pretty great trip overall.

 

[sandym718]

You may not be taking the bus but you will have to ride the tram back to your car at some point and have to fold up your stroller. That is almost as bad as a stroller on the bus.

Never used a tram until our most recent (stroller-free) trip. We always just walked when we had the strollers.

 

[rbrainerd]

Just love the topic of strollers...my favorites are: the children pushing the empty stroller, the child who gets out of the stroller to see if he/she is tall enough to ride the attraction (and then is so close but not quite tall enough then the parents complain and the child cries) and the stroller clipping my heels (is someone following me that close or just not paying attention) Didn't take my children until they could walk only because I wanted to have a good time as well Regardless...kudos to the responsible stroller operators and umbrella stroller owners