Klayfish
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 19, 2016
My comment is more directed toward using the stroller to haul stuff (versus a young child). I've personally never seen the need for taking that much stuff into the parks. That's just not the type of person I am. I took teenagers once that thought they needed backpacks ... and then they tried to pawn their crap on me every time they rode something. Over the years I have personally found for us it isn't necessary.
Everyone does things differently, and there's no right way. For us, we need the stroller because of the food we bring into the parks. As I said, we stay offsite and no way on earth are we going to buy our food in WDW. It's insanely expensive. I read people talking about a budget of $50/person/day for eating at Disney...many spend a lot more than that. So for a family of 5, you're talking a minimum of $250/day...for food. Absolutely boggles my mind. We were just there for over two weeks and spent less than $500 on food...for all of us, not to mention the more nutritious food we pack. We did buy the kids some snacks/desserts in the parks, but those probably totaled no more than $50. As I mentioned, packing that food leaves us with a large bag. So instead of carrying it, we just stick it in a stroller. The bag weighs maybe 20 lbs, so when put into a stroller, it's ridiculously easy to push...it's 1/2 to 1/3 the weight of a small child. Since we have the stroller anyway, why make all the kids carry a backpack. Just easier to hang it on the stroller. It's not a ton of stuff anyhow...6 ponchos (always have a spare), a couple autograph books, a couple of power banks, maybe a place to put their lanyard if they want. Certainly, if we're going for a really short tour of the park where we're not going to eat a meal, we'll typically leave the stroller behind. But for the food reason, we couldn't do without it.