March 2026 Exercise Thread - Wearin' o' the Disney Green

[PollyannaMom]

Congrats to luvpoohandcompany on reaching pink and to clappyclaps and the TEAM on reaching purple!!


Though Donald Duck traditionally wears blue, in honor of Pi Day today (3/14) we'll acknowledge his green outfit in "Donald in Mathemagic Land" -




If you have half an hour, you can view the full film here:

Donald also wears green in his Tusker House meet-n-greet outfit at Animal Kingdom -

Evolution of Tusker House (AI Overview, witch also cited Facebook)

• 1998–2007 (Quick Service): Originally designed as a fast-casual spot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring plastic utensils and traditional American fare with slight African touches.
• The 2007 Shift: On November 17, 2007, it reopened as a table-service buffet to meet the demand for more varied dining.
• Character Integration: Concurrently with the 2007 overhaul, "Donald's Breakfastosaurus" moved from Restaurantosaurus to Tusker House to become "Donald's Safari Breakfast," later expanding to include lunch and dinner characters, including Mickey, Daisy, and Goofy.
• Atmosphere & Theme: The restaurant is themed as part of the fictional, bustling Harambe Marketplace, with a backstory of being a former colonial-era building repurposed by the citizens of Harambe after 1961.
• Modern Era: Known for its "crackling" atmosphere, the interior features rustic, travel-themed decor. While it operated as a family-style service during the 2021 reopening period, it returned to its signature buffet format featuring African-inspired cuisine (like curries and roasted meats) combined with standard, kid-friendly options.

 

[ShannyMcB]

+55
105/250

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

125 minutes - horses and mini trampoline

1600/2000

 

[PollyannaMom]

45 minutes this morning brings me to 450/700.

Congrats to ShannyMcB on reaching orange and to Twilight Sparkle on reaching pink!!

Page one is looking very colorful!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Green Characters are the Claw Machine Aliens from Toy Story:


The Pixar Wiki describes them as follows:
The Squeeze Toy Aliens (a.k.a. Little Green Men or LGMs for short) are rubber squeak toys in the Toy Story franchise. They represent small, short, lime-skinned space aliens with three eyes, three-fingered hands chubby bodies with short arms and legs, large feet, and oblong heads with pointy ears and a single club-tipped antenna on top. All have the same appearance, speak in the same voice, and wear the blue space uniforms containing the Pizza Planet logo on the right side of the chest and a purple collar around the neck. They also wear a dark blue belt around their waists and a set of dark blue boots on their feet.

You can find these little guys on all sorts of Disney merch, from toys:


to clothes and bags:


to various mouse ears on Etsy:


Some of the voice actors for the characters are Jeff Pidgeon:
Click here to see more of his roles...

and Debi Derryberry, seen here:

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Loved hearing Debi Derryberry talk about her voice roles in Toy Story. A firm family favourite in this house. Thanks @PollyannaMom for sharing all this brilliant info

 

[sophy1996]

580/1000

We had snow yesterday and the forecast projects temps in the lower 80s later this week. Never know what to expect!

 

[Raya]

Enjoyed a day at DC's biggest geek convention, 4 hours of walking. I'm going to count 90 minutes as exercise. Gave into an impulse and bought a light saber that's approved by the light saber performance groups. After weeks of researching dueling sabers, I bought a dance one.

In my defense it's very pretty. Guess I'll be learning saber performance soon!

Raya - 315/600 - 52%

 

[Alicatt]

March 7 to 14 270 minutes March 16th 50 minutes
Total 455/850

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

Hey, everyone! Just checking in to say hi and to let you all know that we're doing well here, except for not sleeping much. Hope to join you all soon! I'll probably stalk this thread in the meantime, though.

we'll acknowledge his green outfit in "Donald in Mathemagic Land" -

I remember watching this in my 5th grade math class!

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

A 50 minute walk done and dusted before we start celebrating St Patrick’s Day
520/620

 

[PollyannaMom]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

30 minutes for me yesterday (480/700)
and congrats to Raya and Alicatt on reaching purple!!

The team is at 5,474 minutes and 62% of goal!!


I saved a special, and very green, Disney entry just for today:


Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) is renowned for groundbreaking special effects, primarily utilizing forced perspective, matte paintings, and complex camera tricks developed by Peter Ellenshaw to make actors appear miniature. These techniques, including Schüfftan process mirrors, allowed for seamless interaction between full-sized and tiny characters. (Google search overview)

from: https://disney.fandom.com/ - Darby O'Gill and the Little People is a 1959 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, and Jimmy O'Dea, in a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson, and its screenplay written by Lawrence Edward Watkin after the books of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. The film's title is a slight modification of one of her two books, Darby O'Gill and the Good People. This title, and Kavanagh's other book, Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O'Gill Tales, were the original source for this movie.


Darby O'Gill and the Little People is currently available on Disney+


And here is the Walt Disney special mentioned in the special effects video above:

 

[PollyannaMom]

Hey, everyone! Just checking in to say hi and to let you all know that we're doing well here, except for not sleeping much. Hope to join you all soon! I'll probably stalk this thread in the meantime, though.

Hi! It's nice to hear from you, and I'm glad to hear things are going well.

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

I love Darby O’Gill and the little people. Might just have to watch that this evening

 

[clappyclaps]

The Toy Story aliens are my favourite!

+ 136 for walks over the past few days. The sun is shining here and is due to be until the end of the weekend, which will make for some glorious days to walk in! Could almost get away with wearing short sleeves here today

Total = 1075/1800