Show Me Your Decorated Stroller Pics!

[tkme4ard]

<making notes of awesome stuff>

thanks for all the terrific info!

 

[westernmom]

Mickeywanabe-

Did you embroider your name on the bag and strap yourself or did you have it done? I'd love to do that on our Mac but I'd have to take it somewhere and I'm not sure "where" that would be.

Thx.

 

[MickeyWanaBe]

Mickeywanabe-

Did you embroider your name on the bag and strap yourself or did you have it done? I'd love to do that on our Mac but I'd have to take it somewhere and I'm not sure "where" that would be.

Thx.

Yes, I had it done at the embroidery shop here in town. It is the store where you can buy embroidered school clothing (like high school sport stuff and school jackets). I think it was like $8.00.

HTH

 

[wewantmore]

MickeyWanaBe YOU ROCK!!!!!!!

 

[jphouse]

Thanks for the information on the Glove Box. I ordered one from Amazon. It should be here a couple days before we leave. I will use it on the umbrella stroller at WDW then use it on my new Volo at home. Since neither of the strollers have cup holders this will be great. THANK YOU!!!

 

[1rockinmamato2]

I found them on eBay. I have bought 2. The lights on the first one quit working so I bought a second one. Search for "FANTASTIC FAN CLIP" and they should come up. They are much better than the one I got from One Step Ahead. They put out a much stronger breeze. HTH

Ahhhh!!! I really wanted one or two of those, but their shipping is ridiculous. I don't buy from eBay sellers who try to make their profit by jacking up the shipping price, it's deceptive. Funny, if their fans were $8.00 with $4.00 shipping, I would have bought two in a heartbeat.

We have the One Step Ahead ones, but really don't put out a very big breeze. Thank goodness for them though when we went in October. It was so HOT and HUMID and the Kiddopotamus shades and the fans really helped our little ones.

 

[riley2008]

I just wish I knew about all this cool stuff for strollers while my boys were still infants. Thanks!

 

[MickeyWanaBe]

Ahhhh!!! I really wanted one or two of those, but their shipping is ridiculous. I don't buy from eBay sellers who try to make their profit by jacking up the shipping price, it's deceptive. Funny, if their fans were $8.00 with $4.00 shipping, I would have bought two in a heartbeat.

We have the One Step Ahead ones, but really don't put out a very big breeze. Thank goodness for them though when we went in October. It was so HOT and HUMID and the Kiddopotamus shades and the fans really helped our little ones.

Yeah, the first one I bought the shipping was only $3.95 or so. I think the cost of the fan and shipping on it was like $7 total! When I was looking for the second one a year later it irritated me that the shipping had gone up, but I really liked the fan.

If you just search for clip on fan and ignor the fan clip on earrings you can sometimes find a couple others by different sellers.

 

[MickeyWanaBe]

MickeyWanaBe YOU ROCK!!!!!!!

Thank you!

Everybody else is so helpful on these boards, I am just trying to do my part.

How do you think I found out about all these cool things?

 

[MandM-Mom]

Not so much decorated but her air conditioned ride. We were there in August-Sept and she was kept cool in there, we all wanted to crawl in on quite a few occassions.

 

[ang]

Wow...things really improved the last 10 years for strollers...its amazing. They have a lot of cool stuff.

 

[HerdOHuds]

We just gave away our used Runabout quad stroller. I am impressed that you were able to manage the triple in the parks. You must not have tried the transportation? I am pretty sure that by the time we are there in December that the kids would have never fit into the seats with their big ole' puppy dog feet. And I have really appreciated not having an extra 'basket' on the backend of my minivan just to haul the dang thing around town!!!!

And if someone hasn't already said, the RA is a terrific jogging stroller and will go over any terrain you throw at it. Turns on a dime, extremely light (until you add 3 or 4 or 5 kidlets to the weight) and a neccesity for the HOM mom!

 

[bear74]

Go to amazon.com and do a search for click in go. That's where I found mine. Very cool!

Thank everyone! We think he is pretty cute also!

The cup holder we have is not the click and go. We have that one too, but I don't like it. It was one I found on eBay. It is really nice. I did a search and I can't find any one there right now. I will try to remember to look and see if there is a brand on it somewhere.

The cup holder is installed with a clamp and screwed on and we do not remove it. I did have to add some rubber tubing around the bar I attached it to because the clamp was a little too big. That made it secure and kept it in place. The rubber tubing is actually the tubing you use to secure screen in a screen door and it worked very well. It has ridges that help prevent it from sliding down.

The "glove box" is actually like a basket with three compartments and is open on the top. It can be used as a cup holder also. I also found this on eBay! There is one on there now, but I am not sure if I can post a link to eBay on here. The name of the auction is NEW Buggy Buddy Insulated Stroller Organizer 10395.

I eBay! I even got a great deal on the stroller on eBay (brand new!).

Any other questions, just let me know.

The cup holder has a name on the bottom. It is a Liquid Caddy and they have a website. liquidcaddy dot com

They have come down in price since I ordered mine and they have several colors! My only choice was black...

HTH
Happy New Year!

amazon has them too
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SMWUPS?smid=A12H531LPM7IKH&tag=pricegrabber2-baby-20&linkCode=asn

there is a company called Carry You that makes all sorts of stroller organizers

http://www.carryyou.com/

and there the B.O.B. handlebar console and one by Jolly Jumper as well .

another superior cup holder that holds everything from a baby bottle to a huge 48 oz. big gulp cup is the Valco Universal Cup Holder. I own 3 and could not be more satisfied. Sper easy to install, fits any stroller handle (round or square) and swivels for when stroller is folded up (so it won't stick out and get ripped off). Holds hot/cold. Also has open bottom so all those spills don't accumulate in it (yuk). Best selling feature? They survived flights, trains, 8 days in Disney on 2 seperate Mac's, and teenagers using them! My research paid off big time with these. We still use them all the time at the mall and they get tossed in and out of our mini van repeatedly week after week.

thanks for all the info we are taking are girls in Aug. they will be 5 and 10 months. I have a friend who sent me 2 stroller fans. I have a sit and stand. Looking for a rain cover for it. I am wanting to get another cup holder for DD 5 as the top has 2. I love the glove box.

 

[asktriplets]

We just gave away our used Runabout quad stroller. I am impressed that you were able to manage the triple in the parks. You must not have tried the transportation? I am pretty sure that by the time we are there in December that the kids would have never fit into the seats with their big ole' puppy dog feet. And I have really appreciated not having an extra 'basket' on the backend of my minivan just to haul the dang thing around town!!!!

And if someone hasn't already said, the RA is a terrific jogging stroller and will go over any terrain you throw at it. Turns on a dime, extremely light (until you add 3 or 4 or 5 kidlets to the weight) and a neccesity for the HOM mom!

ahhhh...i NEVER want to give my RA away! i love the idea that i can still get them all from 1 place to another at MY pace. Every once in a while, we'll go for a long walk here in town with the kids and the RA, but for the past 2 years or so, the RA has been used almost exclusively for WDW. you're right, they certainly don't fit into it WELL, but as long as long as their long legs can fold up enough to get their knees in there between those seats, we're taking it (it was a tight fit in Nov)!

For transporation, we do the monorail, ferry, drive, or walk (from Beach Club, we walk to Epcot and MGM).

Yes, i also hate that shin-busting hitch thing on the back of the van! On our last trip, DH was able to borrow a full sized van for us to drive down in...we were able to take out the back bench and roll the RA right into that monostrosity! it was AWESOME!

As for the RA in the parks, I have to say that I LOVE it. It really is easy to push, and in the 7 times that we've taken it, i've only bumped into someone once (no injuries, just a little bump with the sun canopy in someone's butt by accident...DH and i have always joked about the canopy being the "cattle guard", but in that case, it actually worked like one!). besides, it's pretty easy to manuever through the crowds when people are parting like the red sea to step back and take a look at the freak show that is our stroller!...HerdOHuds, I'm sure you know what i'm talking about! When we were there in Nov., we saw a quint RA in AK the same day we were there. When people saw us with our stroller and would comment on it, i just said, "you think THIS one is big? You should see the 5 seater here!"


regardless of the size of the stroller, i am a fan of decorating it! it's fun for the kids, and we've gotten some nice character interaction from the mickey ears on the headrests!
take care,

 

[HerdOHuds]

Asktriplets,
The RA was fabulous but nowadays the kids need to know how to stick close to me or reap the consequences in our world! But I totally hear you about being able to do it alone.

Without the RA we don't get the constant "hands full" comment, the stupid rolled eyes and "I would commit suicide" comment, or the highly personal and nobody's business "how did this happen" question. And I don't have time to make eye contact with the general public because I am too busy doing a constant head check to make sure no one is wandering away.

I was given our RA from a family of quads who were given the RA so it is at the very best a 3rd generation donation. It had a homey clicking sound it would make as it strolled that always made me happy! The sound of independence!!!!

We will be renting 2 doubles when we are there in December.

 

[1rockinmamato2]

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Without the RA we don't get the constant "hands full" comment, the stupid rolled eyes and "I would commit suicide" comment, or the highly personal and nobody's business "how did this happen" question.

I'm sorry, I just had to laugh at this because even though we don't have multiples, we do get a lot of comments like from people in public because our children are 13 months apart.

We have a DuoGlider and everyone thinks they are twins when they are in it. We've also gotten comments when they weren't in the stroller.

I can't tell you how many times someone has also said to me "oh you have your hands full" and "*GASP* 13 months apart???"

We even got a "what were you thinking?" comment one day. People can be so rude!!! DH and I just looked at her and I said, "We weren't." That shut her up super fast. I wanted to say, "yeah, we accidentally adopted two children 13 months apart."

Our children's birthmother called a few weeks ago to tell me she was pregnant again, she might place this baby and if she does she wanted to know if we would be interested in adopting again. We said yes.

Wonder how many more comments we would get on a "three 3 and under" group?

 

[Nicoal13]

MickeyWanabe - did you find out the seller's name on ebay where you got your Mac stroller? I'm taking a trip in Oct with my almost 3 year old and want a new Mac to take along and use this summer. Our Peg Venezia is just too big to haul to Disney. I just want to make sure I buy from a good seller on ebay as I have read about some people getting fake Macs on ebay.

Thanks for all the wonderful tips and items mentioned here. I bookmarked a bunch of stuff and found the others on ebay.

 

[my3princes]

Here's one of DSs pediatric stroller complete with custom canopy and rain cover

 

[my3princes]

Last summer's strollers

customs saddle bags for Maclaren

2005 double stroller