For those that don't know, Heelys are a new special sneaker for kids that have a single wheel at the back of the heels. A little forward movement and resting back on the heels and kids roll on the ground.
We just completed our trip to Disney and we're resting at my father's house at Hilton Head before driving back to NJ. I thought I'd let people know who might be heading down and plan on letting their kids bring their Heelys.
We arrived at Saratoga last Thursday (June 22) and our daughter wore her heelys to the parks for the first four days and all she got was curious looks, and CM's glances and smiles. By our last day there, she was asked by a CM to not skate in the park. With the Heelys you can just walk because the roller pushes back into the sneaker, so that's what my daughter did until one time when she (I think it was force of habit for her) skated a short distance on a ramp and a CM came running "Princess, please no skating in the park."
We didn't have the wheel key with us, so we had to yank them out by hand (which isn't easy).
It was working out great for us because she kept a little ahead of us and was very careful not to skate in crowds or around people. At one point she went past a family and the elderly mother commented "what a nice way to get around," to which (I imagine) her son commented "a nice way to crack open your head."
Now I'm sure there will always be people who will frown upon such things, but I can tell you that my daughter has not fallen down once using the Heelies, even when she was learning how to use them. They're much easier to use than regular skates, and much easier to stop.
I don't have a problem with them not being allowed in the parks, but I wonder if Disney just caught on to them and decided to make a ruling because for the first four days, nobody said a thing the whole day, and then on the fifth day the Heely police were out in force.
We just completed our trip to Disney and we're resting at my father's house at Hilton Head before driving back to NJ. I thought I'd let people know who might be heading down and plan on letting their kids bring their Heelys.
We arrived at Saratoga last Thursday (June 22) and our daughter wore her heelys to the parks for the first four days and all she got was curious looks, and CM's glances and smiles. By our last day there, she was asked by a CM to not skate in the park. With the Heelys you can just walk because the roller pushes back into the sneaker, so that's what my daughter did until one time when she (I think it was force of habit for her) skated a short distance on a ramp and a CM came running "Princess, please no skating in the park."
We didn't have the wheel key with us, so we had to yank them out by hand (which isn't easy).
It was working out great for us because she kept a little ahead of us and was very careful not to skate in crowds or around people. At one point she went past a family and the elderly mother commented "what a nice way to get around," to which (I imagine) her son commented "a nice way to crack open your head."
Now I'm sure there will always be people who will frown upon such things, but I can tell you that my daughter has not fallen down once using the Heelies, even when she was learning how to use them. They're much easier to use than regular skates, and much easier to stop.
I don't have a problem with them not being allowed in the parks, but I wonder if Disney just caught on to them and decided to make a ruling because for the first four days, nobody said a thing the whole day, and then on the fifth day the Heely police were out in force.
