Baby Strollers Past And Present

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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.

This basic lie-flat design of pram was used for small children for

quite a long time.

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.

You couldn’t see the pavement where you were wheeling the pram, thanks to that big hood.

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.

They were lightweight, making them easy to push. The wheels

could turn around corners.

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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