I am the odd one out, we are going next week and my kids are 6 and 8 (but small) and I rented a double. I went back and forth on whether to get one but decided in the end I needed one because:
1) We typically go to the parks all day. Even though I plan to take breaks this trip, if we don’t my kids will for sure need breaks.
2) They can escape the sun for a bit
3) I can keep track of them.
4) To cut down on whining...this trip is being gifted to us by my mom, my husband isn’t going. It’s my mom, me, and my 2 kids. I cannot carry my kids if they get tired and cranky. My mom spent a ton of money on this trip and even though we go to DW fairly frequently this will be the nicest we’ve ever done it. I am trying to keep things as smooth as possible.
5) We are going to Universal for 3 days before DW and I did not rent a stroller there. We were at Dollywood last week and walked about 8 miles according to my husband’s Fitbit. My kids did that fine, but that was one day. After 3 days at Universal, they will already be tired.
All this being said, I plan to park it and not drag it to all attractions. And we will just judge how much we need it. This trip is a surprise, I’m not telling my kids til we show up at the airport, so I got the stroller “just in case.”