About how much walking?

[MomPOM]

Oh sweet Lord that's a lot of walking. My feet are NOT going to be happy with me!

 

[mickeyluv'r]

In addition to what other posters have said, Epcot has the most walking.

Also, it's not just the walking, it's the standing on concrete.

If you are out of shape, certainly, a healthy walk each day is a good idea. Last year, I was really good about hitting the Nautilus at least twice a week, and my legs never felt so good at WDW. My in-laws are always talking about all the swimming and sports they do. I'm not saying they brag or anything, it's just that they are much more into playing sports than I am. I was almost shocked that they couldn't come close to keeping up with me!

One lifesaver, for me, is to soak my legs at night. Either hit the hot tub or soak in the bathtub. You don't have to get your whole body wet, just your shins and feet.
Be certain to bring at least two good pairs of shoes! New, but broken in. For myself, I nearly always bring sneakers and quality sandals. I really like it when my feet can breath (instead of wearing socks all day). Maybe in January I wouldn't bother with sandals, but the rest of year, yes. I suggest something like Birkenstocks. Okay so maybe not that exact styling, but something of a similar design -i.e. with expandable straps that can be adjusted. Lots of other good shoe companies make good sandals. In any event, being able to trade shoes really helps. Even the best shoes need to be traded off periodically.

I also suggest buying your sneakers at a running store, where they will help you pick shoes that really fit, not the most expensive ones. Skip "The Finish Line" and "Foot Locker" type stores.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

We wore a pedometer a couple years ago and averaged 10-12 miles/day - but then we included our evening walks (i.e., evenings at Downtown Disney, evenings off site for example at Old Town, etc). For our past trip we started walking twice a day 6 months prior to our trip to get ourselves conditioned for all the walking again! And maybe pick up some Body Glide to keep the blisters away.

 

[Boncho]

We usually walk about 8 miles a day at Disney. I walk on our treadmill between 1 and 2 miles a day (depending on how energetic I feel) and that helps combat the aching feet and leg syndrome at Disney.

 

[Tickla]

Thank you SO MUCH everyone! I guess I'm going to start walking ASAP! That's alot of miles each day--I had no idea it was THAT much!! Thanks for the shoe suggestions also!

 

[WaltD4Me]

On a side note, I bought a pair of Memory Foam in-soles for my shoes a couple months ago and I LOVE them! You know, like the Memory Foam mattresses? Well now you can get the same thing for your feet!
I got mine at Wal-Mart for like $8 and I can really tell the difference. I forgot to put them in one day when I went to the mall and my feet were killing me!

 

[disneygal33]

I tend to not only walk in the parks, but whenever possible, to the parks. When I'm staying onsite, I've used a pedometer to guage the distance and it was fairly usual for me to do 11 to 12 miles per day.

Heck, it's a mile once around the WS. It doesn't take long to cover the distance.

We also enjoy walking to the parks whenever we can. I would est we walk an average of 8/10 miles of walking a day.

 

[BamaFan121s]

We tried this once and averaged 9 miles per day.

 

[Golf4food]

Last year I wore a pedometer:

MGM - 7 miles
Epcot - 9 miles
MK - 12 miles

 

[loveDmouse]

I will have to try a pedometer. I think it would be intersting to know how far you go besides just knowing it is ALOT!!!!