What do you leave in your stroller at the parks?

[Haley R]

We’re new to bringing a stroller to the park. Our son will be 12 months when we go in May. What do you take with you on rides and what do you feel comfortable leaving in the stroller?

 

[Carol_]

I’ve met people who had backpacks and more stolen from strollers, so we don’t leave anything valuable. Also, squirrels steal things from strollers.

 

[Haley R]

I’ve met people who had backpacks and more stolen from strollers, so we don’t leave anything valuable. Also, squirrels steal things from strollers.

I wanted to laugh at the squirrel part lol. I wouldn’t leave our backpack but didn’t know about things like sippy cups or like a rain cover or toy left on the stroller

 

[Carol_]

I wanted to laugh at the squirrel part lol. I wouldn’t leave our backpack but didn’t know about things like sippy cups or like a rain cover or toy left on the stroller

I’m watching Flora & Ulysses on Disney+ right now so I feel for the squirrels.

 

[Timandalicia]

We’re new to bringing a stroller to the park. Our son will be 12 months when we go in May. What do you take with you on rides and what do you feel comfortable leaving in the stroller?

We left everything all the time. We would leave our video camera when we had one, wallets... diaper bag in the shape of a purse tucked away. Nothing has happened in the dozens of times we’ve went. Now I don’t recommend that of course. We just were always like nothing bad happens at Disney. Crazy hey? So I recommend somewhere between everything and most stuff.

Now your thread is a going to bring the moth to the flame and someone will post their horror story, but that is rare. Along with that story, there are tens of thousands who won’t be posting. Most people have no issues. Just look around when you’re at the parks.

Squirrels . Worse are seagulls. Never leave open food. You’ll come back and have bird poop all over your stroller.

 

[MaggieBags]

We take our backpack but leave rain gear, drinks, small cooler.

 

[Haley R]

I’m watching Flora & Ulysses on Disney+ right now so I feel for the squirrels.

Idk what that is lol

 

[Haley R]

We take our backpack but leave rain gear, drinks, small cooler.

Thanks! I would hope no one would steal his sippy cup but people are crazy. We can always have an extra in the bag too just in case. Hopefully no one would steal our umbrellas either. They’re from Tokyo Disney

 

[Aimeedyan]

We are semi-local, so know lots of passholders, and do not leave anything of valuable on the stroller because of that Things are taken a lot more than people realize.

We leave things like drinks/cups, rain cover (because it's typically dripping wet!), and occasionally a blanket thrown in the bottom during cooler months.

During the summer, I even shove the stroller fans into the bag before leaving the stroller - those seem to walk away the most easily and while cheap, we can't do a hot Disney day without them.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

I wanted to laugh at the squirrel part lol. I wouldn’t leave our backpack but didn’t know about things like sippy cups or like a rain cover or toy left on the stroller

the squirrel part is true with snacks have seen them going from stroller to stroller taking snacks and have seen some who appear to lick sugar/liquid from cups. walking on the trays. I would not leaving anything that would cause a problem if it goes missing. I would cover stroller anytime you leave it in case of pop up rain nothing worse than to come back and find a wet stroller

 

[Betty Rohrer]

Thanks! I would hope no one would steal his sippy cup but people are crazy. We can always have an extra in the bag too just in case. Hopefully no one would steal our umbrellas either. They’re from Tokyo Disney

I have seen a toddler grab a cup off tray of another stroller and parents did not see I guess each thought other had given to child

 

[GoingSince1990]

From 1997 through 2012 we left backpack, bags with souvenirs, everything except wallet and phones, in our strollers, and nothing ever got taken. Maybe we were lucky.

 

[Timandalicia]

Idk what that is lol

It’s a touching movie on Disney +. Just came out. Same author as Winn Dixie.

 

[Timandalicia]

Someone mentioned backpack. I don’t know if you’ve done a backpack before kids, but we did a backpack instead of a diaper bag most of the time when they were little. Much easier and no one feels emasculated lugging it around. You can bring it on most rides your 1 year-old can go one, if not all of them and if it is worn on the front instead of the back you can sit more comfortably on the ride. Oh my gosh this is bringing back such memories. Don’t forget the rider switch.

 

[Haley R]

We are semi-local, so know lots of passholders, and do not leave anything of valuable on the stroller because of that Things are taken a lot more than people realize.

We leave things like drinks/cups, rain cover (because it's typically dripping wet!), and occasionally a blanket thrown in the bottom during cooler months.

During the summer, I even shove the stroller fans into the bag before leaving the stroller - those seem to walk away the most easily and while cheap, we can't do a hot Disney day without them.

Wow I wouldn’t have thought to take the fans.

 

[Haley R]

the squirrel part is true with snacks have seen them going from stroller to stroller taking snacks and have seen some who appear to lick sugar/liquid from cups. walking on the trays. I would not leaving anything that would cause a problem if it goes missing. I would cover stroller anytime you leave it in case of pop up rain nothing worse than to come back and find a wet stroller

Maybe we’ll just cover the stroller with the rain cover or net every time we leave. That might make someone else think twice before digging around but we won’t leave snacks in sight

I have seen a toddler grab a cup off tray of another stroller and parents did not see I guess each thought other had given to child

I guess we’ll either put his cups in the bag or underneath the stroller

 

[Haley R]

Someone mentioned backpack. I don’t know if you’ve done a backpack before kids, but we did a backpack instead of a diaper bag most of the time when they were little. Much easier and no one feels emasculated lugging it around. You can bring it on most rides your 1 year-old can go one, if not all of them and if it is worn on the front instead of the back you can sit more comfortably on the ride. Oh my gosh this is bringing back such memories. Don’t forget the rider switch.

Our diaper bag is actually a backpack style one so we’re good there. We will only do MK for one day and no other park days. We aren’t planning to do rider switch. It’ll mostly just be walking around and letting him enjoy being there. If we don’t ride any rides I won’t even care lol

 

[Schneewittchen37]

My kids are elementary age now, but when they were babies I used our oldest grossest umbrella stroller. I slung our stickiest kid sized backpack over the back of the two handles. I usually only left diapers, wipes, butt paste, a sippy cup and baby snacks in the back pack. No one was ever stupid enough to mess with it. Squirrels included.

 

[Timandalicia]

Our diaper bag is actually a backpack style one so we’re good there. We will only do MK for one day and no other park days. We aren’t planning to do rider switch. It’ll mostly just be walking around and letting him enjoy being there. If we don’t ride any rides I won’t even care lol

No better way to experience it then through your child’s eyes! Have fun!

 

[SleeplessInTO]

We left our wet ponchos, rain cover, and obnoxiously large balloon on the stroller along with snacks, drinks and diaper bag. We took a small backpack with us that contained dry ponchos, battery charger, medication, and any valuables (like ID).

The balloon was great for helping us locate the stroller in a sea of strollers. Especially if a CM moves it.