Stroller for a 5yr old?

[Cool-Beans]

At 5 my children would be embaressed to ride in a stroller. I know its Disney but really a stroller for a child that old. I think that's crazy. All the walking is the good exercise they need to make up for eating junk.

My boys would probably have rallied against a stroller, too. I can hear it now, "I'm not a baby!" They still call a dessert fork a "baby fork" and they're in high school and college. It is what they always called it. It was called the "baby fork" because I'd slide the littler ones into using grown-up utensils by starting with dessert forks and spoons. The older ones decided that those utensils were for babies refused to use them, even when it was appropriate. "I don't wanna baby fork!" Fine, doofus, eat your pie with a big ol fork.

If I'd known the term "baby fork" would be used into adulthood, I'd have nipped it in the bud. My kids are doofuses.

So, yeah, I'm sure they would have had a major problem with a stroller at 5 years. But maybe other kids are fine with it!

If people want to stick older kids in strollers, what difference could it possibly make to you?

There are more strollers to navigate around, but if you can't deal with strollers, WDW is probably not the place for you.

I don't put "Eight year olds in strollers at WDW" really high on my list of things to fret over. Fearing that my college-aged son will go to someone's home and say, "I don't want a baby fork" when the pie is served isn't even all that high. Much higher, though. (Kidding. He knows better now. He saves that for mom. For other folks, he unhappily suffers through it in silence.)

 

[sunlover13]

I posted awhile back that we bring a stroller for our 5 yr old. We went to zoo today and did a lot of walking. Poor kid has a blister and she was wearing CROCS! I will definitely be bringing the stroller for Disney this Sept. She'll be 1 month short of 6.

 

[KrisTX]

We never used strollers much past 2 years old at home and around town. But we used them at Disney the past 2 trips when the kids were 4&6 and 5&7. They both needed it for several hours a day the first trip and the younger needed it several hours a day the second trip. The 7 y.o. only climbed in when she was hot or tired. My kids are super healthy and swim 3 or 4 days a week for an hour at practice. But I can tell you that they absolutely needed the stroller. I imagine that we will grab one again at Epcot and at MK. Too much walking and crossing the parks to see the things we want to see. Even if they can handle the walking, it is Disney not an endurance challenge. They get no golden mickey ears for hoofing it all day for a week. Why get them all blistered and exhausted if they are still willing to jump in? Not to mention all the shoulder rides I will have to give-YIKES! Really-do what is best for your child. If people are in the park passing judgement on the age limit of the stroller rider, they really do need to get a hobby.

Plus...where else would i store my backpack while we are riding...just kidding

 

[dogodisney]

Wonder if it could be checked on an airplane? Or if we could ship it to our resort, would we need tools to put it together? An air pump for the tires? I'm super curious how small and quickly it folds up (for the buses at Disney).

It takes a few minutes to take apart because you have to remove the tires and handle to fold it. It would definately need to be taken apart before the bus arrives.

As far as taking it on the buses, I'm not sure how it will work since we haven't been to Disney with it yet. I am going to try to make something to put it in to make it easier to lug.