Im just wondering, how big will those strollers get? Cause all I know is there are some parents at disneyland with the double wides with tons of pockets and stuff that look like mini tanks, and they use them to fight thru crowds. I actually got sandwiched between 2 as they both moved in from each side, and after both ramming into my legs, they just kept on going.

I seem to remember a certain person nicknaming their stoller the "Urban Assault Vehicle". Can't imagine who that was........
;)

I think they should have 1 day a week where they don't allow any strollers in the park. It's real bad when it's crowded, more so at Fireworks time, or when they have the parades and you are just trying to move along. Just a personal opinion. :o

So you'll make it a "no kids allowed" day...or a "parents have to carry all the kids" day? :rolleyes: I'd rather put up with a bunch of strollers then a bunch of rug-rats on the loose getting really tired and whiney at the end of the day from all the walking around.

Okay, here's my rant regarding strollers @ DL:

1. If your child is ten years old, he doesn't need to be in a stroller any more.

2. If you have a double stroller, there should be two children in it. Or one really big child. Don't use it to carry personal garbage, food or souvenirs. This is not a supermarket.

3. Parents shouldn't lead with their children. What I mean by this is they shouldn't use a stroller as a battering ram to get through large crowds of people with. I had a lady savagely bump my heels because she wanted to get around me. They always give me this look like, "Oh, because I have a child you should accommodate me." Wah Wah Wah...

4. If a child is in a stroller and is too young to walk, they're too young to enjoy Disneyland. Wait til their older. They're not going to remember any of this. But everyone else will remember the horrible demon monster pushing their hell spawn in strollers getting in everyone's way.

Okay, that's all I have to say. I'm just in a stinky mood I guess. Don't get me started on wheelchairs and those go-carts old people use...:mad: I like this smilie::mad: Because he's not smiling at all. Same reason I like Donald Duck... he's like me - a grouch.:mad:

It's all the same to me. I know they would never have "no strollers" days. I'm just venting and expressing an opionion. Maybe I'm there too much and get caught up in it all. Keeping the kids out was not my intent. I remember my younger days there, and it's a very proper place for the young ones. I think I was mainly thinking of the super young one's that won't even remember being there. The parents have to switch when going on rides... you know the rest.
Sorry for the unintended implication ! :D

Originally posted by DisneyLad
Okay, here's my rant regarding strollers @ DL:

1. If your child is ten years old, he doesn't need to be in a stroller any more.

2. If you have a double stroller, there should be two children in it. Or one really big child. Don't use it to carry personal garbage, food or souvenirs. This is not a supermarket.

3. Parents shouldn't lead with their children. What I mean by this is they shouldn't use a stroller as a battering ram to get through large crowds of people with. I had a lady savagely bump my heels because she wanted to get around me. They always give me this look like, "Oh, because I have a child you should accommodate me." Wah Wah Wah...

4. If a child is in a stroller and is too young to walk, they're too young to enjoy Disneyland. Wait til their older. They're not going to remember any of this. But everyone else will remember the horrible demon monster pushing their hell spawn in strollers getting in everyone's way.

Okay, that's all I have to say. I'm just in a stinky mood I guess. Don't get me started on wheelchairs and those go-carts old people use...:mad: I like this smilie::mad: Because he's not smiling at all. Same reason I like Donald Duck... he's like me - a grouch.:mad:

1. True
2. True (I guess), although if a person is careful with their stroller it's none of my (or your) business what they have in it.
3. Some people are jerks, they don't all have strollers (I've seen plenty of jerks at DL who aren't using anything but their arms, legs, and big fat mouths. Anyone using a stroller as a battering ram is a jerk.
4. This is so far from the truth as to be pathetically laughable.

You are in a bad mood. Try watching a funny movie or something

I just had some cookies and cream ice cream. I think I'm better now. Sugar rush!!!

Sometimes I miss those stroller days. It was nice to use the basket and top cover to haul and pack a bunch of stuff, and a good place to store all the wonderful stuff I buy. It also gave you something to lean on when you were tired. And, when a kid got out of hand...you could just put them in the stroller, and hope they fall asleep...so you could do more shopping while they were sleeping.

The downfall is that when they are sleeping...someone, usually me the mom had to stand with the kid and not ride the ride with the rest of the family.

Our youngest barely fits in the stroller, but we stuff her in it anyway. It really comes in handy for storing a little cooler, extra clothes, boxes of fudge.....

And I never use the stroller as a battering ram.












Unless you deserve it (read: unless you are in my way).

:D :D

Originally posted by DisneyLad
Okay, here's my rant regarding strollers @ DL:

2. If you have a double stroller, there should be two children in it. Or one really big child. Don't use it to carry personal garbage, food or souvenirs. This is not a supermarket.


OK, DisneyLad, Darling, Sweetheart, you're gonna get my 2 cents :)

First of all, sometimes you'll see my double stroller with only one kid in it in the morning because he's really excited and wants to walk around, so we're gonna let him. 1- it burns off energy, 2- it saves us a fight. But by later in the day, he's gonna be wearing down and even if you don't see us then, he will be in the stroller. So just because that seat's empty in the morning doesn't mean it's gonna be empty all day.

Second of all, if I'm using my stroller as a portable locker, it's gonna leave more lockers available for those of you who don't have strollers. If I carry my souvenirs, it's gonna mean the lines at package pick-up at the end of the day will be one person shorter.

Third of all, if I'm carrying my sweatshirts, jackets, snacks, etc, around in my stroller, that means when my child gets cranky, I can meet his/her needs right away and the other guests, who may not be as patient with other people's children as I might like them to be, won't have to put up with my child throwing a fit or a bunch of us losing our tempers.

Lastly, come talk to me when you have taken your own children with a double stroller. I don't mean that at all to be rude! I remember your post about wanting a child and I think that if/when you do, it will be a wonderful experience for you and your partner to share. But you may have a different view of things after spending all day at the park with a couple of kids!

Oh, wait, one more thing I'll add. For every person who ever rammed another guest with a stroller/wheelchair, etc, I can think of many examples of people who have cut me off while I have been pushing a stroller or a wheelchair, pushed past me and the stroller/wheelchair I've been pushing, or even climbed OVER my friend in his wheelchair because he was 'in the way', even though we weren't..... Yes, I have hit people with my stroller before but never on purpose and in almost every situation I can think of, it was because someone cut me off and I couldn't stop in time.

Adrienne K- who does like DisneyLad so I hope this doesn't sound otherwise :)

Rude people will be rude people. Stollers, wheelchairs, size, skin color, age do not matter. It depends on my mood whether I will confront them or just let it roll.

As someone whose children are now too old for strollers, but
was an avid user of them, I guess I can say something.

I never ran over anyone, on purpose, and if I did, I profusely
apologized and gave them the right of way to show it.

I am one of those moms who you saw, just sitting there, watching the child sleep {well, thank goodness they were
asleep!}. Or, feeding them, playing with them, what ever it
took to amuse them. I didn't take the first two until they were
4 and two years old. But, after they were so used to going and
we added another member, we couldn't NOT go, so, we did take
him at 7 months. I took care of him and didn't let him bother anyone. Of course, I didn't ride ANYTHING. Did a lot of shopping, though. : )

A point for moms, please take advantage of the Carnation {?} center to warm up bottles, feed them, and change them. Nursing, too. Well, they don't nurse for you but you know what I mean.

And, give those moms {dads} a break who have the strollers. They are probably just trying to be with their families who are more than likely running yards ahead of them to yet another ride they can't ride but will sit out front and wait for them. I bet they could use an understanding smile as they trudge along.

adriennek -

I guess this is a good example of one person not knowing what another's shoes feels like until they wear them. I have never been to Disneyland with children who needed to be in strollers. I've been reading the posts here and talked with a few friends with kids here at home and realized that I was completely out of line with my rant.

As for being a dad one day, who knows. If I do, I hope I have the patience I lack to be a great one.

Right now, I see myself as Luke all covered with mud while adriennek Yoda stands nearby shaking her head as she moves a gigantic stroller with her mind powers out of a swamp. But hey, with a little help from his friends, Luke comes through in the end... :)

Originally posted by DisneyLad

Right now, I see myself as Luke all covered with mud while adriennek Yoda stands nearby shaking her head as she moves a gigantic stroller with her mind powers out of a swamp. But hey, with a little help from his friends, Luke comes through in the end... :)

oooh, wouldn't that be cool if I could do that? ;)

You know, the absolute one thing that I hated more than anything before I had kids, was when people would say to me: When you have your own, it will be different. I always thought that sounded so condescending. So I really really hope I didn't sound too condescending! But, fortunately or unfortunately, I've found it to be very true...

And as for having the patience to be a good parent, I have found from my own experience that parenting is a job that more than anything, involves a lot of on the job training and the willingness to occasionally say: "Oops! I made a mistake". I don't think I'm quite up to Yoda standards, LOL. Maybe a young Obi Wan. ;) But man, I really like that idea of being able to make my stroller fly....

Adrienne K

Strollers don't bother me, but something interesting happened to me on Friday. First I was pinned between two stollers while walking through New Orleans square. That didn't bother me, I'm pretty sure they didn't do it on purpose. But then less than a minute later I was hit by a stroller that was being pushed by a child of about 7 who was entertaining himself by pushing the stroller back and forth on a crowded walk-way, with his younger sibling in it. Now that bothered me.

Could be worse...remember the old strollers with the metal rack on the bottom?

MickeyD,

You have brought up a very, very good point!

Children being allowed to play around with the strollers!
I mean, how dangerous is that? Forget what they can do
to us, but don't the parents care what can happen to the
child INSIDE the stroller?

I think I have gotten more gray hair watching OTHER
people be careless with their kids than I care to admit
{Clairol saves me}.

This is a definite, definite, no no.

Originally posted by MouseWife
MickeyD,

You have brought up a very, very good point!

Children being allowed to play around with the strollers!
I mean, how dangerous is that? Forget what they can do
to us, but don't the parents care what can happen to the
child INSIDE the stroller?

I think I have gotten more gray hair watching OTHER
people be careless with their kids than I care to admit
{Clairol saves me}.

This is a definite, definite, no no.

That, and parents who leave their kids in grocery carts. They'll put away the groceries first into the car, and leave the little one in the cart. I worry that either the cart will roll into traffic, or the kid will stand up and bonk his head big time! Or worse, someone could just drive up and snatch the kid while mom's head is in the trunk. Call me paranoid...but I have seen a kid fall out of a cart...he's been standing and oops, there he went....big bonk on the head, and a bloody mouth. Ick. Made me almost sick to see it happening, and I was too far away to grab the kid. :(

Yes, mad4mky, I have seen that, too!

I did see it on Oprah once that the security guru that
she has on there once in a while said that you should
put the kids in last, just in case someone car jacks you.

But, I only did that if someone was with me. Or, better yet,
I just didn't take the kids to the market with me. I was
fortunate that I didn't have to. Or, I just went with my
husband and we helped each other.

I AM paranoid. I swear every bad thing that ever happened
is in a roladex in my head and I refer to it quite often.

Better safe than sorry. And I think that right now we
are being told to be careful.

Another thing, on Oprah, they said that we should listen
to our instincts. But that we are told they are silly and then
don't and then bad things can happen.

Oh, have I gone on? Sorry.

Originally posted by MouseWife
Yes, mad4mky, I have seen that, too!


Another thing, on Oprah, they said that we should listen
to our instincts. But that we are told they are silly and then
don't and then bad things can happen.



Instincts. Wow. I think females, and particularly mothers have VERY strong instincts! We just seem to "know"...we don't know why...we just DO. I have one story of my instincts that is just so real and scary. But...everyone kept poo-pooing it off (did I say poo-poo?), and just told me I was being a worried pregnant mom, that "everyone worries during their pregnancies". Whoops...were they wrong. My instincts were 100% right...! Even my doctor apologized...he didn't see it coming, but somehow. I knew. I knew it in my heart...and I just knew.

So, from now one, when that instinct comes along...I usually go with it!

Wow, mad4mky, that sounds scary and I don't know what it is!

But, I do have had feelings and we are all told we are off base. I think that we need to be more receptive to those instincts!

I hope all is well.

Originally posted by MouseWife
Wow, mad4mky, that sounds scary and I don't know what it is!

But, I do have had feelings and we are all told we are off base. I think that we need to be more receptive to those instincts!

I hope all is well.

Yep, all is well. I didn't think so 15 years ago at her birth, and for a while afterwards. But...now, this child is such a joy in our lives. Wouldn't change her for anything! It can be challenging at times...but she's worth it. (my daughter has Down Syndrome).:)

mad4mky~

Yes, I can imagine that would have been difficult at first. But, people that I talk to {and my own daughter enjoys working with the challenged children at school} say that down syndrome children are very loving and a real joy.

I am glad that she has you. : )

Have a great day!

Having grown up with a very intuitive mother and now married to another intuitive woman I will never doubt women's intuition. I will add though that men can be very intuitive at times as well. I used to have a word for it, but forgot what I called it. For me it's almost like "The Force" where I can sense things before they happen. It's especially strong with my kids. Sometimes when they are playing I get a sense that they are going to get hurt and I stop them from what they are doing. It's like I can see things before they happen ("That's a Jedi trait" :D ). Sometimes my wife will tell me to just leave them alone so I do and sure enough, someone's crying because what I thought would happen does. Or I tell them to stop and they don't and there you go...

Or how about a sense of direction? I have never met a woman that has a good sense of direction. We used to say that my dad swallowed a compass because he would never get lost and always knew his way around, even if he's never visited that place before. Well, I have inherited some of that ability. I never get so lost that I can't find my way out. Often times I'll have no idea where I am, but I know where I want to be and I can navigate to it. Sometimes it will appear that I'm so lost that my wife will insist I pull over and ask someone and low and behold, it's only a block away and in the direction I was already heading. (That happens so much that it has become a waste of time to ask for directions. Now you know why men will never pull over and ask someone. ;) )

Packing a car...There's another intuitive activity. I can tell if something is going to fit just by looking at it. But for some reason I just can't efficiently load the dishwasher...hmmmm. :p