stroller theft

PrincessPooh · 08-14-2005

So DH and I went shopping yesterday for a nice, convienent, light-weight stroller for DD (1 1/2) for our upcoming tript to WDW. First, we got what I think is a perfect disney stroller...it is fully reclining, has sun canopy, 5 pt harness, folds up twice for maximum compactness and comes with an attached carry strap to carry the stroller when you're not using it. However, when we told the associate at Babys r'us what we were looking for a stroller for, he said to pick one that is not too expensive because every one he knows who goes to disney with their own stroller gets it stolen.

Has anyone ever had a problem with having their personal stroller stolen at a disney park? If so, being how disney is so accomodating, did they do anything to reimburse you for the cost?

susieq76 · 08-14-2005

We've been there with our boys thrice and have always had at least two strollers including our Peg Perego double and we've never had any problem nor have I spoke with anyone whom had a problem.

**ddoll** · 08-14-2005

Never heard of anyone having their personal stroller stolen at WDW. There are many, many stories of people having their Disney strollers taken. But that's probably a case of mistaken identity, as they all look alike.

Whenever someone is concerned about having their stroller taken, we always advise them to make it look unappealing:
Leave junk in it: food crumbs on the seat, lots of personal items inside, tie something to the handles....heck some people even go so far as to leave something disgusting in it, like a diaper with something smeared in it.

If anyone were to consider taking someone else's stroller, they'd go for the nice new one that had nothing in it and was easy to grab.

skwak · 08-14-2005

I've never heard this from anyone.

Disneywife · 08-14-2005

I've never had a stroller stolen. I figure someone else's will always be nicer than mine. Plus, I think people are more likely to grab a Disney stroller, in which case I'm sure you can just go get another one. I'm sure that if your personal stroller was stolen, Disney would not reimburse you. I wouldn't worry about it though. I just wouldn't leave anything IN the stroller when you go on rides, etc, so pack light. We just bring jackets if necessary and my purse, and when my kids were babies, a small diaper bag.

I use a MacClaren Volo. Great for Disney. I used to have a Combi Travel Savvy...piece of junk.

Tinkerbelle67 · 08-14-2005

We did not have our stroller "stolen", but it was accidentaly taken by another family (15 minutes before the MK was closing no less). I can tell you to definately make sure your stroller is easily identifiable, bright tags or ribbons will work great. We also tied a balloon to ours, sometimes when you go into an attraction the CMs will move the strollers and when you get out it's not where you left it, the balloon makes it very easy to spot.

dznygrl · 08-14-2005

Make your stroller as identifiable as possible; that's the best anti-theft method you can use. I love Tinkerbelle's suggestions of tying a balloon to it. I think stroller theft is extremely rare, but someone is a lot less likely to steal yours if it stands out. And she's right...CMs move strollers around, so being able to spot it easily is a plus!

hiner · 08-14-2005

The person in the store was probably mistaken by others complaining about their "Disney" rental strollers being stolen. Never heard of anyone having their personal stroller being taken.

As others have said, make it identifiable in every way so you can find it when you come out of attractions. Otherwise, I would not worry.

**BDavis932** · 08-14-2005

We've been taking our own stroller for over 8 years and we've never had a problem, nor know of anyone that has had their stroller taken. If you are worried about it, you could put a bicycle lock around the wheel so that CM's can still drag it over to where they want to park it, yet guest wouldn't want to take it.

lil'pocahontas · 08-14-2005

We've never had any problem with stroller theft either. Tie an obnoxious color bandana on it to easily identify it as yours so that it's not accidently taken.

pumouse · 08-14-2005

I must agree. We have taken a stroller everytime we have gone to DL and never had it taken, or anything taken out of it. It has been moved to a different place by a CM, but never too far away.

Princessbaby · 08-14-2005

We went in April with 2 strollers and had no problem. The CMs did move our strollers while we were in The Little Mermaid Show. I have heard of people walking off with WDW strollers, but that is because they are all the same. I have heard you need to make those as personal as possible such as tying a scarf or as someone said earlier, put a balloon on it.

**DisneyTeacher** · 08-14-2005

We have never had a problem but I have had to do some serious looking to find our stroller. I thought for sure it had been stolen the first day of our trip a couple of weeks ago. I walked around the stroller area 3 times before I spotted it.

robinmouse · 08-14-2005

We always took strollers when my DD13 was little and now we have taken them twice with our younger DD. Never had one taken and never heard of it. We have handle extenders on our strollers (tall parents), so they are easy to spot in a crowded stroller lot.

Erin · 08-14-2005

I've never had one taken, and also never heard of it - aren't they usually corralled near CMs?

08-14-2005	#1 (permalink)
PrincessPooh Mouse Meister Join Date: May 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,365	stroller theft So DH and I went shopping yesterday for a nice, convienent, light-weight stroller for DD (1 1/2) for our upcoming tript to WDW. First, we got what I think is a perfect disney stroller...it is fully reclining, has sun canopy, 5 pt harness, folds up twice for maximum compactness and comes with an attached carry strap to carry the stroller when you're not using it. However, when we told the associate at Babys r'us what we were looking for a stroller for, he said to pick one that is not too expensive because every one he knows who goes to disney with their own stroller gets it stolen. Has anyone ever had a problem with having their personal stroller stolen at a disney park? If so, being how disney is so accomodating, did they do anything to reimburse you for the cost? __________________ ~~PrincessPooh~~ "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy" ...9/05 POR~12/06 WL~9/07 POFQ~9/08 POLY~1/09 SSR~5/09 SSR~8/09 SSR... Your friendly DVC neighbor at Kidani Village, AKL!

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susieq76 Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 122	Re: stroller theft We've been there with our boys thrice and have always had at least two strollers including our Peg Perego double and we've never had any problem nor have I spoke with anyone whom had a problem. __________________

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ddoll Singing In My Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: RI Posts: 5,257	Re: stroller theft Never heard of anyone having their personal stroller stolen at WDW. There are many, many stories of people having their Disney strollers taken. But that's probably a case of mistaken identity, as they all look alike. Whenever someone is concerned about having their stroller taken, we always advise them to make it look unappealing: Leave junk in it: food crumbs on the seat, lots of personal items inside, tie something to the handles....heck some people even go so far as to leave something disgusting in it, like a diaper with something smeared in it. If anyone were to consider taking someone else's stroller, they'd go for the nice new one that had nothing in it and was easy to grab. __________________ Moderator of DVC, Disney Company • 3/96 Offsite • 9/98 Villa • 10/98 Dixie Landings • 8/00 Villa • 6/01 Disneyland, CA • 5/02 Villa • 6/03 Villa • 11/03 Wilderness Lodge • 8/04 PopCentury, Swan & Royal Pacific • 12/04 Swan • 8/05 Swan & Hard Rock Hotel • 11/05 Swan • 1/06 Swan • 9/06 Disneyland, CA• 12/06 Swan & HRH • 1/07 Swan • 10/07 Hard Rock Hotel • 12/07 Hard Rock & Swan • 1/08 Boardwalk• 10/08 Villa• 1/09 Swan • 8/09 Condo • 1/10 Swan & PBR My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Viva Las Vegas! 19 days 1 hours 37 minutes

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skwak Pay me in Disney Dollars! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,492	Re: stroller theft I've never heard this from anyone. __________________ 2008 Oct. ~ SSR & 7 Days on the Disney Magic! 2008 Aug ~ Our New Vacation Home 2008 Apr. ~ Our New Vacation Home 2007 Dec. ~ Swan & VWL 2007 Aug. ~ POR & Contemporary 2006 Nov. ~ SSR, ASM and 7 Days on the Disney Magic! 2005 Oct. ~ VWL 2005 Apr. ~ BWV 2004 Oct. ~ OKW 2004 Sept. ~ SSR 2003 Oct. ~ POR & Caribbean Beach 2002 Sept. ~ POR & AKL 2001 March ~ ASSports 2000 Feb. ~ All Star Sports & Coronado Springs My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 8 Nights at Goofy's Grotto with the Entlers and Bussenos!! Gone to our Happy Place!

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Disneywife Mouse Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,427	Re: stroller theft I've never had a stroller stolen. I figure someone else's will always be nicer than mine. Plus, I think people are more likely to grab a Disney stroller, in which case I'm sure you can just go get another one. I'm sure that if your personal stroller was stolen, Disney would not reimburse you. I wouldn't worry about it though. I just wouldn't leave anything IN the stroller when you go on rides, etc, so pack light. We just bring jackets if necessary and my purse, and when my kids were babies, a small diaper bag. I use a MacClaren Volo. Great for Disney. I used to have a Combi Travel Savvy...piece of junk.

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Tinkerbelle67 Mouse Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,064	Re: stroller theft We did not have our stroller "stolen", but it was accidentaly taken by another family (15 minutes before the MK was closing no less). I can tell you to definately make sure your stroller is easily identifiable, bright tags or ribbons will work great. We also tied a balloon to ours, sometimes when you go into an attraction the CMs will move the strollers and when you get out it's not where you left it, the balloon makes it very easy to spot.

08-14-2005	#7 (permalink)
dznygrl aka dizzygirl Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The breezy shore Posts: 9,334	Re: stroller theft Make your stroller as identifiable as possible; that's the best anti-theft method you can use. I love Tinkerbelle's suggestions of tying a balloon to it. I think stroller theft is extremely rare, but someone is a lot less likely to steal yours if it stands out. And she's right...CMs move strollers around, so being able to spot it easily is a plus! __________________ Proud former 2-time Disneyland CM Avatar: Moooom, make Alice stop hugging me! 2000 ~ off-site 2002 ~ Polynesian 2003 ~ All-Star Movies 2008 ~ All-Star Music My Disney Countdown Counting down to: The girls' first trip to Disneyland! 42 days 22 hours 37 minutes

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hiner Mouse Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Body: Worcester PA Heart & Soul: WDW Posts: 1,826	Re: stroller theft The person in the store was probably mistaken by others complaining about their "Disney" rental strollers being stolen. Never heard of anyone having their personal stroller being taken. As others have said, make it identifiable in every way so you can find it when you come out of attractions. Otherwise, I would not worry. __________________ Kim I could be ready in a minute for WDW, just tell me when! WDW - 11/78 & 11/84 - Ft. Wilderness Disneyland - 09/87 - Off Site WDW - Off Site 10/89, CBR 10/99, CBR 05/04, CBR 05/05, CBR 05/07, POLYNESIAN 5/09 SUPERBOWL CHAMPS, THE STEELERS, "SHOCKED THE WORLD"! YANKEES WILL BE BACK IN 2009! AND THE BROWN'S WERE BACK IN WDW 2009! My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Take me with you....pppllleeeaaassseee!!!!!

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BDavis932 A dream is a wish.... Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,608	Re: stroller theft We've been taking our own stroller for over 8 years and we've never had a problem, nor know of anyone that has had their stroller taken. If you are worried about it, you could put a bicycle lock around the wheel so that CM's can still drag it over to where they want to park it, yet guest wouldn't want to take it. __________________ DVC/BUDGET TIPS MODERATOR ºoº DVC MEMBER at OKW since 2000 ºoº Love my Mom "Trailblazer" & My Dear Sister "A Goofy Family" 77 DL85 (offsite)94 AS Sports97 ASMusic99 AS Movies00 ASMovies02 OKW03 WLV 04 OKW05 SSR05 ASM06 AKL/OKW/CSR07 DHHIR6/08 AKLV12/08 SSR3/09 AKLV Next Trips: 6/2011 AKLV, 12/2011 BLT, 3/2012 AKLV Buzzers I've met: Gingita, DisneyTeacher, RCharmicheal My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Quick trip the the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, TX 29 days 2 hours 37 minutes

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lil'pocahontas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 297	Re: stroller theft We've never had any problem with stroller theft either. Tie an obnoxious color bandana on it to easily identify it as yours so that it's not accidently taken.

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pumouse In the land of boredom Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wandering aimlessly...... Posts: 3,624	Re: stroller theft I must agree. We have taken a stroller everytime we have gone to DL and never had it taken, or anything taken out of it. It has been moved to a different place by a CM, but never too far away. __________________ Avatar custom made by Mr.Go! Pepperjack is my favorite Cheese! Doughnut is Paw'erfect! Dopey Evil genius. I Love Lovemysons! 626 is the Smartest most good looking person I know! www.somefunnypicsforyou.blogspot.com Llama for President!! Who's the Boss of me?? Boss mouse, that's who One out of every four Americans is mentally unstable. Look around at your 3 closest friends, if they seem okay, you're the one!

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Princessbaby Always a Princess Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,705	Re: stroller theft We went in April with 2 strollers and had no problem. The CMs did move our strollers while we were in The Little Mermaid Show. I have heard of people walking off with WDW strollers, but that is because they are all the same. I have heard you need to make those as personal as possible such as tying a scarf or as someone said earlier, put a balloon on it. __________________ Can't wait to get back to WDW Next trip: June 2010 ´¨) ¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)¸.•¨) (¸.•´(¸.•`Princessbaby´¨) My Disney Countdown Counting down to:* Celebrating a birthday in Disney!! 209 days 3 hours 29 minutes

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DisneyTeacher Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 18,305	Re: stroller theft We have never had a problem but I have had to do some serious looking to find our stroller. I thought for sure it had been stolen the first day of our trip a couple of weeks ago. I walked around the stroller area 3 times before I spotted it. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Hilton Head Island~ 2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Beach Club here we come 242 days 23 hours 37 minutes

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robinmouse Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 319	Re: stroller theft We always took strollers when my DD13 was little and now we have taken them twice with our younger DD. Never had one taken and never heard of it. We have handle extenders on our strollers (tall parents), so they are easy to spot in a crowded stroller lot. __________________ --Robin-- Wilderness Lodge in June 2007!

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Erin Scooter Princess Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Welaka Posts: 9,771	Re: stroller theft I've never had one taken, and also never heard of it - aren't they usually corralled near CMs? __________________ Team Jake! http://www.twitter.com/IamBubbles www.facebook.com/scooterprincess