Strollers...I need to get this off my chest

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

I've been here years and the stroller discussion hasn't changed.

And I still don't get who would by a stroller without trying it on the internet because someone else said it was good.

You mean there's a virtual stroller website where you take your virtual baby and your virtual baby crap and virtually shove it all in the stroller and virtually walk around to see if you like it before you buy it? Cool!

 

[creativeamanda]

You mean there's a virtual stroller website where you take your virtual baby and your virtual baby crap and virtually shove it all in the stroller and virtually walk around to see if you like it before you buy it? Cool!

Where is that site? And by the way, can i fit my dh37 in a Maclaran? He's 6'3" and weighs 250. Or should I just go with renting strollers at WDW? Don't flame me for putting him in a stroller--the only way I can get him to behave is to strap him down.

 

[crisi]

You mean there's a virtual stroller website where you take your virtual baby and your virtual baby crap and virtually shove it all in the stroller and virtually walk around to see if you like it before you buy it? Cool!

Like the Land's End site for swimsuits! I suppose I'm spoiled living in a big city (and I have a stroller hatred anyway - we used a wagon for our kids - not at Disney of course). Plus there is a hatred on my part with the hassle of returning anything - particularly mail order. But here there are dozens of stores where you can try out the stroller, and I'd never buy something I needed to get that much use out of over the internet without touching it before I buy it. Just don't get that.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Like the Land's End site for swimsuits! I suppose I'm spoiled living in a big city (and I have a stroller hatred anyway - we used a wagon for our kids - not at Disney of course). Plus there is a hatred on my part with the hassle of returning anything - particularly mail order. But here there are dozens of stores where you can try out the stroller, and I'd never buy something I needed to get that much use out of over the internet without touching it before I buy it. Just don't get that.

THat site never works for me. By the time I'm done making myself look like what I think I look like, the swimsuit arrives and it's the size of a pirate's eye patch...

 

[SweetAmy31]

I've been here years and the stroller discussion hasn't changed.

And I still don't get who would by a stroller without trying it on the internet because someone else said it was good. Last time I did that I got a Dyson vaccuum cleaner I hated and gave away. Lesson: just because everyone else on the internet LOVES the stroller/vaccuum/dog breed/restaurant/resort/Orlando Bloom does not mean I will.

I agree! Orlando Bloom isnt nearly as hot as Ed Norton or John Cusak!

SMILE! it increases your face value!

 

[Elmo888]

Okay, I don't know how to do multiple quotes, so...

To Kickapoo Joie Juice (for both posts above) and creativeamanda - Thanks for the giggles!

 

[Wildflowerz]

I agree! Orlando Bloom isnt nearly as hot as Ed Norton or John Cusak!

SMILE! it increases your face value!

Ed Norton LOVE! Now I have to go see that stupid Hulk movie 'cause he decided to go and act in it!

 

[kimmar067]

I agree! Orlando Bloom isnt nearly as hot as Ed Norton or John Cusak!

SMILE! it increases your face value!

....HEY-Y-Y-Y-Y!! Don't YOU be talkin' 'bout Bloomie like that....





























[...insert j/k smilie HERE----> ]

 

[jennykay]

I've been here years and the stroller discussion hasn't changed.

And I still don't get who would by a stroller without trying it on the internet because someone else said it was good. Last time I did that I got a Dyson vaccuum cleaner I hated and gave away. Lesson: just because everyone else on the internet LOVES the stroller/vaccuum/dog breed/restaurant/resort/Orlando Bloom does not mean I will.

ummm....you don't like orlando bloom??!!

 

[jennykay]

ok, i love john cusack as much (or maybe more than) the next girl, but orlando with the long hair and pointy ears in lord of the rings? yummy.

 

[Cruz91]

Yeah - I was JUST about to post a stroller question (about Maclaren, no less) when I happened across your post. Now I will look elsewhere for my answer. Not because of the OP's condescending attitude, but because I share the same attitude and agree! I can't tell ya'll how many times I've rolled my eyes at the same question being asked time after time after time after time after time after time after time..................

 

[5 for WDW]

OP, Thanks for the laugh!!

 

[vafarmmom]

Lurker here, and I loved this thread. I am on several boards and after you have been somewhere for a few weeks it seems like the same questions just keep getting asked. When I do my research, I actually read for a while before I post, and try to only post if I haven't got my question answered, but to each their own...

As far as strollers go I live so far from civilization that I have to drive atleast 4 hours to even see a mac - but I still fell in love. My gf from college picked one up in manhatten off craig's list for my bday and shipped the darn thing for more then the purchase price. It was my baby until us air tried to kill it at thegate check... and when I decided that we couldn't live without wdw therapy I forked over some serious cash to bring hoem a brand spanking new one from ebay. It made 2 trips to wdw and then ds announced the other day that he would walk. Not believing him, the mac still went with us, but its only job was to roll the car seat to the plane and back. So my mac is retiring. And I am sad.

I am a want to be stroller snob, just couldn't part with the cash. I have had 3 gracos, 3 free umbrellas, 2 joggers, and now 2 macs (I only bought one mac and one jogger, the rest where gifts). Once you go mac, you can never go back, lol!

By the way - check out the stroller queen - she is in the know about all things stroller, does fab reviews including field testing, and there is a whole forum dedicated to strollers.

Thanks for the laugh.

 

[crisi]

ummm....you don't like orlando bloom??!!

Around my house we call him "the second coming of Keanu Reeves." Which doesn't mean he isn't pretty. Its a comment on acting ability.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

OP, that post was brilliant! Thanks, but you now owe me a new monitor!

Funny is in the eye of the beholder. Me, I'm still giggling.

Me, too!

I thought is was pretty light hearted and funny, and I'm new too. I've applied to be in a clique, but so far no luck.

Have you submitted your DNA sample? Some of these cliques are so hard to get into.

So, um, in other words, my husband is not allowed IN the stroller? Has anyone tried it and do you have any suggestions? .

Well that's just craptastic! I was hoping to fit my 72 year old father in one... have you seen the price of the ECV's lately?

What's worse than six friggin pages, is that I sat here and read every reply

Me, too!

Ok, you seriously need to mass produce this bad boy!

 

[kimmar067]

Around my house we call him "the second coming of Keanu Reeves." Which doesn't mean he isn't pretty. Its a comment on acting ability.

....acting, schmacting - who cares as long as he's 'eye candy'.....

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

What's even more amazing was that that stroller regularly carried in excess of 100 lbs with no problems! That is thanks to graco, not me, but it's amazing how strong those strollers are. We did bolt a few reinforcing strips on one of the struts just to make sure (I even painted them the same color as the rest of the frame).

I would machine oil the bearings a few days before we left for disney and you could push that thing with two kids (50 and 35 lbs) and all the water we could carry (I strapped those foam holsters you can get at the dollar store), and it would roll with one finger.

We've also used a double wide stroller with them and there was just no comparison. What I figured out was that if you had one kid sitting over the front wheels (the bigger one), you could seat the second kid way back over the back wheels without it tipping-a perfect counterbalance. (that was why I added bracing struts in the middle)

As long as the little one got off first. We had a few spills until older DD learned NOT to jump off before younger DD

Seriously, I actually did design a stroller with swivel type ball wheels (think dyson) and applied for a patent for it, but never could figure out how to market it...

 

[Miz Diz]

Well, I read all 10 pages and my stroller question was not answered. I think I'll go start a new stroller thread now.

 

[DisneyBugs]

I don't understand why everyone is so surprised by the OPs rant/rave?!! After all, that's that type of attitude that we Red Sox fans have come to expect from Yankee fans....

 

[ZuZugal]

IT'S ONLY A STROLLER!

Go to the store and try it out. If your kid fits in it and you can comfortably push it, buy it. If not, buy something else. If you're tall, buy one with longer handles. If you're short, buy a smaller one.

Yes, double joggers will fit on the buses, in the stores, and through the gates. And yes, the people sitting around you on whose toes you have parked will not be happy with you.

Yes, the Mac is the most popular one here. If you ask "which stroller..." followed by almost anything, Maclaren something or other be the answer, so just go to their website and pick one. They hold bigger kids, so your 6 year old will probably fit in it. Your college freshman will not. There has to be an age cutoff somewhere. Ebay is the cheapest place to buy them, and no, the rest of the world will not care if you have an '06 or '07 model.

Yes, the rental strollers are expensive. The doubles are doubly expensive. If they are too much for you, bring your own and don't rent one.

Yes, most airlines will let you gate check a stroller and have it not count as the dreaded $25.00 extra bag. Check with the airline to see if yours is the exception. Most people gate check without issue. Some people have issues. There are no guarantees in life, especially from airlines.

On any given day, this board is filled with stroller questions. Seriously people, this is not a complicated real estate purchase, you are not commiting for a lifetime, it's not going to be physically attached to you forever.

IT'S ONLY A STROLLER!

Please come join us over on the CB. Your snarky attitude will certainly be appreciated over there...seriously!! You can compete with the best of them...just add some sort of political stance or give this a drinking theme and you're there!