Renting strollers in Orlando is a fairly recent phenomenon, but Orlando and baby strollers go
back a long way together.
This is because even before the development of Walt Disney
World Resort, people came to this part of Florida for the balmy climate, even during winter, and
the healthy fresh fruit.
And many of those people brought young children with
them, who had to be pushed in something that we would call a stroller in these days, even if
they had a different name back then.
If someone had the bright idea of renting strollers in Orlando
back in the days immediately after the Civil War,
when the town really began to grow and develop, the
“strollers” would have been called perambulators (pram for
short) and would have been pushed by nannies, at least in households wealthy enough to
own a perambulator.
About the only thing that these earliest strollers had in common
with today’s models was the hood, which was curved to keep
sun and rain of a small child’s face.
The old perambulators were designed so a baby could lie flat in them, and they often doubled
as a crib.
The design of pram did change, though. Prams had a
detachable crib area, meaning that a sleeping baby could be
transferred from the pram to the car easily
(though this was highly unsafe – the crib couldn’t be strapped in
like a car seat and the baby was an “unsecured load”)
Strollers like this were still in use when Disney first released
his famous cartoons, and people around the country,
even if they weren’t quite renting strollers in Orlando yet, certainly wheeled the prams to
the cinemas to take young children to watch Mickey
Mouse, Donald Duck and Snow White.
But there were a lot of things that weren’t quite right about
these early prams, even if they were easy to walk with and babies could sleep in them
while you carried the luggage about.
If a small child did want to sit up and look about, the sides of the pram weren’t very high and falls were a real risk. And the big old prams were heavy and hard to manoeuvre around corners or
down stairs.
And so the designers came up with a new development in strollers – the proper stroller
rather than the old pram.
M any of the parents who are now interested in renting strollers in Orlando were
probably pushed around in one of these strollers in their early childhood,
and this form of stroller was hitting the sidewalks around the
Western world at about the same time that Orlando got its
biggest attraction – Walt Disney World Resort.
The child inside the stroller could sit upright and see what
was going on, rather than getting bored and grumpy.
And these strollers were able to be folded flat so they could be
transported in the back of a small car easily – which was a
big consideration during the Conspicuous Thrift movement of
the 1970s that saw small cars like the Mini and the VW Beetle
sweep to popularity.
But work still needed to be done on these strollers, and even
these lightweight models wouldn’t be considered by
anyone renting strollers in Orlando.
And so we come to the 21st century and the design of stroller wanted by modern
families renting strollers in Orlando.
The City Mini model of baby stroller in our rental fleet has all the advantages of the old prams
– a big hood, sturdy construction and room to pack
the luggage
and the advantages of the strollers we were pushed
around in during our childhood: easily folded, lightweight and
an upright position with a safety harness and brakes. What’s more, the City Mini is designed with higher handles
no bending down and sore backs for tall dads – and they can be pushed at a fast pace, which is great for parents with
long legs or who want to walk in a hurry (or even jog).
And even if you need a double stroller when you’re thinking
about renting strollers in Orlando, the double City Mini is still easy to
manoeuvre, folds flat and is lightweight enough to push
about with ease.
Stroller design is still undergoing change, like
everything else in life. Disney World is also undergoing
change and development. But one thing’s for certain: people will be coming to Orlando and
will be renting strollers in Orlando for a long time to
come.
When you visit Orlando or Disney World, be sure to visit
www.babywheelsorlando.com for the best fleet of stroller
rentals.
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