jenseib
Mommy to Claire
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We have a Mac and we like it a lot. Good luck on your search for the perfect stroller.
For all those "helpful" people who think the OP should start training her kid for the NYC marathon keep in mind that some children simply cannot take the Florida heat. We hardly use a stroller at home -except for the baby- and we have very young children. WDW is a whole different ball of wax. The heat knocks them out very quickly. Without the shade and rest of the stroller they get sick and simply cannot do very much. Now before anyone starts up on their soapbox about how we should just take rests we do take rests. However with 5 kids (and a Mom who also cannot take the heatbut does it anyway because she loves WDW) if we "rested" every time someone couldn't walk we would just spend the day sitting on a bench!
The stroller lets the kids recoup while we get to the next attraction.
I hate when people say "Strollers are for babies!" Well last I checked making comments like that usually is something kids might say and not adults.
OP- have a great trip and don't worry about what anyone has to say. You know your child.
Very well said. I totally agree. If we took rest when our DD needed to just sit, it could be a long day of nothing. On the other hadn, sometimes it's DH and I who need to sit and she runs in circles while we rest. LOL!
We always gate check ours as well .It's actually been helpful at the airprot when I get luggage. DH has gone to get the car and I stack some of the bags in and on the stroller and DD and I pull the remaining ones.
I did list my needs, but thats OK, if you don't agree. I don't feel like I am wasting money. If I rent a single stroller at Disney for a week, it will cost me close to $100, a double (for extra space ) close to $200. I also have 2 nieces and this stroller may be passed on or borrowed by my sister if she needs it, especially since one is 6 and they are planning to go the world again in the next year, and said they definately will be taking a stroller for each child. So again, that would be another $100 (or 2) saved from rental.
And I am also a mother of a 18 and 21 year old. As much as I hate to say it, I could be a grandmother in the next 5-10 years, and this stroller would/could be used for them as well. If I decide to sell it, then I will get some of the money back. I may also sell my 2 other strollers as well. One I bought just for trips a few years ago and has been wonderful, but has a lower weight limit. The other is a whole travel system, so I could make some money back that way.
I was looking at those $70 ones. Really tempted, but after trying it out at the store, I felt it would be better bang for my buck to go with the quest, since it was so much easier for me to push her. (thats just us though, we did like the Volo too) If it was a year ago, I wouldn't have debated though.
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As for a day trip to the zoo. We have a membeship. We also visit other zoos through out the year. Some Zoo's are very big, or hilly. My DD, for the most, part walks, and thats fine, but on really hot days, she will sit more often and drink a cold beverage. Some trips the stroller is used for storage only, but thats fine with me. I don't have a problem pushing it.
She's healthy. And walks alot. We do several trails at the metropark and she has no problem. Sometimes she skates or rides her bike there too. We also live on a huge property (we're dairy farmers), so we walk alot just in our own back yard. To each his own.
And by the way, when DD was 2 and we went to Disney, she walked almost the while entire trip. I think we made her go in the stroller on busy times leaving and one day when she almost fell asleep standing. She can do it, but it did slow us down alot too.
