Stroller Size Limits and Stroller Wagon Ban Come to Disneyland and Disney World

Well, as they stated, and I did check a few models online, most strollers fit within the guidelines. So, I don't see much changing here.

 

I would like to see people use a little more common sense and courtesy. As a father, I have pushed a stroller around the parks many times and tried to be thoughtful and aware of others and my surroundings. And, I think most people do. Yet, we've all seen the folks who use a stroller as a bulldozer to get through the crowds or block aisles in the shops with their doublewide.

 

This problem has been around a long time and has been growing. I mean, some of those wagons are huge.
Common curtesy is a problem no matter what the size. My ankles have been whacked more times than I can count. (I always admit that I have nipped a few heels myself. But! I always apologize profusely.) Unlike many of the aforementioned who act like it is my fault that they hit me.

I found this interesting as well:
Smoking Locations Being Removed from Disneyland and Walt Disney World - LaughingPlace.com

 

One morning, as we entered the park and were making our way onto Main Street, a woman rammed a stroller into the back of my wife's legs so hard that it almost tripped her and she struggled to keep from falling down on top of the stroller. The woman never said a word and just kept moving....Just, have a magical morning!

 

Maybe they really should have opened that hookah lounge/smoke bar I thought of awhile back.

 

Never have understood how sucking on a burning poisonous plant could be worth getting yourself addicted to sucking on a burning poisonous plant.

 

As a lifetime nonsmoker; I loath the stuff.
But, having friends and relatives who have smoked and quit or tried to quit, I know how serious withdrawal symptoms can be. That is why I have always been in favor of smoking sections. Seriously, people can get really nasty, even violent.
That being said; I think said sections should be out of sight and smell of the crowds. I love the little walk through *Bumpass Hell* behind Grizzly Rapids but had to quit when they put a smoking section right in the path. At one time you had to walk through the smoke to catch the Tomorrowland Train.

 

I think the stroller thing is trying to catch the wagons before they take over the park. I saw a few last time I was there, but I would hate for it to really become a thing because they are so big.

The smoking section doesn't impact me at all. It will be nice to walk around Grizzly Rapids again without going through the haze. As an ex-smoker (10+ years) it wouldn't have killed me to go a day w/out a smoke, but then again I was never a pack a day kind of gal. Smokers should've seen it coming...you can't really smoke anywhere but home anymore.

 

Congratulations on 10+ years.

 

I'm not a smoker. In fact I hate it. I especially hate it because my husband IS a smoker. I hate that it may well rob me of x-number of years of being with him, and I hate that no matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to kick it, despite trying again and again. Everyone's different, including their body chemistry, but for many people, it's a bear of an addiction.

So I say this as someone who really hates smoking... I still wish they'd have one smoking section in each park, rather than force people outside the gates - and if some rumors are to be believed, outside the security perimeter.

This will force smokers not only to leave the park, but then to have to walk all the way to (presumably) the bus area or thereabouts, then go through bag check again (which can be a lengthy wait depending on time of day), then back through the turnstiles - again, potentially a backup depending on time of day. And all this potentially multiple times in a day.

That could be enough to make my husband say "forget it" in terms of wanting to visit the parks, or at least be a very cranky camper all day.

I'm not crazy about walking past the smoking areas either, but the one in Fantasia Gardens, anyway, was far enough out of the way that I didn't find it bothersome. The GRR one did give you a big unpleasant whiff, but pretty momentary, and there's an easy detour around that one, too.

At the very least, I think they should keep the smoking area inside the security perimeter. Perhaps to the east of the turnstiles essentially in front of the PW diorama? That's not a heavily trafficked area.

 

I quit smoking almost 25 years ago-Thank God. It wasn't easy, by any stretch of the imagination, even with the help of a doctor who had some very effective techniques. Smoking areas don't bother me because I can easily avoid them. Remember years ago when folks could just light up a cig pretty much wherever they wanted? So, I'd say a designated area isn't a crime. Although, I was kidding about the hookah lounge. Because I know the alcohol lounges aren't too far in the distant future and I dread to see them coming.