Stoller People without common sense

[blvinmagic]

Don't you love the stroller people? I love children, don't get me wrong, but it is usually not the child pushing the stroller but the adult. You know, the adults that drive their cars the same way they drive their strollers. The "jack rabbit"...sudden starts and unexpectant lane changes. The "turtle"...moves slowly in the middle of the walk way and stops without notice. The "I am the only one in the world that matters"...stops in the middle of the walk way to take a drink of water or look at a map regardless of the amount of people around them. The "distracted driver"....the one that runs into the back of you because they were to busy looking the other way while walking. After a few times, "oops, I am sorry" just doesn't cut it any more. The "late for a meeting"...the attraction or parade is going to start in one minute and they use the stoller as a battering ram to move you out of the way. Let's not forget the "double parker"...leave their stroller any where, usually in the way, some times with their child still in it unattended. Perhaps they should issue stroller licenses prior to renting them. Have you ever crossed over a bridge and saw a solid line of strollers coming at you? It almost makes me want to turn around and run. :\

[LiveWire]

lol it's true. After working at disney I'm not convinced that strollers are from the devil!!! :twisted:

[leftcoaster]

My wife and I have a name for what Fantasyland looks like after 10 am - Stroller Grid Lock. :twisted:

I realize that there will be a lot of strollers in Fantasyland, but I would like to see WDW create a marked off pathway so people can walk through Fantasyland without having to dodge strollers. In front of IASW it's brutal!

[gurgi]

My wife and I have a name for what Fantasyland looks like after 10 am - Stroller Grid Lock. :twisted:

I realize that there will be a lot of strollers in Fantasyland, but I would like to see WDW create a marked off pathway so people can walk through Fantasyland without having to dodge strollers. In front of IASW it's brutal!

dont hold your breath. that would require two things : reading and half a brain. yeah i think i've said enough.

[SRT_GB]

And let's not forget the people that fill the stroller baskets full of enough food, water, and supplies to survive the nuclear holocaust, and then they get mad when their stuff gets stolen when they park the stroller. Let's think about this, people, if that $800 video camera meant that much to you, why did you leave it unattended on your stroller in plain sight?

Another one that gets me is when the family buys so much crap that they put all of the crap on the stroller and make the kid walk. This usually happens at night, too, when the kid's tired as all hell and doesn't want to or can't walk any more.

Equally as bad are ECV drivers, but that's another story for another thread.

[PirateJohn]

And I can't for the life of me understand how people expect a three-pound stroller not to tip over when they load the back of it with twenty pounds of garbae when they park it. Come on, people, the concept of ballast is junior-high-school-level physics...

[gurgi]

And I can't for the life of me understand how people expect a three-pound stroller not to tip over when they load the back of it with twenty pounds of garbae when they park it. Come on, people, the concept of ballast is junior-high-school-level physics...

they can't read...you expect physics?

[SRT_GB]

And then after people return the rented stroller some have the gall to:
Come back 5 minutes later and ask for all the dripping soggy food they left on there.
Get mortally offended that we took their precious $800 video camera to Lost and Found.
Ask for the diaper bag from the stroller that they abandoned by Small World.
After spending an entire day with the stroller ask for a refund because the brakes didn't work, or because someone stole it at 11am and they were too lazy to get a replacement.
Complain that there are too many strollers around.

[RocketBoatZ15]

I always get the guests who park their strollers anywhere they please, be it in front of the fastpass entrance or under the awning of the closed fastpass area. I tell them about the proper stroller parking and they look at me like my nose hairs are too long. Geez!! Stroller parking, what a novel concept.

[VICisGOOFY]

And then after people return the rented stroller some have the gall to:
Come back 5 minutes later and ask for all the dripping soggy food they left on there.
Get mortally offended that we took their precious $800 video camera to Lost and Found.
Ask for the diaper bag from the stroller that they abandoned by Small World.
After spending an entire day with the stroller ask for a refund because the brakes didn't work, or because someone stole it at 11am and they were too lazy to get a replacement.
Complain that there are too many strollers around.

SRT_GB knows everything on the money. Even though we work(ed) at Strollers from two different Disney Parks from different coasts. The stupidness are the SAME!!!

[blvinmagic]

Hey, has any one seen the new commercial for WDW where the kids are pushing their parents around in strollers....how fitting!

[Seussgirl]

I love the people that think they can take their stroller in the line with them. They usually say they don't want to wake their sleeping baby. Well, what's the point of riding a ride with a sleeping baby?!! I don't think the kid will really enjoy or remember the ride if they are fast asleep!

[PirateJohn]

I love the people that think they can take their stroller in the line with them. They usually say they don't want to wake their sleeping baby. Well, what's the point of riding a ride with a sleeping baby?!! I don't think the kid will really enjoy or remember the ride if they are fast asleep!On SS Columbia:

G: Can we take strollers in?
Me: Sorry, we can't accommodate strollers.
G: But he's sleeping!
What I want to say: Exactly how in the &%#^$ do you think that his sleeping changes the fact that we can't accommodate strollers?!

[Seussgirl]

On SS Columbia:

G: Can we take strollers in?
Me: Sorry, we can't accommodate strollers.
G: But he's sleeping!
What I want to say: Exactly how in the &%#^$ do you think that his sleeping changes the fact that we can't accommodate strollers?!
That reminds me of the people that drag their kid around even though they are completely out cold and still try to do the attractions so that they are "getting their money's worth". The poor kid will be asleep on one of the parents shoulders in 100 degree heat and they will still try to do stuff. How about take your kid back to the hotel room and let him/her nap?

[Natural Selection Fan]

The poor kid will be asleep on one of the parents shoulders in 100 degree heat and they will still try to do stuff. How about take your kid back to the hotel room and let him/her nap?
That would require good parenting. A rare event these days.

[SRT_GB]

That would require good parenting. A rare event these days.
That's what we have the "Parenting at its finest" thread for.

[CerasiJ]

I liked the ones that would drag their stroller into the line, usually one of those lines that's kinda cramped and has twists and turns (i.e. Pirates at WDW), then plow the stroller into the backs of your legs three or four times and get all huffy when your legs are bruised and you get pissed off and let them know a thing or two.

Those were my favorites. :D:

[hobie16]

...then plow the stroller into the backs of your legs three or four times and get all huffy when your legs are bruised and you get pissed off and let them know a thing or two.I like the morons that slam you with shopping carts in the check out line. I'll give them two shots but on the third I'll butt slam the cart into their stomach. It's just flat amazing how much space I get after that.

[SoarWhoreCoCo]

Years Ago..when I worked at JC...During holiday weeks we would always get but my kids sleeping or why can't I take a double wide thru the queue idiots, we would "Valet" park the stollers :D: My favorite thing would be the idiots who ran you over with their stollers or run and push the stollers at you as they made the mad dash to be the next people in the hour line....not a good thing to do to a skipper with a sick sense of humor. Several of us would take the time to assist the good guest with parking, the naughty naughty Guests would have to search for their stollers, they may be parked at Pirates, Tiki, Bears, or if we were really really bored, all the strollers would be parked according to style and pattern. All the umbella stollers with pictures of taxis, busses, and planes were parked together, pink princess together, all double wides parked together,etc. Then we would watch with twisted delight as they tried to figure out whose was whose. Lesson: Next time try parking where you should and not throw your stollers at us....tee hee :twisted:

[LiveWire]

lol ahh yes. Good old jungle justice! I hate when Im at tiki the look I get from people when I tell them they need to park their stroller across the street. I mean geez it's a lousy ten feet away! Or when I yell it out that all strollers go across the street and still four people try to park it in front of the juice bar! Freaking idiots! Again I am convinced that strollers are an invention of the devil!!!!!

I love when you move them across the street and then people come back all mad like you moved my stroller! Well if you had paid attention to the signs that said "stroller parking" I wouldn't have had to move it. And yeah its fun to move them all around and watch them search for 15 minutes trying to find it. It's not my fault you took your name off the stroller you rented! Theres only a million others in the park! Idiots!

[BTTF4Life]

I love when you move them across the street and then people come back all mad like you moved my stroller! Well if you had paid attention to the signs that said "stroller parking" I wouldn't have had to move it. And yeah its fun to move them all around and watch them search for 15 minutes trying to find it. It's not my fault you took your name off the stroller you rented! Theres only a million others in the park! Idiots!
Agreed. I have had people come up to me to report their stroller being "stolen". I ask them if they checked the stroller parking area, which is never far away. Then they go there and OMFG THERE IT IS! :oweye:

[CerasiJ]

I like the morons that slam you with shopping carts in the check out line. I'll give them two shots but on the third I'll butt slam the cart into their stomach. It's just flat amazing how much space I get after that.

I had something like that happen to me the other day, I work right across the street from a mall, so sometimes I walk over to Nordstrom’s Café for lunch, as I am walking toward the store, these two... erm, very large woman, practically come running past me and scamper into Nordstrom’s. I have an hour for lunch and I was in no hurry, so I shrugged it off.

I caught up with them near the escalators and got on right behind them, they raced to the café like they were nearing the end of a 5 mile marathon, got right in the doorway and STOPPED. I mean, just freaking parked there and oohed and ahhed over the menu. But, they were so huge I could not get around them into the restaurant without shoving one of them out of the way! I already knew what I wanted to order, so I went around a table to get into the café and took my place in line.

The two chicks finally decided what they wanted to eat, must have realized I was ahead of them. As I am standing there staring off into outer space, something hits me right in that spot behind your knee. I turned and there was the fat chick with an arm load of shopping bags. I took a step forward, thinking I was in the way. A few seconds later, the bag hit me again. I moved up. Again, a few seconds after that, she did it again, this time, really clobbering the back of my knee!

I turned around and yelled, “IF YOU HIT ME WITH YOUR GODDAMN BAG ONE MORE TIME, I WILL PUT MY FOOT RIGHT UP YOUR ASS!” Of course, everyone in the room stopped to stare at me, but she backed up three steps and meekly said, “Sorry.”

[jafaturnage]

Well Im One Of Those Parents. Do You Think We Enjoy Pushing The Strollers?

[Zazu]

Well Im One Of Those Parents.Um, the title of this thread is "Stroller People Without Common Sense"? I don't believe I would have admitted that! :p:

Do You Think We Enjoy Pushing The Strollers?Please pay attention: We don't care if you push your stroller. We care if you push your stroller *into* us. :bikehit:

If everyone else is out of range, push away!

[jlima]

What about the most jaw-dropping stroller person of all - the Pin Trader with pin bags in the stroller instead of a kid?!?!?

[sandravb79]

What about the most jaw-dropping stroller person of all - the Pin Trader with pin bags in the stroller instead of a kid?!?!?

Now that's an idea... next time I go to Disney, I am going to rent a stroller. That way I don't have to carry my backpack, not pin bag, and I can use it to ram people who are in my way

yeay! :D: :rolleyes: :twisted:

[PirateJohn]

Now that's an idea... next time I go to Disney, I am going to rent a stroller. That way I don't have to carry my backpack, not pin bag, and I can use it to ram people who are in my way

yeay! :D: :rolleyes: :twisted:Hey guys, get the shotguns ready...

:twisted:

[CerasiJ]

*readies her STG Approved flame thrower*

:twisted: :D:

[leftcoaster]

Well Im One Of Those Parents. Do You Think We Enjoy Pushing The Strollers?Well, you can always pull it instead. :p:

[Syndrome]

I think that pushing anything automatically saps a person's common sense. Hubby and I were walking into Adventureland one day over that wooden ramplike area. Nearby was a family pushing an old lady in a wheelchair. As we passed them, I overheard one of them say, "Wouldn't it be cool to just let her go down the ramp?" Of course, I thought they were kidding...until I saw something whoosh by me several seconds later!

I had seen it coming out of the corner of my eye and stepped out of the way (I've visited the parks enough to have finely honed self-preservation instincts). It was that poor old woman...the Darwin family had actually let her go!!! :eek:

One of them came running after her and managed to grab one of the handles. The chair had so much momentum at that point that it turned and was in danger of tipping. Thankfully, my husband had been walking ahead of me and was in a position to grab it. When the rest of the Darwins caught up with us, one of them said, "Thanks! We had a runaway granny on our hands there."

Throughout the whole thing, poor granny never said a word. I don't know if she was incapable or was just used to being tortured by her family. I hope that she was wearing her Depends that day. I wonder if parents ever play "Runaway Baby" with their stollers over there.

[Panther007]

i hope they live in alaska, that way i wont see them on the streets of my town or any town i car about (san diego, orlando, port canaveral, my town)

and i hope they live in a small town where when that family gets into their car they dont have many people to run over

i just hope that they live in a small town that nobodey ever goes to, and has a population of under 20 people

[PirateJohn]

I wonder if parents ever play "Runaway Baby" with their stollers over there.Are you kidding? You should try the DL entrance to Toon Town. It's at least a 6% grade so it can make it under the railroad, and I can hardly go in there without seeing parents letting their kids free-wheel down there. It's a wonder I haven't gotten run down by one yet.

[Ansem]

Hello people. First post ever here and boy, it couldn't have happend on a better subject than strollers!!!!!!

Two nights ago, I was working mostly Stitch's Great Escape (should be mistake!!!). Most of the time I was either at FP Distribution, FP Return and Greeter 2 (stroller control). Since I didn't have that much to do at FP distribution/return I figured I would move strollers to stroller parking rather than just stand there with nothing to do. Most of the time, people just calmly asked "If their strollers had been moved and if so where?" Then I got the idiots who have no clue what stroller parking is. "Why did you move my stroller? I wasn't done with it!" or "Why did you move my stroller, it was my personal stroller!!!" It is responses like that after you tell them to check stroller parking (where strollers belong when not in use) that just make me wanna hide their strollers at Speedway, Space Mountan and Carousel of Progress. :twisted: And the next time someone just pushes their stroller without even bothering to see where it ends up as they walk into the line I'm gonna do it!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

[IdiotsAreEverywhere]

Bring a camera with you and take a picture of the stroller right in the middle of the Cinderella Castle moat. I'd love to see that. :twisted:

[tenprincess]

Hello people. First post ever here and boy, it couldn't have happend on a better subject than strollers!!!!!!


Awesome, more buzz people! I don't know how long you've been working there, but be glad they moved stroller parking from where it used to be, which was around the corner by merchant of venus. People would freak out soo much. However one night a guest threw a fit and refused to put their stoller in stroller parking, and told us it was our job to park it, so we parked it in the buzz lot by tta, while he was watching stitch!

PS. Are you cp, full time, or part time?

[Ansem]

PS. Are you cp, full time, or part time?

Part time at the moment, hopefully getting full time soon.

[justafigment84]

Awesome, more buzz people! I don't know how long you've been working there, but be glad they moved stroller parking from where it used to be, which was around the corner by merchant of venus. People would freak out soo much. However one night a guest threw a fit and refused to put their stoller in stroller parking, and told us it was our job to park it, so we parked it in the buzz lot by tta, while he was watching stitch!

PS. Are you cp, full time, or part time?Yeah I am happy that they moved it from MOV also. That was a pain never knew if you were gonna get ran over or not by those stupid things. =)

[RocketBoatZ15]

Strollers are the bane of my existance when I work at Buzz Complex. Guests can't see the difference between stroller parking and the Stitch's Fastpass return!! arrrgh!

[imagineering2005]

I think that pushing anything automatically saps a person's common sense. Hubby and I were walking into Adventureland one day over that wooden ramplike area. Nearby was a family pushing an old lady in a wheelchair. As we passed them, I overheard one of them say, "Wouldn't it be cool to just let her go down the ramp?" Of course, I thought they were kidding... until I saw something whoosh by me several seconds later!

I had seen it coming out of the corner of my eye and stepped out of the way (I've visited the parks enough to have finely honed self-preservation instincts). It was that poor old woman... the Darwin family had actually let her go!!! :eek:

One of them came running after her and managed to grab one of the handles. The chair had so much momentum at that point that it turned and was in danger of tipping. Thankfully, my husband had been walking ahead of me and was in a position to grab it. When the rest of the Darwins caught up with us, one of them said, "Thanks! We had a runaway granny on our hands there."

Throughout the whole thing, poor granny never said a word. I don't know if she was incapable or was just used to being tortured by her family. I hope that she was wearing her Depends that day. I wonder if parents ever play "Runaway Baby" with their stollers over there.When were you in MK... (since we are admitting things)... I actually think that could have been us. I am always pushing my Grandmother and on the hills we ask her if we should let her go and she asks us to. We normally don't do it if there are lots of people around but we could have been the ones. every once in a while we push her like she is in a race car and she always seems to enjoy it... she keeps asking for more. and so far our record of hitting people is ZERO PEOPLE... we never even get close. So It was probably us push... or not so pushing REALLY FAST. Our apologies

[Principessa1284]

when my mom and i came in october, we got her a wheelchair cuz she had just had surgery on her leg. Let me tell you, it's not easy to hold on to one of those things going down those MK hills.. I almost lost her a number of times! Though if worst came to worst, she would have been able to slow herself with her good leg.

[leftcoaster]

when my mom and i came in october, we got her a wheelchair cuz she had just had surgery on her leg. Let me tell you, it's not easy to hold on to one of those things going down those MK hills.. I almost lost her a number of times! Though if worst came to worst, she would have been able to slow herself with her good leg.You mean like Fred Flinstone when he is driving ?

(And I mean in the cartoons, not the movie)

[Zazu]

Interesting comment on stroller size from another source: Monty (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/monty/archive/monty-20060203.html)

[SoarWhoreCoCo]

I think that pushing anything automatically saps a person's common sense. ...

And I am proof of this statement, I admit I have been a dumbass with this one once since i started here. My friend Diane, who has since passed away(not because of this incident mind you), she had to travel in a wheelchair since her legs had quit on her, and hated it. She always felt like a burden, and we tried to cheer her up by pushing her fast (with no one around) and petending to let go, of course being right behind her and grabbing on to the chair when she though she go slamming into things, and laughed her butt off.
Well yours brainless (me) is coming into the TTA from the handicap lot with one of the OLD courtesy chairs. I started to jog down the ramp under the street and joked with Diane that I was going to let her go if she didnt start having fun...well I scared myself when she started picking up speed from a very slow crawl into a fast crawl so I grabbed the handle grips and thought I had her until I noticed she hadn't stopped and she hit the wall by the tunnel. The grips had come right off in my hands so down Dianne went. I was unconsoleable I was so mad at myself for being an ass, however Dianne, thank God she was okay, said laughingly...Okay I promise I'll have fun, really I'll be good...I felt so stupid and the other guests around really let me have it. We laughed about it days after, but I'll never do it again.

[mickeysgal]

I never understood why people don't have common sense with strollers....I am the mother of 2 (3 and 1) and I obviously bring strollers with me....but I bring 2 pound collapsable umbrella strollers that I close up, put them in a corner of the stroller parking (if its packed) or open if it's not that crowded. Each stroller has a small mesh bag on the back that contains and small tube of sunblock, a diaper, travel pack of wipes, maybe a pack of fruit snacks, and a sippy cup. Everything except the cup folds up nicely (but even the cup doesn't take much room). But then I see these people with huge strollers, diaper bags, video bags, bags of souviners, maps, even food....and I wonder what they are thinking....then the worst is on the buses, parents trying to squeeze onto a packed bus, pushing a folded monster of a stroller into the crowd, banging it into peoples legs, then watching non stroller people give me a dirty look because I have a child in my lap and a neatly folded stroller between my legs (not protruding into the aisle at all, might i add).
The worst case of this was in December, I took my kids to EMH at the MK (had a wonderful time I might add, CM's were extra nice, even though it probably sucked cause it was raining and they still had to work). We left, what seemed like everyone else left, got to the packed bus stop, got on the bus, and watched as a woman pushed her huge stroller right onto the bus, didn't even fold it up. Mind you that they at least thought to take the baby and the infant seat out, which the father was holding, but I sure the mother was just too tired to fold up the rest of the stroller so at least 2 more tired guest could get on the bus. It's people like that who give parents like me a bad name!

[hhsrat]

And then you have the guests that blatantly ignore signs that say
"Stroller Parking ---> "
and leave their strollers in the middle of a walkway. Or they will take down a rope and move a trash can to put their stroller in a parking area that's closed (where if they walked 10 feet further, there would be CM's standing by to park it for them)

And then they come back and ask for help looking for their stroller ... "What colour is it?" "Oh, it's blue" ... ok, you've now narrowed it down to 75% of the strollers in our parking lot.

If I ever have kids in a stroller, I'm going to find some incredibly distinctive way to identify the stroller ... perhaps spray paint it neon green.

[PirateJohn]

If I ever have kids in a stroller, I'm going to find some incredibly distinctive way to identify the stroller ... perhaps spray paint it neon green.I had one guest looking for a stroller that we had parked. Took him a few minutes to find it.

When he finally found it I saw it had a large pink balloon tied to it, flapping in the wind. You'd think that would make it pretty easy to find, eh?

[Syndrome]

SoarWhore, that's a riot!!!

I was surprised at just how difficult wheelchairs can be to maneuver when I pushed one for the first time. I have a friend with a form of arthritis that makes her nearly immobile when it flares up. Another friend and I went to MK with her and took turns pushing her manual wheelchair. Man, that's a challenge on those crowded walkways! But as much as I was tempted, I didn't play "Runaway Wheelchair" on any of the inclines. That thing is way too darned heavy to try & stop if it gets up any speed.

I did learn a way to keep the crazed stoller moms at bay by accident. I was at MK on a rainy day, carrying a huge umbrella with a pointy tip. After half a dozen strollers had clipped my heels, I discovered that carrying the umbrella backwards, with the tip pointing behind me, works like a charm. Stroller pilots apparently do have enough common sense to keep their kids from getting their eyes poked out :twisted:

[blvinmagic]

(Syndrome)...only if they are watching where they are going. One of the things I have seen is the inattentive parent behind the "wheel" of the stroller. They are looking one way and their stroller is going another way, usually where you are walking. I realize they are probably not trying to use their children as battering rams but it does have the same affect. You can see how people drive their cars by how they handle their strollers. They should have insurance prior to renting strollers. Also, above all else, PARENTS PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE PARK. LEARN TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH OTHERS!

Thanks for listening.

[WLStephanie]

(Syndrome)...only if they are watching where they are going. One of the things I have seen is the inattentive parent behind the "wheel" of the stroller. They are looking one way and their stroller is going another way, usually where you are walking. I realize they are probably not trying to use their children as battering rams but it does have the same affect. You can see how people drive their cars by how they handle their strollers. They should have insurance prior to renting strollers. Also, above all else, PARENTS PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE PARK. LEARN TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH OTHERS!

Thanks for listening.

I'm sorry, but I've gotta say something. I'm a CM and a mom of 3. I do bring my strollers (2 singles, the doubles are too much of a pain) to the parks with me as my smallest are almost 2 and 4. I'm thinking there are a large portion of non-parents posting in this thread, so I'm going to put in my two cents (even though the tread is old..... sorry).
1.) Parental battering ram comments ~ I'm rather sure that this is usually by accident. Especially with the private strollers, as the child actually protrudes. I certainly don't want to have my child's legs make contact with anyone or anything purposefully and I do try to avoid it at all costs.
2.) The "stuff" factor ~ This I have to laugh at, since in other threads guests are bashed for being ill prepared (no poncho, umbrella, etc). I have a "special" excuse. My husband and I work for the mouse. We have 3 children. What this means is that if we are going to be heading to the parks for some family R & R, we need to pack snacks and a light lunch. We can not afford to eat two meals in the parks for a family of 5 on what Mickey pays us. You all know that.
3.)"Stop and Go" driving and other annoyances ~ I have two possibilities for this one. The first being the hundreds of times I have been nearly TAKEN OUT by groups of people who decide to go ACROSS the flow of traffic (yes, I do follow the flow of traffic). Or it could be from the 3-4 times that I have actually been run over by a teenage boy without so much as an "I'm sorry" or "Excuse Me", but instead a dirty look from the kid. (Like I was supposed to anticipate where he was RUNNING?) These things make us skiddish.
4.)Annoyed parents with stroller parking ~ I always park in stroller parking. It isn't usually a big deal. However, at some of the really large attractions (Lion King, MGM stunt show, Fantasmic), your stroller gets moved SIGNIFICANTLY from where you parked it (yes, even when you park it appropriately) while you are inside. At the stunt show, it was actually about 20 yards from where I left it. This also can get on your nerves rather quickly.
5.)Sleeping babies ~ children under 1 sleep ALOT when in an outdoor highly stimulating environment. If a guest is in a large party or has (as I do) older children, it's not feesible or fair to the others to run back to the hotel everytime a baby gets drousy. No, a guest shouldn't get irrate for not being allowed to bring a stroller into a ride line, but you shouldn't get irrate for being asked. Keep in mind that babyswap procedures have significantly changed since most of the popular guide books were published (or maybe the guide books were always just wrong.....mine for 2006 says that you all get in line with everyone else).
Anyway, just my two cents. We certainly try to be careful. And we even usually bring abandoned stollers to the front at park closing to try and help out, so don't lambast me too badly. ;)

[darph nader]

I had one guest looking for a stroller that we had parked. Took him a few minutes to find it.

When he finally found it I saw it had a large pink balloon tied to it, flapping in the wind. You'd think that would make it pretty easy to find, eh?


Reminds of the joke about the 2 cowboys who could'nt tell their horses apart.They decided to put a white kerchief on the black horse and a black kerchief on the white horse. :eek:

[BRWombat]

Reminds of the joke about the 2 cowboys who could'nt tell their horses apart.They decided to put a white kerchief on the black horse and a black kerchief on the white horse. :eek:Which in turn reminds me of the long-story ('shaggy dog') joke where the main character repeatedly, over the course of decades, comes across Tarzan -- "Now, Tarzan was painting stripes on a zebra. We don't know whether he was painting white stripes on a black zebra or black stripes on a white zebra, but it doesn't matter because it doesn't have anything to do with the story."
(Highlight for punchline: The moral of the story? "Tarzan stripes forever")

Are we way OT now?

[KatzOhki]

Have you ever crossed over a bridge and saw a solid line of strollers coming at you? It almost makes me want to turn around and run. :\


I HAVE. :eek:

[bpgstudios]

Fantasyland strollers is the worst. We have large signs by the small world (skyway) lot. I direct people there...they just don't seem to see that there is an entire area full of strollers, just like theirs. My favorite part is when they come up to me and ask "If my stroller wasnt parked in the stroller parking lot, would it be moved here?" or "how come my stroller was moved from where I parked it into this parking lot?"

I think that when people rent a stroller, they need to be more aware that the same rules apply for strollers as they use for automobile parking: No double parking against a wall, no tripple parking, do not leave your stroller in a no parking zone or it will be towed. I think we need to start a stroller impound lot, or give out stroller violation tickets for illegally parked strollers.

I've heard that there have been times when strollers have been left unattended, and total chaos ensued. So when a guest bitches and moans how we moved their stroller, i just remember how needed we are.

*steps off the soapbox, and parks another stroller*

[Driver_dylan]

Quick comment for the disney CM/parent of 3. Reguardless of the babyswap proceedure, You can't take a stroller through the que line. If there needed to be an emergency evacuation, you and your sleeping child in the stroller would be crushed.

[WLStephanie]

Quick comment for the disney CM/parent of 3. Reguardless of the babyswap proceedure, You can't take a stroller through the que line. If there needed to be an emergency evacuation, you and your sleeping child in the stroller would be crushed.I'm aware of that. I was only stating that there are guidebooks that make it difficult to ascertain what you can exactly do for the babyswap procedure. Granted, it's these same guidebooks that tell you to stuff your kid's sneakers with kleenex to get them on splash mountain. Reading the books, it's pretty easy to imagine that you just wander through the line, stoller and all, until you reach the front. I, for one, am TICKLED that you can have the other parent wait in the playground while the first one goes on. I can't imagine queing up for a ride and waiting an hour and a half and then having to explain to my four year old that it's just mommy and big brother going on while she and daddy stand there and wait. How fair is that?

[IRSmart1]

IMO, if your child is say 8, 9 years old then they can walk. I hate seeing parents bring a stroller only to use it as a shopping cart and/or push the 8,9,10 year old in the stroller. Leave the stroller at home people and USE YOUR HANDS to carry the bags. Shoot, make the kid carry a lite bag. If it's too much trouble to carry them all day then at least wait till the very end to get yer shopping done. :chainsaw:

[EpcotGolfer]

If it's too much trouble to carry them all day then at least wait till the very end to get yer shopping done. :chainsaw:

Or two words: PACKAGE PICKUP! It's free, folks!!!!

[leftcoaster]

Fantasyland strollers is the worst. We have large signs by the small world (skyway) lot. I direct people there...they just don't seem to see that there is an entire area full of strollers, just like theirs. My favorite part is when they come up to me and ask "If my stroller wasnt parked in the stroller parking lot, would it be moved here?" or "how come my stroller was moved from where I parked it into this parking lot?"

I think that when people rent a stroller, they need to be more aware that the same rules apply for strollers as they use for automobile parking: No double parking against a wall, no tripple parking, do not leave your stroller in a no parking zone or it will be towed. I think we need to start a stroller impound lot, or give out stroller violation tickets for illegally parked strollers.

I've heard that there have been times when strollers have been left unattended, and total chaos ensued. So when a guest bitches and moans how we moved their stroller, i just remember how needed we are.

*steps off the soapbox, and parks another stroller*

My wife and I affectionately call that area in Fantasyland "stroller gridlock." That's why when we go to MK, we go in the morning, and do Fantasyland first thing.

I know it's a losing battle, but I wonder why the stroller rental CMs cannot specifically outline the rules of stroller parking, especially in Fantasyland? Or, I know it might take away from the theme of the area (and guests probably would not obey it anyway), but how about yellow or white lines in areas that designate stroller parking, or even a walkway that is designated with lines, and have PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAY on it ?

Just an idea.

[leftcoaster]

IMO, if your child is say 8, 9 years old then they can walk. I hate seeing parents bring a stroller only to use it as a shopping cart and/or push the 8,9,10 year old in the stroller. Leave the stroller at home people and USE YOUR HANDS to carry the bags. Shoot, make the kid carry a lite bag. If it's too much trouble to carry them all day then at least wait till the very end to get yer shopping done. :chainsaw:

I'm on another site, and you should see the "stroller wars" that break out when stroller question threads come up. "If the kids can walk, why do you need a stroller?" "Obviously you don't have kids, so you don't know what it's like." :rolleyes: (not at you, but at the recurring arguements)

[leftcoaster]

I'm aware of that. I was only stating that there are guidebooks that make it difficult to ascertain what you can exactly do for the babyswap procedure. Granted, it's these same guidebooks that tell you to stuff your kid's sneakers with kleenex to get them on splash mountain. Reading the books, it's pretty easy to imagine that you just wander through the line, stoller and all, until you reach the front. I, for one, am TICKLED that you can have the other parent wait in the playground while the first one goes on. I can't imagine queing up for a ride and waiting an hour and a half and then having to explain to my four year old that it's just mommy and big brother going on while she and daddy stand there and wait. How fair is that?

I get the Unofficial Guide, and while I love the information in it, one thing I cannot stand is the perscribed "cheating" that is published in the book. They publish stories from guests to help other guests, and one was, (paraphrased) "Tell your readers to buy their kids the biggest, ugliest looking shoes with the thickest heel. Disney CM's measure a child with shoes on, so if your child is a few inches short, having him or her wear thick soles will allow him/her to get on more rides." :eek:

[Zazu]

I was only stating that there are guidebooks that make it difficult to ascertain what you can exactly do for the babyswap procedure. Granted, it's these same guidebooks that tell you to stuff your kid's sneakers with kleenex to get them on splash mountain.So... what was your first clue that particular guidebook was not to be trusted? :rolleyes:

[WLStephanie]

So... what was your first clue that particular guidebook was not to be trusted? :rolleyes:

Don't you roll your eyes at me! :p:

[Driver_dylan]

Don't you roll your eyes at me! :p:

Sorry, I think I have started a war. LOL

My only point is that most of the parents pushing the strollers, seem to exercise no more IQ as the small person that they are pushing. Bags included. :D: ;) :rolleyes: :aliens: :piano: