Folks, PLEASE think before you just leave something expensive sitting somewhere out of your position...
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/07/disneyland-visitors-ask-dude-wheres-my-stroller/
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But such arrests are rare, and few people think about safety when they’re in the parks.
“You walk in there and go into La-La land,” said Disneyland annual passholder Ana Espinoza of Long Beach. “People forget there are people out there who are not honest.”
Espinoza said her stroller was stolen a few months ago outside It’s a Small World. A Disneyland employee helped her look for it, and then she saw a woman pushing it around with a child on board.
“If I hadn’t seen the lady, I wouldn’t have gotten it back,” Espinoza said. “I said, ‘Did you think you were just going to walk off with our stroller? She said, “This is mine.”
Espinoza said she had put her name on the bottom of her stroller, so Disneyland security was able to turn it over and verify her ownership.
On another occasion, a guest said she saw a man walking out of the park with her stroller, confronted him but he refused to give it back. By the time she found security, the man was gone.
“It happens quite frequently,” Espinoza said. “Being a former employee, I can tell you. I worked Main Street retail and people would come in and report it. They’d be looking all over. I think it’s more now that strollers are so much more expensive. You can see $1,500 strollers walking around now. If I had a $1,500 stroller I would definitely never take it to Disneyland.”
Espinoza said she now brings a cheaper stroller to Disneyland, and gives it to her aunt to use as well. “Even with a cheap $20 stroller, my aunt worries.”<<
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Travel agent Merino said she used to bring an old, “messed-up stroller with a rip in it” to Disneyland, but now she actually packs a stroller that folds small enough to fit into a backpack. “If my clients want to bring a stroller, I recommend an umbrella stroller,” she said.
How to keep your stroller safe:
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/07/disneyland-visitors-ask-dude-wheres-my-stroller/
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But such arrests are rare, and few people think about safety when they’re in the parks.
“You walk in there and go into La-La land,” said Disneyland annual passholder Ana Espinoza of Long Beach. “People forget there are people out there who are not honest.”
Espinoza said her stroller was stolen a few months ago outside It’s a Small World. A Disneyland employee helped her look for it, and then she saw a woman pushing it around with a child on board.
“If I hadn’t seen the lady, I wouldn’t have gotten it back,” Espinoza said. “I said, ‘Did you think you were just going to walk off with our stroller? She said, “This is mine.”
Espinoza said she had put her name on the bottom of her stroller, so Disneyland security was able to turn it over and verify her ownership.
On another occasion, a guest said she saw a man walking out of the park with her stroller, confronted him but he refused to give it back. By the time she found security, the man was gone.
“It happens quite frequently,” Espinoza said. “Being a former employee, I can tell you. I worked Main Street retail and people would come in and report it. They’d be looking all over. I think it’s more now that strollers are so much more expensive. You can see $1,500 strollers walking around now. If I had a $1,500 stroller I would definitely never take it to Disneyland.”
Espinoza said she now brings a cheaper stroller to Disneyland, and gives it to her aunt to use as well. “Even with a cheap $20 stroller, my aunt worries.”<<
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Travel agent Merino said she used to bring an old, “messed-up stroller with a rip in it” to Disneyland, but now she actually packs a stroller that folds small enough to fit into a backpack. “If my clients want to bring a stroller, I recommend an umbrella stroller,” she said.
How to keep your stroller safe:
- Buy a wheel lock. Do not attach the stroller to rails or fences, because sometimes they must be moved to make way for a parade, for example. But strollers with locked rear wheels can still be moved for short distances.
- Put your name and etch your drivers license number on the stabilizing bars underneath, which will provide proof of ownership.
- Don’t leave anything valuable in the pockets.
- Take a photo of your stroller with your kids in it as you walk into the park, in case you need it later for identification purposes.
- If you buy merchandise on Main Street, keep your receipt and pick it up on the way out, so you don’t have to store it in the stroller while it’s unattended.<<
