kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2006
I have 2 DD's...one who is 6 weeks shy of 6 years old and one who is 3 1/2. They do not use strollers at home, but they both had one on our last 2 trips to WDW (January 2008 and October 2008). Now, we are preparing to take our first summer trip to WDW. We leave June 6 and we will be there for 5 nights. We are staying at the AKV-Jambo and we're planning on doing mostly stuff around the resort. We want to spend a lot of time at the pool, viewing the animals and participating in the resort activities.
Of course, we have park tickets and we plan on visiting each park at least once. The plan is to go to the park and do what the girls want to do and then return to the hotel. We have ADR's at LeCellier and Sci-Fi but other than that, we have no "obligation" to be at the parks. The girls have both seen Fantasmic, Spectromagic and Wishes twice and so we are letting them decide if they want to see them again or just ride the rides. DD3 is now over 40" tall and DD5 just hit 48" so there are a lot of rides that we can all ride as a family now. I am thinking that we may end up spending more time in the parks than I was originally planning on.
Ok... now to my stroller question... We have 2 MacLarens (volo and triumph) that I would like to take. Ok, I really don't want to take them, but I also do not want to end up having to rent one, or two, if the girls can't tolerate the heat. Both of the strollers fit together in a single, padded travel bag, however, it is about 1" "oversized" by the airline standards and will cost me $50 to check it each way. I know that I can gate check it for free (did that last time) but it is such a PITA to haul it through the airport. I was thinking that maybe I could ship them UPS to the resort. That way, they would be waiting for me when we get there and I wouldn't need to deal with them at the airport. I am pretty sure that it would be cheaper than $100 to ship them both ways, right? My only issue will be finding an appropriate sized box. Hmm...maybe a box that a golf bag comes in would work? What do you all think?
FWIW, we have a membership at our local zoo and I have been taking the girls there 1-3 times a week. It is a small, but very hilly zoo and our rule is "NO STROLLERS" so we spend anywhere from 2-6 hours a week, in the afternoons, walking the zoo. So far, they have done excellent! We have been going since the beginning of April so their "little stems" (as DD5 calls them) are getting in really good shape. I just do not want to overestimate their abilities and underestimate the heat factor.
Of course, we have park tickets and we plan on visiting each park at least once. The plan is to go to the park and do what the girls want to do and then return to the hotel. We have ADR's at LeCellier and Sci-Fi but other than that, we have no "obligation" to be at the parks. The girls have both seen Fantasmic, Spectromagic and Wishes twice and so we are letting them decide if they want to see them again or just ride the rides. DD3 is now over 40" tall and DD5 just hit 48" so there are a lot of rides that we can all ride as a family now. I am thinking that we may end up spending more time in the parks than I was originally planning on.
Ok... now to my stroller question... We have 2 MacLarens (volo and triumph) that I would like to take. Ok, I really don't want to take them, but I also do not want to end up having to rent one, or two, if the girls can't tolerate the heat. Both of the strollers fit together in a single, padded travel bag, however, it is about 1" "oversized" by the airline standards and will cost me $50 to check it each way. I know that I can gate check it for free (did that last time) but it is such a PITA to haul it through the airport. I was thinking that maybe I could ship them UPS to the resort. That way, they would be waiting for me when we get there and I wouldn't need to deal with them at the airport. I am pretty sure that it would be cheaper than $100 to ship them both ways, right? My only issue will be finding an appropriate sized box. Hmm...maybe a box that a golf bag comes in would work? What do you all think?
FWIW, we have a membership at our local zoo and I have been taking the girls there 1-3 times a week. It is a small, but very hilly zoo and our rule is "NO STROLLERS" so we spend anywhere from 2-6 hours a week, in the afternoons, walking the zoo. So far, they have done excellent! We have been going since the beginning of April so their "little stems" (as DD5 calls them) are getting in really good shape. I just do not want to overestimate their abilities and underestimate the heat factor.
. I checked the UPS website and they are quoting a price of about $12.50 to ship it! That would make things SO much easier. 
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