What Stroller is best for Disney and travel?

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Best Stroller for Disney

I have been to so many places and always brought my kids with me. I know the importance of having the right stroller when traveling. Choosing the right stroller for Disneyland and for international travel canals or break the experience for your kids and for you.

When I just had one child, my biggest concern for my stroller was having something compact and lightweight that I could take anywhere. I loved my first travel stroller and used it for many years. As our family grew, our stroller needed to grow too. I decided to get a large, modular stroller that could fit 2 kids and even grow to fit 3 eventually. I got the Mockingbird Single-to-Double stroller when I had my second baby and it’s still the stroller I use for Disney trips today.

Mockingbird Stroller

I bought this stroller when it had first come out on the market and was so excited to have a much more affordable option than other popular strollers at the time. It seemed everyone had the Baby Jogger City Select or the Uppababy Vista. I knew those two were out of my price range. I was nervous that Mockingbird wouldn’t hold up to the quality of those other brands because it was so much cheaper, but it has surprised me in its ability to withstand many years of travel and Disney trips and has proved me wrong. Looking back, I’m glad that I didn’t spend twice as much for one of those others; to be honest, I think the Mockingbird is actually better!

Best features of the Mockingbird Single-to-Double Stroller:

  • As the name suggests, it grows with your family. It can be used for one, two, and even 3 kids! We purchased the riding board when I upgraded from 2 to 3 kids. It is a life saver!
  • The seats can be interchanged with a bassinet or car seat. There are so many ways to use the stroller, so it is suitable from birth up to 50lbs!
  • These seats are BIG. And the attachments that you clip on to adjust from one seat to two create a space big enough between the seats that they aren’t running into each other. I went on a trip to Disney with a friend who had the City Select and she was frustrated with her stroller because the seats were too small and close together. It created arguing between her kids and she was wishing she had my Mockingbird.
  • The storage basket is also large, which makes it perfect for carrying all the extra things you need on a long Disney day
  • As mentioned before, the price point is much lower than other strollers of its kind. I love to spend less on a better product!
Mockingbird stroller, loaded to capacity on a long day at Disneyland

What about traveling to other countries?

We’ve traveled frequently since having kids and have always wrestled with the question of which stroller to bring. It was always a choice between our compact, single stroller and our big wonderful Mockingbird. I don’t want to contradict myself, and our Mockingbird is perfect for Disney and even trips within the U.S. But Europe is OLD. Asia is TIGHT. These places aren’t made for deluxe, giant cribs on wheels. With 2 kids, we had settled on our single stroller and a baby carrier (shout out to the Ergobaby carrier. We love you). But then came the 3rd child and a big trip to Europe.

We took the Mockingbird.

I think it was the best choice for what our options were at the time. We did a lot of walking and we go a lot of use out of the stroller. However, there were huge setbacks when it came time to get on the metro (Paris) or the tube (London) with that thing. The gates were too small, there wasn’t always an elevator or handicap option, and that stroller isn’t a quick fold down.

I came home knowing it was time for some research. It took months to find what I was looking for. I needed something big enough for at least two kids but not too big for Japan, because that’s where we were heading on our next trip. All my research told me that Japan has lots of stairs, there’s not always an elevator, and that the doorways/aisles are narrow. I wasn’t about to make my kids (aged 2, 4, and 7) walk all day. We wouldn’t last an hour! All of the options for double travel strollers were in a side by side position, or there was the option of the Yoyo stroller that is sooo expensive and the second child attachment doesn’t function on its own. Mostly it was just out of my price range.

I almost decided to buy a second stroller, to match our reliable first travel stroller, the Summer Infant Ingenuity, and just take two separate strollers with us. But how are we supposed to push two strollers on a travel day when we have suitcases to lug around and a gps to look at? Nope. Still didn’t feel right.

Strolee Baby LINQ

Enter….. the Strolee Baby Linq. This stroller works as two single strollers or can be linked together as one front and back double stroller. The best of both worlds! Each single stroller is lightweight but still great quality. They fold up small and are easy to carry. We used that a lot going up and down the stairs all over Korea and Japan. And when we didn’t have enough hands to push two strollers, we clicked them together and just had one!

I’ll show some pictures here, and I have reached out to their brand to see if they are still selling the stroller. They responded and said Yes! They are just out of stock of the Linq bar connectors at the time I’m posting this. Should be back soon!

The only thing I would change if I had a say is if the strollers could link together side by side instead of front and back and then still be split apart when needed. It would leave more leg room for each child while still keeping the convenience of converting to a double. So maybe that’s a technology they are working on. I saw one video of a stroller that did that, but when I looked into the company it wasn’t around anymore.

Two strollers linked together to create one double stroller
Same stroller, used as two single strollers

I’m very happy with this stroller as a standalone single travel stroller as well. It is made of quality fabric, lays down to almost flat and has a canopy that extends really far down to block the sun. It is easy to fold and unfold and we take it with us onto airplanes and put it in the overhead bin!

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