Calling those who track steps in Disneyland

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

Can you give me a ballpark for what you were registering in one day? My son's PE class tracks steps during class and if they miss a class period he gets an F. He asked if he could track his steps at the parks and count it and the teacher luckily said yes.

He needs to get a fairly large amount but I'm pretty sure he'll hit that in Disney. Just need to know if he'll need to pace around while we eat too. haha!

 

[agamble]

If you're walking from a nearby hotel and in the parks for a full day then he'll likely get at least 20K. Things that kill step count are going to be waiting in line for long periods of time, pushing a stroller (thinking your son doesn't need to do that), and sitting for shows.

 

[agamble]

Is he old enough to be your FP runner? That would give him added steps too.

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

If you're walking from a nearby hotel and in the parks for a full day then he'll likely get at least 20K. Things that kill step count are going to be waiting in line for long periods of time, pushing a stroller (thinking your son doesn't need to do that), and sitting for shows.

Oh ok perfect. Thank you!

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

He's 13 so maybe. I will likely be in a wheelchair so when we're waiting for our times to come up I'll at least have him pace around a bit there too.

 

[Elima2015]

Last two trips we logged 20k-25k per day, one day was 29k. We walked to/from our hotel, did fast pass runs, and park hopped. We were also in the parks all day, but for limited "off-season" hours.

 

[Tabarr06]

I wear an Apple watch and I clocked in an average of 8 miles a day. I was the fast pass runner and I walk pretty fast but that is a ballpark

 

[meggles]

We do 6-10 miles a day, and that's with staying very close by! We have a 5 year old and no stroller so we go at his pace mostly, but that's a lot of steps for little legs.

 

[DL_Forever]

We stayed at DLH last time and rarely used the monorail (didn't want to fold up the stroller), we walked back for naps each day and I think my daily average was around 17,000 steps.

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

Ok so it sounds like we can plan on at least 15k. We are staying across from the entrance so not a TON of steps there, but we do have hoppers. Maybe we'll make even more use of those this time. We finally don't have a stroller but that means we're at the 6 year old's pace.

 

[Mysteryincorp]

We went yesterday for only a few hours, stayed in one park and took the tram to the parking structure. We still clocked 13,000.

 

[RobertaMomof2]

I will add mine to the 20-25K a day, and at most 28K. We also took mid-day breaks back at the hotel, so extra there too. Good luck to him!

 

[StarlitNight05]

Agree with others - I get almost 30K a day!

 

[bumbershoot]

My son's PE class tracks steps during class and if they miss a class period he gets an F.

He will almost certainly get a ton more steps than he does during a school day.

 

[carrierael77]

I just went back and looked. Lowest day was 24441 and highest was 38901.

 

[Winnowill]

A full-in park day for me (which includes hopping) is mostly around 25K, but I did hit more than 30K one day.

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

He will almost certainly get a ton more steps than he does during a school day.

Well it's not during the whole day at school. Just PE. But they are required to get above 5k in an hour. I assume his teacher will accept 20k in a full day LOL

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

I just went back and looked. Lowest day was 24441 and highest was 38901.

Thank you for looking for me!

 

[GlitteryOtters]

Last time I went to Disneyland (Halloweentime 2016) I stayed off site, just south of Paradise Pier Hotel & averaged 21,500 steps per day. Lowest day was just shy of 18K, highest was 29K (a really long one--staying in park all day, meeting up with friends plus I had a ticket to the Halloween party after the park closed that day).

~Meg

 

[3TinksAndAnEeyore]

I took this picture after getting back to our hotel after a day in the parks...