AIBU TO BUY A PUSHCHAIR FOR DD'S AGE 5 AND 7?

[Coffeecreamers]

AIBU to buy a pushchair this year to go to Orlando? Sold our pushchair a while back but we are going to Orlando in late July and it's going to be really bloody hot. We are planning on spending the majority of the 2 weeks at the parks. We walk to and from from school every day which takes 30 minutes and the 5 year old is tired by the time she gets home. Both of them were knackered when we went to Thorpe Park this year. I know people will be judgey if we do but I actually want to enjoy this holiday. AIBU to take a pushchair, not for them to sit in all the time but just as a means of a little respite?

[IPityThePontipines]

Don't try and do everything. You will all get hot, cross and tired, pushchairs or no pushchairs. Pick and choose. A lot of the magic is in the atmosphere and meeting the characters, not queuing for hours for rides.

This is the best advice on here. Don't worry about seeing everything ever, just plan your day for minimal stress.

[Rolypolybabies]

How about a big standard pushchair for the younger one and a buggy board just so you can move quickly. Look at second hand maclaren xlr or joie brisk. Both really decent size and if you take second hand could always leave it there

[paxillin]

Take a spray bottle. Fill it half with water, freeze overnight. In the morning, top it up with water. Ice cold spray for the day to cool them down.

For the pushchair- won't that be super embarrassing for them? Really hard to see a 5yo agreeing to this, no chance at 7 I'd think.

[FlowersAndShit]

Honestly though, how do people manage with the heat and humidity? Everyone seemed to be whizzing around, pushing pushchairs, all bright and chirpy. Meanwhile, I felt like I was dying from heatstroke and I'd only been in the park 10 minutes. My whole face/body was dripping with sweat (gross!) and it was too much to bear. There is literally no shade and the sun was fierce. Everytime we'd walk past a shop on Main street, we'd feel a gush of the air con and it felt AMAZING. This was in September so I don't recommend going in the Summer.

[FlowersAndShit]

Also, I walked around with a cold flannel thing that I bought and shoved it on my forehead. Everyone gave me funny looks but IDGAF.

[blueskyinmarch]

There is no way on earth you are going to be in parks from 9-6 every day for two weeks. That is faintly ridiculous and you will all be ill and exhausted by the end of the holiday. Every second day in the parks, factor going to see the shows which are nice and cool and a bit of a rest. Factor in water parks too. Either go early and leave sharpish. Or go later and stay for the parades. There are loads of other things to see Orlando other than the parks. Don’t take a buggy!

[angielou123]

I've always been one to hate seeing 'too old' children in buggies. It usually means either the child's too lazy to walk or the mum is too lazy to control them. But in this case, if it will make your day better for you and be one less thing to worry about get 1 umbrella buggy with a board on the back for the older. I'm thinking though, you're in Disneyland and they are going to be on a big high and probably won't want to sit down. The park ones will probably cost more. Have fun!

[TheLesserSpottedBee]

Would a 5-year-old and a 7-year-old actually consent to ride in a pushchair? I would imagine most children of those ages wouldn't be caught dead in such a "babyish" contraption!

This is Disney, the place where adults wear Mickey ears on their heads and people wear bum bags!

I have just come back from Disneyworld Orlando, it is standard that children of 6 and under need a pushchair. It is recommended in all the guidebooks. My fitbit thought I training for a marathon. You can walk 10 miles a day easily. The heat and humidity are a killer that sap your energy.

It is the jet lag that also kills you. Fantasmic at Hollywood studios started at 8.30pm which doesn't sound too bad until you work out that Orlando is 5 hours behind the UK.

I would see how you go and if you need the buggy, hire the one in Disney. Better that than lugging it to the airport, from the airport, and on transport whether a hire car or Disney buses.

[WeMustGetOffTheMountain]

Yabu to be going on such a wonderful holiday, I'm now jealous! I would maybe hire a stroller for the 5yo but not the 7yo. The 7yo could always hop in for 5 mins rest. Enjoy your holiday!

[LagunaBubbles]

They won't be in the heat - all the rides are indoors and air conditioned - only walking between rides

What park are you talking about? In Florida??

[NipplyNamechanger]

Took a normal maclaren buggy to
Disney for our 5 year old earlier this year. DC had no problems fitting in it.

[honkinghaddock]

angielou123 - Or perhaps the child has a disability and isn't lucky enough to find walking easy the way other children do.

[TheSuspiciousMsWhicher]

If you think it will make your life easier and your holiday more enjoyable then go for it. A Baby Jogger City Mini would fit a slight 5 year old easily (I pushed my 6 year old back from a firework display in ours last year when she twisted her ankle). You won't be the only people there with an older child in a buggy. Who care what anyone else thinks anyway?

[HeadDreamer]

But what are you going to buy? Normal pushchairs only go up to 15kg. My very slight 5yo DD is 18kg. I can't imagine your children won't be over the limit. They have strollers for hire in parks.

[Twinkie1]

YABU if a kids too tired to walk the short distances between rides it needs to go home for a nap. The rides aren't miles apart and most are air conditioned and inside.

I was shocked at the amount of perfectly able kids in buggies when we went, most of them looked like they could have done with the exercise they'd have got walking round too!

[NipplyNamechanger]

My 18.8kg, 110cm long 5 year old was absolutely fine in a maclaren xt. A friend's 22kg, 120cm 5 year old was fine in a mamas and papas standard buggy. Another friend's 21.5kg, 110cm 5 year old was fine in a Joie buggy. What do you think will happen?!

[Mrsfrumble]

This kind of pull along wagon is also very popular here in the States as a means to transport multiple children who are tired of walking. Can be loaded up with bags and picnic too!

You know your children OP; whether they are likely to tire in the heat, whether they can still be cajoled into walking without complaint or will balk and moan, whether they will sit in a stroller or wagon without embarrassment... Base your desicion on these factors and don't worry about what others will think.

[paxillin]

Loved it, Mrsfrumble. Only I'd be in the wagon and the kids can pull me.

[YouMakeMyDreams]

We bought a cheap buggy in Walmart hadn't worried if we decided not to bring it back. We did in the end because of flight time. You won't need a double they can hop in and out between them.

[MsMargaretCarter]

My dd and my niece, both nearly 5 at the time, coped fine in Orlando without buggies last year, but it was April so not quite as hot. Frequent breaks and lots of water. You probably do need a buggy if you do a whole day in a park and stay late for the fireworks but I think that is madness anyway - I prefer to go and chill for a bit mid afternoon and go back out later.

[chubbymummy]

Unless your 7 year old has special needs then putting them in a buggy is ridiculous (the 5 year old is borderline acceptable, assuming they are just 5 rather than almost 6).

[Middleoftheroad]

At seven mine would not have gone near a buggy. Nor five come to think of it. Would your oldest actually get in a buggy?

[NipplyNamechanger]

It's different at Disney middle

My 5 year old needed to nap some days when they haven't done that at home without being poorly for about 3 years.

[mrscee]

We are going to Orlando in 17. Days with 6 year old twins and this crossed my mind too. They get tired really easily however I'm hoping that they'll be excited and we'll take regular breaks and they won't notice that we've been walking miles. According to thedibb lots of older kids use the hired strollers in the parks. I don't want to have to push them round all the time it was bad enough when they needed to be in a pushchair!