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[mdgineok]

I bet. Ive started to pay extra attention to getting steps in (in preparation). My calves hurt and i only added about 5k steps (walking in circles around my pool. lol)

Same, my legs were aching as well. Here are our trip step counts:

Fri, MK (arrival day) -19,413
Sat AK - 19,195
Sun MK - 26,188
Mon HS - 20,107
Tues AK (Departure day) - 23,187

Mark in MN

 

[auntlynne]

I'd love to hear more about transportation and timing--especially at RD and at close. That's our biggest unknown right now--we leave Friday and will be in the parks Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Which resort? Or off-site? Have car?

 

[Mzpalmtree]

I amp up my step count before our trip as well and have been doing pretty well hitting 12000-15000 consistently at home. Our last trip was over Christmas/NYE and our highest day was just under 38000. It was over first day. We tend to overdo things

 

[hereforthechurros]

I amp up my step count before our trip as well and have been doing pretty well hitting 12000-15000 consistently at home. Our last trip was over Christmas/NYE and our highest day was just under 38000. It was over first day. We tend to overdo things

That’s like, 16+ miles of walking. We’ve done 16 hour days and still only hit half of that. I think the most we ever hit was 10 miles. Hard to trust pedometer accuracy!

 

[Spaghetti Cat]

I always take a wide roll of sports tape and put it on all of the places my feet tend to rub. Not much worse than a blister.

"wide roll of sports"!
I remember when they had a "Wide World of Sports" with the thrill of victory and the agony of de-feet.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

"wide roll of sports"!
I remember when they had a "Wide World of Sports" with the thrill of victory and the agony of de-feet.

That's totally what I read too!

 

[scrappinginontario]

That’s like, 16+ miles of walking. We’ve done 16 hour days and still only hit half of that. I think the most we ever hit was 10 miles. Hard to trust pedometer accuracy!

It really depends on how you tour WDW. We tend to go back and forth in a park a lot so can clock a lot of steps.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

That’s like, 16+ miles of walking. We’ve done 16 hour days and still only hit half of that. I think the most we ever hit was 10 miles. Hard to trust pedometer accuracy!

I think it was accurate because my Fitbit and my son’s Apple Watch had similar step counts. The hours were long then and we walked a lot . We also walked to the park and back a few times (staying at GF) and to Poly and back.

 

[Tasmen]

I bet. Ive started to pay extra attention to getting steps in (in preparation). My calves hurt and i only added about 5k steps (walking in circles around my pool. lol)

This going from sedentary to "Most Magical place ow my legs" is real. I've started walking again in prep for the trip next month.

 

[Leigh L]

I think it was accurate because my Fitbit and my son’s Apple Watch had similar step counts. The hours were long then and we walked a lot . We also walked to the park and back a few times (staying at GF) and to Poly and back.

We hit similar steps! Our higher days are usually MK ones. On our recent trip, on 2/18 we hit 33,996 steps (visiting MK, DHS, EP, and back to MK that day). Our second highest was about 29K I think with no hopping and staying at MK (and offsite house so no resort walking).

DD14 is always complaining my step count is higher by about 2,000 steps (we both use our Samsung phone app). I am about 3-4 inches shorter than she is so I tell her I'm doing more steps because of my little legs lol.

 

[HockeyMomNH]

My record day is just over 60K steps. I started with the Princess Half Marathon and then did all four parks after. Lol! My DD insisted that we walk from DHS to EP that day. I think that she was trying to kill me.

 

[Naomeri]

My record day is just over 60K steps. I started with the Princess Half Marathon and then did all four parks after. Lol! My DD insisted that we walk from DHS to EP that day. I think that she was trying to kill me.

My legs hurt just reading your post

 

[aljack34]

Just got off an hour long wait with tickets. I was trying to add PH to my tickets for next week. They are saying you cannot add Park Hoppers to existing tickets IF the parks are at capacity. Just thought I would let people know in case they were waiting to add Park Hoppers. If the parks are at capacity, you cannot add the Park Hopper option. You can also not add a day of tickets if your start date is on a day where the parks are at capacity. I tried to add another day to the end of the trip where there is availability and it still is not allowed because the previous days I have reserved are at capacity.

 

[Tasmen]

Just got off an hour long wait with tickets. I was trying to add PH to my tickets for next week. They are saying you cannot add Park Hoppers to existing tickets IF the parks are at capacity. Just thought I would let people know in case they were waiting to add Park Hoppers. If the parks are at capacity, you cannot add the Park Hopper option. You can also not add a day of tickets if your start date is on a day where the parks are at capacity. I tried to add another day to the end of the trip where there is availability and it still is not allowed because the previous days I have reserved are at capacity.

Ouch. I get why they are doing that but still... ouch

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Just got off an hour long wait with tickets. I was trying to add PH to my tickets for next week. They are saying you cannot add Park Hoppers to existing tickets IF the parks are at capacity. Just thought I would let people know in case they were waiting to add Park Hoppers. If the parks are at capacity, you cannot add the Park Hopper option. You can also not add a day of tickets if your start date is on a day where the parks are at capacity. I tried to add another day to the end of the trip where there is availability and it still is not allowed because the previous days I have reserved are at capacity.

That is interesting, considering the parks being at capacity hasn't stopped anyone from hopping as of yet.

 

[aljack34]

That is interesting, considering the parks being at capacity hasn't stopped anyone from hopping as of yet.

It appears if you had Park hoppers BEFORE they hit capacity, you are ok. If you are trying to ADD park hoppers now that they have reached capacity, they are not allowing you to do it. So you can park hop if you had the park hoppers before it hit capacity. No problem there. It's adding the park hoppers to your tickets when they are at capacity that they are not allowing.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

It appears if you had Park hoppers BEFORE they hit capacity, you are ok. If you are trying to ADD park hoppers now that they have reached capacity, they are not allowing you to do it. So you can park hop if you had the park hoppers before it hit capacity. No problem there. It's adding the park hoppers to your tickets when they are at capacity that they are not allowing.

Yeah I realize that... still find it interesting. Disney isn’t normally in the business of turning down money

 

[aljack34]

Yeah I realize that... still find it interesting. Disney isn’t normally in the business of turning down money

I am practically begging them to take mine and they don't want it !!!

 

[happilyeverfirstgrade]

I am practically begging them to take mine and they don't want it !!!

I'm so confused. If there is park availability for the day after your trip why can't you add that and stay an extra day?? THAT is the one that makes NO sense to me. Weird

 

[aljack34]

I'm so confused. If there is park availability for the day after your trip why can't you add that and stay an extra day?? THAT is the one that makes NO sense to me. Weird

I have 3 days of tickets next week starting the 16th. I am going the 16, 18, and 19th. There is no availability at any park for those days anymore. I tried to add the park hopper to my tickets and they said no. Then I tried to add another day to my ticket, making it a 4 day ticket, and adding the 20th, which has availability. They cannot work the system to add that day because they are at capacity on my other three days. I do not understand that at all either!