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Has anyone ever calculated how much walking you do at WDW?
I always wondered about how many miles we trek around WDW in a week, so this time I took along a pedometer. I made the mistake of letting my grandkids wear it and half the time they were in the comfort of the Disney strollers being pushed. So much for that plan. Has anyone who actually does all the walking ever checked their mileage?
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Yes - a while back (though we still tour about the same). We found that we walk an average of about 7-8 miles per day! (Thus, why I just love a little hot tub time in the evening -LOL)
We usually start off at park opening, get a lot of attractions done by lunch, go back to resort to rest for a couple of hours and then off to another park for the evening. We usually spend the evenings shopping, walking around or taking in the larger attractions such as shows and whatnot.
I kept track one year - one of the milder years, since I was pushing a kid in a wheelchair and dragging a stroller!!
I walked about 6 miles a day. That didn't include the walking we did at DTD.
I took one with us in April. We averaged about 8 miles per day. The most was about 15 miles when we were in AK in the morning and Epcot in the evening.
On the way out of Epcot one night just before we came home I was checking how far we'd walked and how many calories I'd burned when another guest asked how far we'd walked. We got chatting and she said she'd always wanted to see how far she'd walk but hadn't seen any pedometers. I told her that I used to sell them and gave her mine I've often wondered how she got on with it
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I wore a pedometer on our first trip. We averaged about 10 miles per day.
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Now I know why my shorts were a little loose on the way home.... After all that walking, they better be. I don't do that much walking around here in a single day. So I guess I should spend everyday walking around Disney lol... Guess I need to move closer to the House of Mouse lol....
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so why does it seem that walking 5 miles at home is such a struggle....this should be a piece of cake! Guess it all boils down to attmosphere,eh? Perhaps when I am excercising I should dress one of the kids like Mickey and make them walk in front of me!
I've tried to use a pedometer at WDW (and while at home), but they don't seem to work for me no matter where I put them. I could spend an entire day at a park and get a reading anywhere from 1/2 a mile to 20 miles.
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so why does it seem that walking 5 miles at home is such a struggle....this should be a piece of cake! Guess it all boils down to attmosphere,eh? Perhaps when I am excercising I should dress one of the kids like Mickey and make them walk in front of me!
You won't notice it as much because you are taking breaks more frequently than you normally would. The average person walks a 20 minute mile, so if you were to walk 5 miles uninterrupted you would complete it in approximately 1 hour & 40 minutes, which is FAR from the amount of time an average guest spends in a park on any given day. Make sense?
It just boggles the mind how many miles you walk at WDW and you don't even mind it. Is there such a thing as Disney adrenaline that just keeps you going and going?
We just got back, and I averaged about 9 miles a day. Of course, I think at least 2 of that was to the bus stops & back. It seemed like the bus stop for POP was always the last one!
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I've often wondered how she got on with it 
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