Why stroller rental change?

[Ringo8n24]

I really wish Disney would take another look at the increases in stroller prices. We were there 2 weeks ago and the increase in people bringing their own strollers seems like lots more than rented when cheaper. There were strollers everywhere. Not only that, the lines for the buses were made even longer because parents left their kids in the stroller until the last minute getting on the bus. Then...the large amount of strollers on the bus took up more space. The crowd at midnight is always horrible when lining up for the bus, but I found you could not fit as many people on the bus with the stroller increase. I am a parent of a small child and I am confused on whether or not to bring my own or rent a stroller especially now that I have seen it from both sides...a trip without children and with children. It just seems so convenient to grab one at the entrance and leave it at the exit at the end of the day, but I just don't want to pay that hefty price.

 

[disneychic71]

I feel your pain. When we used to travel with two young children, we brought our own umbrella strollers. It was a hassle to get them on the busses, but a lifesaver while waiting for the bus/boat/monorail with a sleeping child. On later trips we rented Disney strollers as needed, but having to leave the stroller in the park, then lug a sleeping toddler through the crowd to wait...and wait...for a bus was just too exhausting. And when you get back to your resort, there might be a very long walk to your room, so the stroller is a lifesaver there, too.

 

[Ringo8n24]

I would think there would be more of the umbrella strollers. However, that night on the bus I think 80% of the bus had strollers and they were the large "everything will fit in here" stroller which did not fold up very small for the trip back to the hotel.

 

[mommytosweetpea]

We rented a double for our trip and it was worth every penny. Yes, we had to schlep our stuff, and often a sleeping child, to the monorail and tram, but it sure beat trying to fold a stroller with a line behind us. I would not take my own. We paid for 5 days worth of rental and declared it the best money we spent all week. Both kids, 3 and 6, could hop in and we'd GO. We didn't have to worry about losing anyone, anyone getting stepped on or left behind and we could move faster with the kids locked and loaded.

 

[imamouse]

Stroller wars is one of the reasons we decided to wait until our children were old enough to spend a day in the parks without needing strollers before we took them to WDW. To each their own, but waiting was our solution to the stroller debate.

 

[cemeb4dk]

we where on the fence about this also. Last time just a three day trip we rented. But we are now going down for 11 days. So that equals a good chunk of change. We have an umbrella, that we usually take with us. But this will be our first time driving down. So we are planning on just driving to the parks and using our umbrella. This way no bus waiting, folded up strollers in your face and so on. We have never done it this way but we are at least going to try it for the first few days. From what I heard with the bus waits, more strollers and everything it may just be better to drive, park and hop the tram to parking. We will only have to drive to MK and animal kingdom as we are staying at beach club so we have the international gateway and the boat to get us to the other two parks.