Should You Rent or Buy a Stroller for Disney World?

Quick Answer: Yes, you can rent a stroller at Walt Disney World: Disney charges $13 to $15 a day for a single and $27 to $31 for a double, and for a one-week trip renting beats buying. Disney's rental never leaves the park, so if you need a stroller at your hotel or the airport, a delivered rental from an outside company is the way to go, and it's what we'd book. Buying a premium stroller just for the trip costs several hundred dollars more than renting, even after you resell it.

You land in Orlando with two kids, three bags and a car seat, and the stroller question suddenly feels urgent. Disney's size rules matter, but the bigger question is what it will cost you by the end of the week, and where you'll actually push it.

Our take: rent at Disney. It's so smooth, especially with a delivered rental: Disney's featured vendor can leave the stroller with bell services, and others meet you right out front of your hotel.

Disney's rental is cheap, but it stays in the park

Disney's stroller rental page prices a single at $15 a day and a double at $31, or $13 and $27 a day if you prepay for your whole stay. Always ask for the length-of-stay rate; over a week it saves a double-stroller family about $30 for doing nothing. A week comes to about $90 to $110 for a single and $190 to $220 for a double.

The limit is where you can use it: park rentals have to be returned before you leave the park. That means no stroller for the walk to the bus, the resort pool or the airport. Disney Springs rents its own, with a $100 card deposit.

Which companies deliver to your resort

Disney's featured provider, ScooterBug, delivers length-of-stay rentals to Disney Resort hotels, and you don't have to be there for the drop-off. MouseSavers says it's the only vendor allowed to leave a stroller with bell services at Disney's resorts, though it adds that reader reports on the company are uneven.

The two big outside names cover more ground. Kingdom Strollers delivers to Disney and nearby resorts, where you must be present, or hands off at Orlando International Airport. Orlando Stroller Rentals delivers free to Disney resorts, the Universal area, vacation rentals and a counter at the airport, which suits families staying off-site.

Deep Arrival's stroller guide puts these delivered rentals at roughly $40 to $70 a week, which can undercut Disney. Get a quote from each and compare it with Disney's roughly $190 double week.

Renting for bigger kids

Plenty of families rent for kids who've outgrown strollers at home, since a long park day wears anyone out. Weight is the limit to check. Disney recommends its singles for children up to 50 pounds and its doubles up to 100, so a bigger kid can ride a Disney double alone. Outside companies vary by model; Orlando Stroller Rentals has singles rated to 75 pounds and doubles at 50 pounds a seat.

If your child needs the stroller because of a disability or medical condition, stop at Guest Relations on your first park day and ask whether your child's stroller can be used as a wheelchair in attraction queues. If a stroller won't do, ScooterBug also rents wheelchairs at the parks.

Buying: resale decides whether it pays

Here's how a week with a double compares.

Our math from Disney's rental rates, retailer prices, and what GoodBuy Gear would pay a seller on its current used listings. The Vista figure counts only the stroller's resale, not the RumbleSeat's. Last Checked: October 10, 2026.

The middle option shows how much resale matters. A Baby Jogger City Mini GT2 Double costs $749.99 new at Target, and gently used ones were listed at $349.99 and $399.99 on GoodBuy Gear, which pays sellers 75% in that price band. Buy one and sell it after, and you break even with Disney's prepaid double around night 17 or 18 by our math, sooner if you catch it on sale.

Premium strollers hold their value well, but not well enough. A Vista V3 with its RumbleSeat runs about $1,300 new, used Vistas were listed around $555 to $660, and GoodBuy Gear pays sellers 85% on items over $400. That leaves you roughly $740 to $830 down for one trip. The $209.99 Kolcraft Cloud Plus lands close to renting because there's almost no resale market for it; GoodBuy Gear had none listed.

Try it: Our Stroller Recommender asks how many kids, how much folding you can live with and whether buses and the Skyliner worry you, then gives your top 3 strollers.

Check the width, and plan on folding

Disney's park rules bar strollers wider than 31 inches or longer than 52, and stroller wagons aren't allowed at all. The Kolcraft Cloud Plus is exactly 31 inches wide, so it fits with nothing to spare; the Vista V3 is under 26.

On Disney's buses, every stroller must be folded before you board, so plan on kids out and stroller folded for every ride. On the Skyliner, a side-by-side double has to be folded, while a single or front-to-back double can stay open. If your resort is on the Skyliner, a stroller that folds fast one-handed is worth more than a few dollars saved.

So, rent or buy?

Rent. For a toddler, we'd book a delivered rental: it's there when you arrive, works outside the parks too, and there's nothing to haul through the airport.

Rent from Disney's park stands instead if you're staying a week or less and your kids will walk or ride in a carrier outside the parks. It's the simplest option, with no quote to chase.

Buy only if you'll use the stroller at home afterward, or you're staying two and a half weeks or more with a double you'll resell. Skip buying a premium stroller just for Disney.

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