Originally Posted By starpost Hi, I read somewhere & now I can't remember where that Disneycard holders get free stroller rentals by showing their card, up to 2 a day. Is this still correct? Having 5yr old twins it would be nice to have in case they get tired walking towards the end of the day. Thanks for advice! We are leaving in 2 more days, yipee! Erika
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Not sure where it is anymore - but they also have a free picture thing in DCA -
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP You already got the answer you needed, but I'll add my experience. You go to the stroller rental place, you show your disney visa and your id, and they ask you if you want one or two stroller. They then print you up a recipt w/comp stroller listed, and they don't charge or run your card in any way. The recipt is so if you need to leave the resort area (say to go to your hotel off site) you can turn in your stroller and then get it again. I also suppose that if someone else took off with your stroller you could also use the recipt to prove you had one and get another, but despite rumors I've never known stroller to disapear.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>" but despite rumors I've never known stroller to disapear. "<<< On crowded days when ECVs and strollers are not available to rent because they are out of them is when it has happened to us. We have had a wheelchair with our balloon tied to it taken, a stroller taken with my kids embroidered Mickey hats in them. And watched a CM try to take the ECV that we had rented (we were sitting by a fountain looking over our shoulders at something. On a busy day CMs scout for idle rentals as do those that either don't want to pay for one or don't want to wait until one gets turned into the rental place.
Originally Posted By dlkozy Moral of the story: Don't leave ANYTHING in a stroller, wheelchair, ECV that you might want.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains This is especially bad if you leave it near like the entrance to DGH to go eat at whitewater snacks -
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP I understand the point of the story, your rental could be taken by a CM on a busy day to be "recycled". Has anyone ever known a stroller/wheelchair/ECV or the possesions in them to disapear otherwise? I've known lots of people to be scared of this, but never known it to actually happen. How about the rest of you?
Originally Posted By dlkozy Of the 3 examples that I sited-only 1 involved a CM. We did find out our wheelchair had been taken by a bunch of lazy, thoughtless teenagers-this was told to us by some bystanders and I hope that whoever STOLE our stroller enjoyed my children's Mickey hats. I am not exactly sure what you are looking for-while DL is a place where "Dreams do come true", it is not so magical that theives don't also show up there.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Almost everyone I know is concerned that their stroller is going to be taken. (Don't have much experiances with wheelchairs, knock on wood) However, despite all the fear, I personally have never known anything to happen. What I'm looking for: is my experience exceptional ('cause I certainly see how a thief who can keep their cool could make out w/lots of loot left in strollers, there aren't *that* many security officers keeping an eye that the person who leaves the stroller out side an attraction is the one who later walks off with it or it's contents). OR, if, instead, it is a way hyped problem that almost to never happens, like I think it is, but it could just be my exceptional experience.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP And dlkozy I will change my line from, "I have never known any one to lose a stroller or anything in it" to "I have known only one person to lose a stroller and it's contents" and will be happy to change my line further depending on responses.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Had my stroller taken - more than once had stuff missing - although only 3 times and not in close timing The last time stroller take was in Jan. Stuff taken - Oct someone took DS11 jedi training back pack with our dream ears out of our stroller while it was parked in the Aladdin show parking... we left the ears in the stoller as not to block others veiws and assumed with the all the strollers and CM's someone wouldn't be so brazen to take stuff... But the did!
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP It is noted... so sad to hear this is slightly more prevelant than I thought...
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb We used to put a diaper on the stroller to discourage people from taking it. It was our personal stroller and IIRC the diaper was a prop that looked used, but wasn't.
Originally Posted By momofbuzzfan Even though it sounds like the Original Poster is already gone.....just some more info. I believe the free rentals with the Disney Visa are only available at the main gates of DL and DCA. We went to rent a stroller at Star Traders, as we arrived in the park via the monorail. They have a limited number of strollers available for rent there, but not for free with Disney Visa. At least that was the policy a couple of years ago.
