Sick and Tired of Being Attacked by Strollers

[hookedonears]

The next time a reckless guest hits us with a stroller, I'm going to chase them down, physically detain them if they refuse to stop, and wait for security to arrive. At least I should be able to demand a police report in case I want to file criminal or civil charges. How have you handled these "attacks"? Have you ever stopped someone who hit you and then refused to stop? Is there a phone number for Disney security or would you just call 911 from your cell phone?

DW was run into twice by different people with the big plastic Disney rental strollers. Both times caused pain but the 2nd time caused a lot of pain and a cut. Each time, the "attacker" took off. DS6 was standing waiting for the parade and someone came by running with a stroller and hit DS's arm. That person kept on racing down the parade route too... I almost chased them down but wanted to make sure DS was OK. At least have the courtesy to stop and see if we are all right!

Kids in strollers should be outlawed at the parks.

 

[MikeandReneePlus5]

And just imagine stepping in a pile of donkey poo in your crocs. You're never getting that smell out!

oh yeah....brutal.

and then you had the doubles...with that stupid yoke to deal with....awful....

strollers are much better.

 

[Albytaps]

I can't wait until the day where we won't have to use a stroller anymore, however it'll also suck since we won't have our place to put our stuff. I may have bumped into one person out of the nine years I've been pushing a stroller around Disney, I don't think that's bad considering the amount of people I've had to navigate through.

I have also bumped into my wife 2 times at Universal and I'll never forget it. She gave my such a bad scolding infront of a crowd I must have turned as red as a lobster.

It's not a horrible thing to have a stroller but it does make navigating through crowds harder.

 

[DisneyFamily123]

I am not blaming your son. If that person that hit your son was inches away from the rope; I am still confused how your son got hit if he was standing behind the rope? I'm not saying there are not rude people with strollers. I am just saying that it is very difficult to maneuver the stroller through crowds with people stepping off curbs in front of you, stopping short etc. Case in point, I was walking down Main St and the man in front stopped short to show his son something. I did apologize but the man then proceeded to cuss me out in front of my children telling me to watch where I was going. I told him I was that if he wanted to stop, he should have walked to the side to stop rather than stop dead in his tracks.

Out of curiosity, have you ever wheeled a stroller at WDW?

Easy to understand.... not confusing. The rope is a single rope.. it's not a solid barrier. Along the parade route (in some spots). Seriously... this guy had the whole road (by Liberty Sq). He was just in a hurry and was running with the stroller..I guess assuming everyone would dive out of his way... unsafe.

I wheeled a stroller at all 4 parks with DS3. We moved at a reasonable pace. Often, we parked the stroller and DS3 walked or was carried. When DS was 4, we used it only a few times...

Running with a stroller is not only dangerous to people who get hit by the stroller... It's also dangerous for the child in the stroller. Most strollers are not designed to absolutely prevent a child from slipping forward and getting their foot caught underneath the front while the stroller is moving. The umbrella strollers are especially dangerous.

 

[WillAustin]

And if you really think that you are never in a position where you might be considered rude or inconsiderate by others then none of us has a chance to get through to you because you're living in your own world. EVERYONE at WDW ends up in someone's way at some point during their trip.

But, that doesn't make it OK.

I said that I try to always be aware. I expect people to call me out on my behavior and I'll take full responsibility and act appropriately whether it's intentional or not. People on both sides should try to do that more often.

 

[maxiesmom]

But, that doesn't make it OK.

I said that I try to always be aware. I expect people to call me out on my behavior and I'll take full responsibility and act appropriately whether it's intentional or not. People on both sides should try to do that more often.

I think people need to be aware that usually any kind of rough contact is accidental. I wouldn't want to spend my vacation being hyper-aware of what I was doing, nor would I want to waste my time calling people out on what I thought was their bad behavior. Life is too short for all of that nonsense!

You are in a park with tons of other people. At some point, you will probably get bumped. Unless someone is truly injured, deal with it. But then I still wouldn't waste my time chasing down the offender, and causing an even bigger scene.

 

[rodkenrich]

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[lsulindy]

You could also increase agility for DW by doing some Mike Wasowski/Sully type work before heading out the parks...you know

scaryfeet, scaryfeet, scaryfeet STROLLER!
scaryfeet, scaryfeet, scaryfeet, scaryfeet DOUBLE STROLLER!

OMG I have tears!

 

[redrosesix]

I am amazed at the attention this thread has gotten and can't believe how many ppl replied to such a outragous post.

Why bother

The number of replies doesn't surprise me at all. The stroller issue is a big one for those of us not using them.

My DD was actually knocked over by a double stroller on our first trip. She had just turned 8 and was really small for her age -- about 45 pounds -- and actually smaller than one of the kids in the stroller. And before you say she probably stopped short in front of the stroller emmmm she's a kid -- you're using a stroller in a park full of kids. Actually, she was walking right beside me at the time, obviously not fast enough

The woman that hit her wasn't that apologetic either -- just sort of flustered, and obviously still in a rush to get where she wanted to go, which she took off to before my DD was even up off the ground.

Stuff like this happens all the time -- my DH's favourite saying is that having a stroller doesn't mean everyone else is supposed to get out of your way.

 

[Dustykins]

The woman that hit her wasn't that apologetic either -- just sort of flustered, and obviously still in a rush to get where she wanted to go, which she took off to before my DD was even up off the ground.

She could have been embarrassed and maybe there was a good reason she was in a rush (her child was sick/injured, etc.). It's so easy to judge when you don't have the whole story and maybe she really was just inconsiderate. But....would you have been upset at all if the child in her stroller was having an asthma attack or a blood sugar issue? If it happened that quickly would you even have noticed (especially if you were worried about your own child)? What if her family had split up and another of her children was injured? How would you know? I think life is so much more pleasant if we don't automatically assume the worst of everyone.

 

[cm8]

I didn't read this entire thread because it was sooo long. However, I push a side by side stroller and find that people apparently think I'm too slow and they will rush to get in front of me and I can't stop it as fast as they think I can. It's very annoying and I don't run into people on purpose. But if you want to be in front of me that badly, you better make sure you walk fast. My stroller is carrying two pretty heavy boys and is NOT easy to stop. If I run into you, it was your fault for thinking you were obviously faster than me and you weren't.

I have the same problem driving my Minivan. For some reason, people think the minivan is slow and they can just turn out in front of me. I'm not sure why everyone always thinks their time is so much more important than anyone else's. We just live in a society that holds no value in being nice to each other anymore. It's very sad.

,isn't that the truth!!

 

[MickeyMaz]

I understand your fustration. After a parade at MK a few months ago, while leaving the CMs stopped the crowd from moving forward with their ropes, so I stopped. The woman behind with a double stroller did not stop but repeatedly rammed the back of my legs with her stroller until I turned around & screamed at her to STOP! I'm not sure what she was trying to accomplish but there was no way I could move & I certainly wasn't going to let her continue to hit me. So while I doubt you have a legal leg to stand on with a complaint, I would advice to scream, it worked for me.

Had the same thing happen at RD at DHS. We were stopped and I turned around when the banging kept going on after the first "accidental tap". I asked her to stop and she did not. My Wife was going to get more involved. But, I'm not much for getting security involved or ruing my day at the World so we made a big deal about it and laughed her past us so she could bang her stroller on the couple in front of us. She made it two more families up before she made it to a OP minded person and she was stopped there.

As a former stroller operator, I know about the people that jump in front of you or just stop make it tough. But, when the stroller gets used as a steam roller or weapon of choice, I gotta throw a flag.

 

[MissionMouse]

Spare me. If I had a quarter for every time my ankles got rammed by a stroller or scooter, I would be rich. Keep calm & carry on! Don't let it ruin your day! It's disney! Strollers are everywhere! Do you think it's very fun for the stroller -pushing parent to have to navigate through crowds of inconsiderate people? Just saying! I watched this poor young mother trying to navigate a double strooler through massive crowds in MK last thursday...I felt so sorry for her, as people were cursing at her

Oh, and for the record, I do not have any children.

Very well said. Crowds bring issues. Unrealistic touring plans bring issues. Different cultures (tour groups) bring issues. Lack of enforcement of Disney rules and policies bring issues. Rude people are the issue. Been hit by strollers. Been hit by people while pushing strollers. Had rude people walk over our strollers with kids inside while stopped reading Disney information. Had people rush to get in front of our stroller and then abruptly stop...time and time again. Been hit beyond a count by motorized chairs since its their first time ever using one. Had kids pushed, shoved and run over by adults. It all comes down to rude people with and without equipment.

 

[Buckeye Princess]

I was at AK the other day and had a girl and her mom yelling at me for running over the girl's foot. (She was about 16 or 17.) Yes I did run over her foot. But she was cutting across a path perpendicular to the flow of traffic and texting on her phone. I tried to avoid her but it was too late.

 

[Altoqueenkelly]

Sorry I didnt read past page 4...

Page one had me CRACKING UP omg, hilarious!!

But on a serious note... I dont think most stroller pushing people are intendeng to hit anyone... but it happens... I cannot tell you how hard it is to maneuver a stroller thru WDW, and I only bring a small umbrellatype.

My major issue is that people are usually so entranced by their own experience that they dont notice others around them.... Too many times people have stepped in front of us, cut us off, or literally tried to step OVER my DD in the stroller

I guess what I am intending to point out here is just that, it goes both ways....

 

[zuzu310]

It's not just strollers. Some idiot was letting her kid run laps back and forth at Pecos Bill's. This kid saw a crow inside the restaurant and decided to chase it and scream at it while trying to grab it. Well he chased the crow towards our table to the point that it panicked, flew into the glass window behind me, and scratched it's claws into my arm as it was falling. It actually drew blood. Did I get an apology from his mother? Of course not! Did I have to go to First Aid because his mother is a blatant idiot with no respect for human or animal life? Yep! Did I feel the need to start a thread about idiot parents on DisBoards (and what a long thread it would be)? No!

I figure stuff happens. Get over it and move on!

 

[redrosesix]

She could have been embarrassed and maybe there was a good reason she was in a rush (her child was sick/injured, etc.). It's so easy to judge when you don't have the whole story and maybe she really was just inconsiderate. But....would you have been upset at all if the child in her stroller was having an asthma attack or a blood sugar issue? If it happened that quickly would you even have noticed (especially if you were worried about your own child)? What if her family had split up and another of her children was injured? How would you know? I think life is so much more pleasant if we don't automatically assume the worst of everyone.

Seriously? No -- it was definitely none of those things. It was like -- "sorry but... " She had her commando gear on and she mumbled something about having to get to the other side of the park for something, and how it was so crowded it was slowing her down, and how her family wasn't going to get everything done that day. Actually, I think it was an ADR she was trying to get to. She almost seemed angry at me that my child had slowed her down by completely impeding the rapid progress of her stroller since my child was not getting up fast enough, and god forbid she had to actually maneuver around said kid lying on the ground. Geez -- that must have set back her touring plans by at least 3 minutes.

Yeah, I can judge -- she injured my child with her stroller. It definitely hurts when you're sent flying onto your hands and knees on cobblestones. I would have been upset by anybody plowing through my kid under any circumstances.

 

[dknytech]

As a parent who pushes a compact travel stroller when at WDW I do not understand how anyone would think that someone would use a child as a battering ram. I have Never run into anyone, but I can not count how many times I have been cut off by a person who is just not paying attention to their surroundings and then they have the nerve to leer at me before they finally realize what they have done. Maybe Disney should create a pedestrian lane only.

 

[Redarrow5150]

In all seriousness, I think Disney out to have a line (much like the carpool highway lane) where it's tapped off (or painted) for where the strollers or wheel chairs could go. I think it would provide courtesy of having other park guests give them room and would provide them a lane. Just a thought.

 

[Colleen27]

In all seriousness, I think Disney out to have a line (much like the carpool highway lane) where it's tapped off (or painted) for where the strollers or wheel chairs could go. I think it would provide courtesy of having other park guests give them room and would provide them a lane. Just a thought.

The difficulty of that is that able-bodied people pushing a stroller aren't likely to be content with getting "stuck" behind a new ECV user who is inching along at a crawl, so many wouldn't stay in that lane.