Stroller Rentals?

[NewfieFan]

I always wonder why people refuse to accept that sometimes Disney does make changes to try and dissuade people from doing this or that.

Strollers "en masse" are problematic. They've tried making stroller parking lots in the parks and it's just not working. There are flat out too many, and it's really because guests use it as a convenience. If it was so badly needed by everyone - where were all the strollers in years past before they created the parking lots?

There were some, but there were not these massive amounts of them blocking the entrances to attractions.

Right now they have full stroller lots and they are still blocking the walkways. Something had to be done before it became an impossible problem.

Hi, I don't want to start an argument, I would just like to discuss this particular topic which you have brought up (and others as well). A lot of people compare "yesterday WDW" to "today's WDW" and say there weren't that many strollers back then, why are there so many now!?! This also leads some people to the conclusion that this generation is lazier, fatter, don't want our kids to walk... etc. (I'm not saying you said this but people in the past have)!

Here's my explanation on the "increased stroller usage" topic. WDW is getting bigger (nobody can argue that). In the past, people took smaller (shorter) vacations to a place like WDW (there wasn't that much to see). If I was going to the MK for only one day, would I bother with a stroller for my 5 year old - heck no! But would I bother with a stroller if I'm going to WDW for 10 days - yes, yes, and yes! People are taking longer vacations at WDW and children do not have the stamina to keep up.

"Yesterday WDW" didn't see the large numbers of young families that "today's WDW" sees. People waited until their kids were older. Disney has done a great job at marketing to the families with preschool aged children. There has been an attitude change as well. My parents left me home when I was 12 months old b/c florida/WDW was no place for a baby - last June I took my own 14 month old baby and had a wonderful time. With more younger children visiting the WDW resort you are going to see more strollers.

Strollers are becoming more convenient and better made. A lot of people wouldn't travel with their strollers in the past - they were just too bulky, big, and didn't fold/collapse well. Some of the new strollers out there amaze me at how small and light they are once folded! These smaller/convenient stollers are just easier to take on vacation, so why not!?!

So while increased stroller usage may be a thing of our generation, the nature of Disney in our generation has led to increased stroller usage!

 

[MIDisneyFamily]

I dont really ever complain because of a dollar increae here or there for things like parking, etc. But $31 / day for a double stroller, now that is just freakin ridiculous. There are many many many visitors from over seas that in no way can really bring a stroller with them. likewise for many domestic Guests. This just in now way makes any sense, no matter what theory or spin you put on it. Whats next, $4 water, $5 Sodas. What the He** just charge double for everything. This is ridiculous, and this time Disney has hit the wrong choerd with me and i am ed off. Excuse my French. We never rent a stroller, we bring our own because i thought $16 / day was nuts. No reply or reasoning could justify this one too me. If you couldnt tell i am really po-es, and Disney has heard from me, in letter, phone, and Email. Anymore , nickle and diming, or in this case daily doubles, and i will seriously skip to ever other year, or longer. whhhheew, i feel better now.
And i am sick and tired of all the complainers that get "hit" by strollers, Hlf the time or more you jump across in front of us because it looks like an opening to get out of the park or to a ride quicker. I really do watch out and keep a distance, but when a family tries to cross 4 in a row in front of me, i really cant stop that quickly, slow down, relax....some people paid more for the stroller than they did to get in the park!!!

 

[MichWolv]

I dont really ever complain because of a dollar increae here or there for things like parking, etc. But $31 / day for a double stroller, now that is just freakin ridiculous. There are many many many visitors from over seas that in no way can really bring a stroller with them. likewise for many domestic Guests. This just in now way makes any sense, no matter what theory or spin you put on it. Whats next, $4 water, $5 Sodas. What the He** just charge double for everything. This is ridiculous, and this time Disney has hit the wrong choerd with me and i am ed off. Excuse my French. We never rent a stroller, we bring our own because i thought $16 / day was nuts. No reply or reasoning could justify this one too me. If you couldnt tell i am really po-es, and Disney has heard from me, in letter, phone, and Email. Anymore , nickle and diming, or in this case daily doubles, and i will seriously skip to ever other year, or longer. whhhheew, i feel better now.
And i am sick and tired of all the complainers that get "hit" by strollers, Hlf the time or more you jump across in front of us because it looks like an opening to get out of the park or to a ride quicker. I really do watch out and keep a distance, but when a family tries to cross 4 in a row in front of me, i really cant stop that quickly, slow down, relax....some people paid more for the stroller than they did to get in the park!!!

I've commented on this before, but I'll do so again. Those that say "good riddance to the strollers, cuz those who use them are just lazy" need to lay off the caffeine and be a little more charitable in the motives they lay on others. I'm sure there are jerks using strollers for no good reason, and even if that's only 3% of stroller users, that makes a lot of jerks. But it doesn't justify the hostility shown to all strollers by some folks.

And the huge increase is annoying and cannot be justified in terms of fairness, offsetting a cost increase, or any other goal...except for basic economics.

Disney offers a product/service, and we can choose to buy it or not. I may not like it, but they can charge whatever they want to charge, and my response is to either pay it or decide not to. Kinda like when airfares, gasoline, or anything else goes up in price. We don't like it, but we don't get to the companies how to run their business, and they don't get to tell us what we have to buy from them. So Disney makes a decision that raising the prices on strollers is the best business decision. I don't agree, but I don't have to. They get to decide and I get to react. That's the way it goes.

 

[uklad79]

I do wish they had made ECV's $100 a day and normal wheelchairs free. I know people are going to say old people need them and I agree except for it's rarely older people I see in them it's more people who find walking hard due to their size.
I once saw a woman jammed in the zigzag line for The Living Seas before Nemo was added she sat in the thing and had obviously never driven one until she got to Disney and thought she couldn't be bothered walking. She eventually got up and pushed the thing through to the end. I saw her bumping the bloody thing around the park all day. Too many people are using them when they would benefit from some walking.