Strollers and Baby Carriers

If you use a stroller at home, you definitely need a stroller at Walt Disney World. You will walk a tremendous amount at WDW– miles and miles a day.

You may need strollers for kids that don’t use one at home, but can’t walk all those miles like 4 - 7 year olds.

Choosing a stroller

Great features in a stroller for Walt Disney World

• You can store stuff in it
• Can cover lots of miles over smooth surfaces
• Collapse and carryable. Required for boarding Disney buses.

Nice features

• Kids can take naps in it
• Wheels lock

Not needed features

• Off-road ready
• Good on hills

Any stroller can work

Every type of stroller ever made is being used in Disney parks. These features are just things to consider if you are choosing between strollers.

Options

• Bring your stroller
• Rent one from a private company in Orlando
• Rent a stroller in the parks

Bring your stroller

I don’t recommend this if you are flying.

Rent one from a private company in Orlando

Very expensive strollers can be rented at reasonable rates from Orlando stroller rental companies. They can deliver and pickup from your hotel and be booked online. One example is Orlando Stroller Rentals

Rent a stroller in the parks

Each Disney park rents single and double strollers

Will my stroller get stolen?

Almost certainly not, at least not maliciously. I don’t have data for stroller thefts, but I don’t believe it’s a problem and it just doesn’t make sense to pay the expensive park ticket fee to steal a stroller.

It’s possible someone might take your stroller because it looked just like theirs. If that happens to you get a cast member (Disney employee) to help you.

If you rented a stroller from Disney at the park entrance that gets stolen, they are likely to just hand you a new one.

If you rent from a private company, they may offer rental insurance. A premium double stroller from Orlando Stroller Rentals insures for $20.

If you still worry about stroller theft, some stroller have removable wheels that you can pop out when going into an attraction.

So I don’t think stroller theft is a big risk, but the valuables in your stroller are worth guarding.

Don’t leave valuables in stroller when parking it

Remember to take your purse, camera, phone with you.

I can’t find my stroller where I parked it

At busy locations cast members re-park strollers so look around.

Tip Add something very unique and obvious to your stroller (think a balloon) to make it easy to find, and hard for others to confuse it for their own.

Where can I take it?

You can take it on to monorails. You can take it on to buses if you fold it down first. You can take into hotels and your hotel room. You can take it onto the big ferry boat to the Magic Kingdom. You can take it on the friendship boats at Epcot.

You cannot take it into restaurants or attractions. You cannot take it onto the small resort boats that travel from the Magic Kingdom and resorts.

When you can’t take it into restaurants and attractions, you’ll probably see an area where a bunch of strollers are parked.

Recommend a stroller

Heavy duty

We used and loved the Baby Jogger City Mini GT double stroller. Very smooth push, reclinable seats, and collapses quite thin for a double stroller.

Orlando Stroller Rentals rents this model.

One kid sleeping, one not in double stroller

Light weight

A different strategy would be to get a light, collapsable umbrella stroller. Easy to carry, easy to replace. This option might work if you have a 3+ year old that doesn’t nap.

Baby Carriers

If you use a baby carrier (Ergo, Baby Bjorn, Moby Wrap etc.) for your infant at home, you should bring your baby carrier.

We bring two baby carriers into the parks and will use them with the toddler if needed.

As opposed to a stroller, you can bring a baby carrier anywhere.

Baby on back in Ergo at Epcot

Baby carrier or stroller?

Lean towards stroller because the walking is tremendous at Disney World.