Sick and Tired of Being Attacked by Strollers

[DisneyFamily123]

Wow, that's a real story. That's something you ended up at the same table. I bet that was awkward. At least Biergarten has plenty of good food and gigantic beers to keep everyone busy! DW was OK.. just in a little pain and very annoyed.

I know what you mean about NYC, lived there a bit. I used to jog (fast) through crowded sidewalks and never collided with anyone. In the crowded non-tourist areas... massive crowds can move smooth as butter.... but the tourist areas (Times Square) more chaotic. DW first met me when I was living in NYC and we went roller blading in Central Park (I'm not that good at blading)... Well, we are going down a hill and tourists are walking in a line side by side up the hill. I can't stop on a hill.... and I'm yelling (Watch out!) but they look at me and are completely oblivious.... So I blade into the grass to slow down before I wiped out....and grabbed onto a fence to stop. Talk about 1st impressions (DW should have seen that as a sign.....).

To the OP I can understand your frustration with what happenned, and it doesn't just happen at Disney, it happens anywhere there are large crowds of people. I'm originally from NYC and during the holiday season it is literally impossible to go one block without getting rammed, hit or knocked over by people, strollers or wheelchairs in the tourist sections while dodging the taxi drivers too Hopefully your family were okay afterwards and were still able to enjoy the rest of their trip.

I've been on both ends at Disney, pushing a stroller and getting hit by them. The one incidence I always remember was when I was trying to rush to the Biergarten and a family of five were walking in a straight line side by side right in front of me. My son is diabetic and at the time he was 5 years old, I knew his sugar was extremely low because he was walking one minute and the next he just dropped to the ground and said "Mommy my legs don't work."
So I picked him up and tried to get to the restaurant which was about 2 minutes away to see if I could get a cup of juice. The family either couldn't hear me or refused to hear me when I said excuse me so I tried to dart around the mother on her left when a space opened when the people going the opposite way thinned out. I did not even touch her and she said "Oh my God!". Her husband took the rental stroller and rammed me in the back and got me below the calves really hard. When I turned around he just said "Oops I'm sorry, did I do that?". Well I got to the restaurant, and while they were getting the juice for him we were in the alcove and I was testing his sugar. The family of course comes to check in for their ADR and I saw them watching me. My son drank the juice and a couple of minutes later is his chipper self. For me it was a big scare and finally relief! My husband caught up with us at that point (with our duoglider) and my other two and saw the mark on my legs. I told him what happenned but I was embarrassed b/c I didn't want that other family to hear me, but my DH was angry and wanted to confront the man. I told him to forget it, maybe I startled the woman and the husband was defending her in his eyes. Of course God is funny and we end up sitting with this family for our dinner. The father tried to be nice to us after that and the wife apologized but very, very awkward. Something I had put out of my mind until I saw this thread.

I think everyone has their own side of the story and noone is being malicious in intent when these accidents happen. I finally let it go and allowed myself to enjoy Disney again (after all we paid A LOT to play there!).

Luckily on our next trip there will be no strollers for us to push, yay!!!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

When in Disney, watch out for these types.. they will get you coming and going if you get them upset....

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I heard these were the new strollers that Disney was going to start renting out after the first of the year. If you want to reserve one, you must place your order soon with your credit card. They come fully equipped with all the weapons needed to move any size guest out of your way.. be sure to check all the details of this stroller, right down to its' pegs on the wheels

check it out.. .....

 

[KellyNY]

I heard these were the new strollers that Disney was going to start renting out after the first of the year. If you want to reserve one, you must place your order soon with your credit card. They come fully equipped with all the weapons needed to move any size guest out of your way.. be sure to check all the details of this stroller, right down to its' pegs on the wheels

check it out.. .....

Can I get car like that, could be useful on streets of NY.

 

[AMVmom]

When in Disney, watch out for these types.. they will get you coming and going if you get them upset....

Gotta love it!

 

[lugnut33]

My solution was to have stroller people licensed by anyone on the dis who says they never run into anybody while pushing a stroller.

 

[kitnrose99]

I used to think the stroller-as-battering-ram thing was an overexageration by those trying and failing to dart around the less maneuverable strollers ... And then I went to a local amusement park with a friend of a friend and her SUV sized stroller (and tiny 6mo who prefered to be carried). Oh my, this woman was terror on wheels. She saw her stroller as a shortcut through crowds and would "nudge" people out of the way as she jogged to her destination. I finally wrestled stroller control away from her just so I no longer had to trail behind, apologizing for her (since nothing I said to her had any effect). I know this woman goes to WDW regularly and now she has two kids and I apologize in advance to all those whose shins share the park with her stroller - I did my best!

 

[aubriee]

A driver is not held accountable for hitting a pedestrian as long as they are going the speed limit and the pedestrian darts in front of the car leaving the driver with no time to stop.

So, yeah, as long as you are going the speed limit, police officers do accept the excuse that you were moving too fast to stop.

If you're in a parking lot and you run out in front of a car, it's your fault, not the driver's.

Depends, most parking lots are 5MPH max, and from what I've experience, most drive considerably faster than that.

Define dart.

People move in non-linear fashions, occasionally they move side to side, especially in crowded parks, its your job to have control over a stroller enough (that means paying attention at whats in the direction you're pushing) to stop. How fast would you be going with a stroller that you couldn't stop on a dime?

This reminds me of something that happened just the other day. I drove my mom to Wal Marts in her car, (which has a handicap plaquard). As I was looking for a parking place, I saw someone getting into a car right in that first handicapped parking space outside the door, so turned in and waited for them to back out. While we were waiting for them to finish loading their items into their car and move, we saw a lady walking toward us, texting on her cell phone. I assumed she'd walk around us. Nope, she never looked up and walked straight into our car. At first she looked really embarrassed, then she yelled "watch it, pedestrians have the right away you know". Uh, Hey idiot! We were parked perfectly still, waiting to pull into a parking space, not moving at all. She walked straight into a parked car, then blamed us, saying she had the right of way. She was so wrapped up in her texting that she didn't see a big Buick, nor did she hear it running and slammed into it.

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

A driver is not held accountable for hitting a pedestrian as long as they are going the speed limit and the pedestrian darts in front of the car leaving the driver with no time to stop.

So, yeah, as long as you are going the speed limit, police officers do accept the excuse that you were moving too fast to stop.

Trains don't get blamed for hitting a car who tried to "beat" the train.

If you're in a parking lot and you run out in front of a car, it's your fault, not the driver's.

If you dart in front of a person pushing a stroller, it's your fault, not the stroller pusher's.

Unless the pedestrian is a child of seven or under...then they are considered below the age of accountability....this is the way insurance claims consider it.

 

[WDSearcher]

Since we're all relating stroller stories ....

We were at a standstill waiting for the drawbridge to come down at Epcot after they let the Illuminatins barges out. It was pretty crowded, but not packed. A woman behind me is trying to work her way to the front so that when the gates open, she can be first across the bridge. I have no idea what she was hurrying to get to.

She had worked her way to right behind me, and I was about three people back from the gate. She started hitting me with the stroller, I guess to make me move to the side, since moving forward wasn't an option. She was being pretty persistent, and I turned and looked at her a couple of times -- didn't really say anything, but just kind of looked at her like, "I know you're doing that. Stop it." She'd avoid my look every time.

So I tried another tactic, and every time she'd hit me, I would move just a little bit backward. A half a step maybe, each time. She'd hit, and I'd shift back. It was apparently subtle enough that she didn't notice -- or she was so intent on her "task" that she didn't realize -- but by the time the bridge opened, she was farther back than where she started! That bridge opened, and humanity flowed through, and she was stuck seven or eight rows back in this swirl of people and couldn't move. She shot me a look and I just smiled. And the woman standing next to her (who I think was actually part of her group), said loudly, "Serves you right! You've been using that thing as a battering ram all day. Enough with the stroller!"

Sometimes the world just rights itself, doesn't it?

 

[Wadecool]

Since we're all relating stroller stories ....

We were at a standstill waiting for the drawbridge to come down at Epcot after they let the Illuminatins barges out. It was pretty crowded, but not packed. A woman behind me is trying to work her way to the front so that when the gates open, she can be first across the bridge. I have no idea what she was hurrying to get to.

She had worked her way to right behind me, and I was about three people back from the gate. She started hitting me with the stroller, I guess to make me move to the side, since moving forward wasn't an option. She was being pretty persistent, and I turned and looked at her a couple of times -- didn't really say anything, but just kind of looked at her like, "I know you're doing that. Stop it." She'd avoid my look every time.

So I tried another tactic, and every time she'd hit me, I would move just a little bit backward. A half a step maybe, each time. She'd hit, and I'd shift back. It was apparently subtle enough that she didn't notice -- or she was so intent on her "task" that she didn't realize -- but by the time the bridge opened, she was farther back than where she started! That bridge opened, and humanity flowed through, and she was stuck seven or eight rows back in this swirl of people and couldn't move. She shot me a look and I just smiled. And the woman standing next to her (who I think was actually part of her group), said loudly, "Serves you right! You've been using that thing as a battering ram all day. Enough with the stroller!"

Sometimes the world just rights itself, doesn't it?

Awesome story!

 

[KellyNY]

Since we're all relating stroller stories ....

We were at a standstill waiting for the drawbridge to come down at Epcot after they let the Illuminatins barges out. It was pretty crowded, but not packed. A woman behind me is trying to work her way to the front so that when the gates open, she can be first across the bridge. I have no idea what she was hurrying to get to.

She had worked her way to right behind me, and I was about three people back from the gate. She started hitting me with the stroller, I guess to make me move to the side, since moving forward wasn't an option. She was being pretty persistent, and I turned and looked at her a couple of times -- didn't really say anything, but just kind of looked at her like, "I know you're doing that. Stop it." She'd avoid my look every time.

So I tried another tactic, and every time she'd hit me, I would move just a little bit backward. A half a step maybe, each time. She'd hit, and I'd shift back. It was apparently subtle enough that she didn't notice -- or she was so intent on her "task" that she didn't realize -- but by the time the bridge opened, she was farther back than where she started! That bridge opened, and humanity flowed through, and she was stuck seven or eight rows back in this swirl of people and couldn't move. She shot me a look and I just smiled. And the woman standing next to her (who I think was actually part of her group), said loudly, "Serves you right! You've been using that thing as a battering ram all day. Enough with the stroller!"

Sometimes the world just rights itself, doesn't it?

You evil genius !!!

 

[Eldon_Brasche]

My goal for the year was to reach the end of the internet and apparently I have accomplished it as I just spent the last forty minutes reading this lame thread.
Note to self..... Get a life!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Can I get car like that, could be useful on streets of NY.

Sure you can.. while you are at it, please order one for me.. I have the snow birds down here who have no clue where they are going or that the speed limit is 55 and when they are in the left lane doing 40!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Since we're all relating stroller stories ....

We were at a standstill waiting for the drawbridge to come down at Epcot after they let the Illuminatins barges out. It was pretty crowded, but not packed. A woman behind me is trying to work her way to the front so that when the gates open, she can be first across the bridge. I have no idea what she was hurrying to get to.

She had worked her way to right behind me, and I was about three people back from the gate. She started hitting me with the stroller, I guess to make me move to the side, since moving forward wasn't an option. She was being pretty persistent, and I turned and looked at her a couple of times -- didn't really say anything, but just kind of looked at her like, "I know you're doing that. Stop it." She'd avoid my look every time.

So I tried another tactic, and every time she'd hit me, I would move just a little bit backward. A half a step maybe, each time. She'd hit, and I'd shift back. It was apparently subtle enough that she didn't notice -- or she was so intent on her "task" that she didn't realize -- but by the time the bridge opened, she was farther back than where she started! That bridge opened, and humanity flowed through, and she was stuck seven or eight rows back in this swirl of people and couldn't move. She shot me a look and I just smiled. And the woman standing next to her (who I think was actually part of her group), said loudly, "Serves you right! You've been using that thing as a battering ram all day. Enough with the stroller!"

Sometimes the world just rights itself, doesn't it?

good for you.. and you succeeded in what you wanted to do... remain ahead of her.. even if it meant a little further back than what you first were... sometimes it is the point of the matter.. and that was the point.. and she got it in the end.. very well done... Hope your legs weren't too banged up...

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I do wonder, those that use the stroller as a weapon to move forward, don't they realize they can hurt their child They are ramming a stroller into someone, and their child is IN that stroller.. great parents they are.... never mind manners. Maybe someone should be calling Child Protective Services on them.. they have no regards for their child's safety....

 

[DISNEYNV]

The 911 call would probably go over as well as someone who did not get enough chicken nuggets.

"911 what's your emeregency?"

"My wife was hit by a big plastic stroller"


911 "where was she hit sir"

"At Disneyworld"

911 "No sir I mean where on her body"

"On her ankle"

911 "you mean she was ran into by someone pushing it through Disneyworld"

"yes"

911 "so it was not done on purpose and she is not injured?"

"she is injured, she got a scratch. I need the police here so I can get a report and file leagal action against this guy this guy"

911 "You know who did it?"


"Yes I have him in a half nelson waiting for the police"

911 "where exactly in WDW are you sir"

"On Main St. in front of the confectionary"


911 "I will have an officer there shortly"


Guess why they are comming.

Genius!!!

 

[ols386]

Since we're all relating stroller stories ....

We were at a standstill waiting for the drawbridge to come down at Epcot after they let the Illuminatins barges out. It was pretty crowded, but not packed. A woman behind me is trying to work her way to the front so that when the gates open, she can be first across the bridge. I have no idea what she was hurrying to get to.

She had worked her way to right behind me, and I was about three people back from the gate. She started hitting me with the stroller, I guess to make me move to the side, since moving forward wasn't an option. She was being pretty persistent, and I turned and looked at her a couple of times -- didn't really say anything, but just kind of looked at her like, "I know you're doing that. Stop it." She'd avoid my look every time.

So I tried another tactic, and every time she'd hit me, I would move just a little bit backward. A half a step maybe, each time. She'd hit, and I'd shift back. It was apparently subtle enough that she didn't notice -- or she was so intent on her "task" that she didn't realize -- but by the time the bridge opened, she was farther back than where she started! That bridge opened, and humanity flowed through, and she was stuck seven or eight rows back in this swirl of people and couldn't move. She shot me a look and I just smiled. And the woman standing next to her (who I think was actually part of her group), said loudly, "Serves you right! You've been using that thing as a battering ram all day. Enough with the stroller!"

Sometimes the world just rights itself, doesn't it?

IMO, that was being passsive-aggressive on your part, which is no better than what she was doing. Why didn't you just ask her, or better yet, tell her to quit running into the back of your legs? You seem to be patting yourself on the back for the way you handled it, and I'm not sure why.

 

[ELLH]

As a police officer, being hit with a stroller by accident at a CROWDED tourist destination, I would not take a report. Now if you feel you can chase someone down and illegally detain them, you will have some issues to deal with yourself. These threads get old. We get the point. You have stroller issues.

This thread could have stopped with this post. It was that on-point.

 

[disndatworld]

... You wish you could make the world be more considerate.

Well, you can only make yourself be more considerate. That's the only person you can 'make' do anything. And then, many times, you probably can't even do that! lol

But I do understand your point.

Ok. You could be a parent, teacher, minister, community leader and show people what it means to give and teach. Maybe you can make a positive impact. Maybe, eventually, it will reach a tipping point and you can go to WDW without somebody running you down. Until then... watch out!!!