saburch wrote:
1) Training Grounds is not a designated stroller area. There is nothing in the description of it, and nothing posted by GenCon that even suggests it is a "designated stroller area".
2) The Family Fun pavilion is a portion of the exhibit hall that is oriented towards families. If you have ever actually gone into it, a substantial number of the booths include toddler and infant games / toys / products. The family fun pavilion is also distinct from the training grounds (It's all the way across the hall from it).
I don't know where anyone got the idea that strollers have a designated area they are allowed in, but that is not the case. And, for a convention that is pretty expressly expanding in the direction of families, it would be pretty stupid for them to limit those very same families from the marquee attraction.
Well the Training Grounds is a designated area for toddlers and small learning to walk kids, aka kids who would need strollers. The Family Fun pavilion is distinct from the Training Grounds, and can also be accessed without going through the rest of the exhibit hall. This is also a special area set aside for little kids.
Not that you are allowed to bring strollers into the rest of the exhibit hall just as you are allowed to be rude to people, not pay attention to where your backpack is when you are around other people, stop in the middle of the aisle for pictures, hold up games by showing up late, block the exits while you smoke, stop in the aisle to take pictures, not take a bath or change your clothes, be a sore loser when you lose, and use trash cans at intersections as tables. That does not make it ok.
Sorry, but if you are planning a vacation with very small kids who need a stroller part of being a good parent is realizing that you are restricted in what you really should be doing. Outside of the areas set aside for little kids the exhibit hall aisle are not a place for strollers. rather than saying "too bad, suck it up" to everyone else in the hall you should be looking into child care, taking turns in the hall with your spouse/family/friends/whoever you came with, visit a few booths while someone else watched the kids in the family areas, or just do what parents have done for generations- realize that little kids are not going to be able to do everything that you want to do on vacation and change YOUR plans accordingly. There is always next year, price of being a parent.