What's the oldest age you've used a stroller?

[maloned]

I take a double stroller for my 7 year old and 3 year old. I plan to continue to take it until it looks ridiculous. I don't mind pushing it around and folding it up to get into the buses and monorail. In return, I can use the stroller for storage. I take a small cooler with snacks and drinks that hangs off the stroller. We keep our ponchos under the stroller. The benefits outweigh the negatives.

 

[zoo2tycoon]

Mine were walking at Disneyland when they were 4 and 5, all day. Disney World we went when they were in first and third and they walked all day. Last time there fifth and seventh and they walked all day.

If you are asking opinions they should be able to walk if they have no physical or mental disabilities. BUT only you can decide what is right for your kids. At those ages mine never would ride in one nor would I ever consider renting one or pushing them in one. If they can't walk (and are physically able to) then we wouldn't go.

 

[ParrotBill]

Medical conditions aside, most of us would say 7 & 10 is too old to be in a stroller. Slow down, take your time, and prepare them mentally and physically that in order to have the fun, you have to do a lot of walking! If it's hot, make them drink and wear hats. I can remember hauling my nephew around at around age 7 or 9 and he was dragging... because he would not eat and drink enough. So we dragged him.

 

[Ava]

Personally, I would not push an 8yo and 11yo in a double stroller. It was hard enough to push my 6yo <45 lb DD this year when she'd take a turn in her 2yo sister's single stroller, so I can't imagine how heavy a double with two older kids in it would be.

I would start taking walks as a family to "train" for your next trip. Since you said it was your first Disney trip last year, it may just have been that your kids were not used to that amount of walking. It also may have been the heat; the FL heat/humidity can really take it's toll. Make sure everyone has good broken-in shoes for the trip, and is drinking plenty of water while in the parks. We find that if anyone is getting cranky, sitting down for 10 minutes with a cold drink and maybe a snack really helps.

 

[china mom]

51. Oh, you mean for a child to actually sit in it? Well, DD will turn 11 a few weeks after our upcoming trip and I just told DH that I want to take a stroller for our jackets, cooler etc.

But if DD decides that she need a break, I won't mind pushing her since she is still only 50 lbs.

DS, OTOH, was kicked out of the stroller before age 5 due to his gigantic size. I just couldn't push him all day.

 

[skuttle]

12 already???

I know!?! It's crazy to think this time next year I'll have a teenager! Ack!!

 

[Darklord77]

Never. We wouldn't bring our kids until they could walk with us and that was 4 1/2. They went next when they were 6 1/2 and by then they were poking fun at kids older than them who were in strollers.

 

[Scubee]

Youngest son wouldn't use it at age 6 and barely used it at age 4-and-a-half. DD, who is about to turn 3, didn't want to use it last week. She walked WAY more than we expected she would.

 

[SA mom]

Around age 5. I have twins, and it was just too much weight to push around. However, my two were theme park trained at Fiesta Texas and Sea World. They usually had more energy than I did!

I have seen lots of adults laying in those Disney double strollers, taking naps.

 

[china mom]

Never. We wouldn't bring our kids until they could walk with us and that was 4 1/2. They went next when they were 6 1/2 and by then they were poking fun at kids older than them who were in strollers.

Oh, no, please don't let your chide poke fun. It breaks my heart every time someone judges my son without knowing his actual age or his story.

DS has always been freakishly large for his age and we have always been judged by strangers for things like him acting like a two year old...when he looked 5 or for being in a stroller when he looked too old for one.

 

[THEJOEL]

My DD is very small for her age we used one until she was 7 just for safety purposes. She walked this year at age 9 for the first time and did great. I did carry her on my shoulders at rope drops to the first attraction just to keep anyone from running over her.

 

[prudence64]

Age 4 or 5. Honestly I don't think my daughter would ever cooperate with it past that age. She did great walking at age 8, we didn't go in between those ages so I can't say too much about it.

 

[loves to dive]

3 and he would only get in it when he was very tired. He hated strollers after he could walk so we rarely used them, he just like to walk and be free to jump. Little guys like to jump a lot, especially if there is a puddle around, or at least mine did.

 

[mygirlsmm32]

We used a stroller when our kids were 5 and 7 for the lastly time. They were well behaved, healthy kids, but July heat can tire you out fast. You know your own kids and whether or not they will be able to make it in the heat. The stroller was also nice to store our stuff.

 

[grnflash]

13mo. Debated if we should take the stroller to DL, decided to, big mistake. He never wanted to be in it and we were stuck with an empty stroller all day. When he didn't want us to get the stroller out for a trip to the SD Zoo a week later, that was that and the strollers went up on Craigslist. A week at WDW at 4y,3mo was not a problem. He's 7 now, clearly no way no how would he get in a stroller and have mom push him around (nor would mom.)

 

[lustergirl]

Too old to be pushing around in a stroller, medical condition or disability aside.

 

[vinotinto]

I wonder how long before this gets locked.
We brought a double stroller when kids were 2 and 4 and the following year, when they were 3 and 5. We then brought a single the following trip, when DD was 4.

I think people forget to sit down, have a snack, take breaks, have sit down lunches, go back to the resort. Forget about the kids *I* get tired if I don't take breaks.

 

[redkel]

DD was 4...3 months from her 5th birthday when we took an umbrella stroller to WDW in 2011. She was 6...going on 7 when we went in 2013 and she did fine walking. We even park hopped and that helped with some downtime on transportation for a 20-40 minute rest. Sometimes that's all anyone needs to recharge batteries.

Honestly -- a 2nd/3rd grader and a 4th/5th grader should be absolutely fine without a stroller barring any disabilities or medical conditions preventing them from walking or standing for long periods of time. Increase the exercise prior to your trip and take a break when you need one and everyone will have a great time.

 

[FindMeAFishingSpot]

Oh, no, please don't let your chide poke fun. It breaks my heart every time someone judges my son without knowing his actual age or his story.

DS has always been freakishly large for his age and we have always been judged by strangers for things like him acting like a two year old...when he looked 5 or for being in a stroller when he looked too old for one.

Completely agree. This is my fear with DS in the stroller at 7, but as I said, he has a medical condition. But it is unfortunate that people allow their children to 'poke fun'.

 

[rainboots]

DDs are 8 & 5. I am strongly contemplating renting a double. ODD gets super whiny when she is tired. We take breaks, are not commandos at all. Honestly, I just don't want to listen to it, and I don't want to 'drag' her around a park scolding her to keep up (though we are not fast, she just gets snail-slow & easily distacted when tired). If she gets tired, it means I will be crabby at her, DH would e cabby at her, she is super sensitive - she would melt down & cry. I would way rather push a stroller and all of us remain in happy moods. Shoot dirty looks at me all you want. I'm doing what I need to do for my family.