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We will be at WDW Thanksgiving week. We have a newly six year old, 47" tall and 43 lbs. We are staying at the Contemporary resort.
Our concern is that if DD tires in the parks, we will all be miserable. We do not have time in our itinerary for "down time" at the resort. Our schedule is packed. There will be six adults and her, so going at her pace may not always work. We had a bad experience this summer at the zoo that I would like to avoid.
There are only about three days I am concerned about this. One day is split between MK and DHS; the next day (Thanksgiving) will be MK dawn to dusk; and the final afternoon will be Epcot which may or may not hold her interest. (Thinking holidays around the world showcase)
SO, DH wants me to rent a stroller just in case. If we use it great, if we decide it is a pain we'll leave it in the hotel room. Orlando Stroller Rentals will charge about $45 -65 for three days for a City Elite stroller that will hold up to 75 lbs or 49" tall.
But I wonder if for our needs it would work better to rent a stroller in the park if we think we need it. How much would it cost and is it convenient? With the large crowds that week I don't want to spend half my day trying to rent a stroller. On the other hand, it might be nice to rent there and leave it there and not have to haul it back and forth from the resort.
Thoughts? The OSR stroller is a $300+ stroller if it gets lost or damaged. I can insure it for another $20. But then I have to worry about drop-off time to return it.... I don't know, seems like alot of hassle for a six year old who normally would not need a stroller. But I imagine Disney is going to over-stimulate her and there is alot of walking...
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Disney's Stroller Rentals are $15 per day or $13 per day for a multi-day stay. I am a huge fan of Orlando Stroller Rentals as I loved having the stroller for the entire stay. If my son was tired at the end of the day, I didn't have to drag him out of the stroller at the front of the park and make him walk to the bus or the monorail, I could wheel him right up to the transportation.
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You might just rent as needed from Disney in the parks.
We took our kids for the first time at age 4 and 6 and found we only needed a stroller one day out of our six, in Epcot. So, we only spent money on one day!
I've since been on another trip with another child that did have one every day (they bought one at the International Gateway shop at that Epcot entrance). I think it's much easier to get around without one than with one.
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No experience renting strollers but just wanted to point out that if you choose to rent at Disney if needed you could end up not getting a stroller. I imagine Disney has many more stroller than ecv's but their supply is limited and it's first come first served. If you rent a stroller for your trip from an outside rental company you're gauranteed having the stroller if & when you need it. Also like their ecv's you can't take Disney's stroller further than the front of the park where as with an outside rental you can take the stroller to your car, on the bus,ferry, in a cab and from the parking lot/bus stop back to your room which I imagine would make it much easier to get a six year old that's fallen asleep back to your room.
We too will be there Thanksgiving and are renting a stroller from one of the outside companies. Trying to compare prices now to decide which one we will use. We have rented form Orlando Stroller before. They dropped the stroller off at bell service before we checked in and we left it with bell service when we checked out. It worked out great. Our daughter will be 8 in March, but is 44 inches tall and 40 pounds (she is little and her little legs have a hard time keeping up with us at Disney). She does not use a stroller at home, but it makes our trip easier if we have one for her at Disney, we don't take breaks often while at the parks. We are going to rent the City mini GT, it is a little bigger than the City mini but weighs less than the elite. We rented the city mini when she was small and it was a great stroller.
I have always rented from OSR and have never regretted it. It well worth it to have the stroller with you your whole stay vs having to wait in line to rent and return it at the parks. Plus the park strollers are not very comfortable and the citi minis are awesome. So awesome that I just had a baby boy and bought one for him because I loved them when we rented them in disney. I also always did the insurance because if someone does take off with it they will bring you another one.
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