"On this Day in Disney History" April 2020 Exercise Challenge

[Twilight Sparkle]

It's been snowing for two days here. It's a marvelous snow, though, because the sidewalks and roads have stayed completely clear, even though it keeps snowing and snowing.

Sounds beautiful!

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

No color changes today, but we are at 48% as a team now. Maybe we can move up 2% more tomorrow and be right on track for the month.

Today we step back into the not-so-distant past to April 14, 2016 when on this day in Disney history:

Disneyland and WDW both break ground on Star Wars Land!

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

Slacked off on Monday. Adding 60 minutes from 4/14.

440/850

 

[PollyannaMom]

25 minutes yesterday

290/600

 

[bwvBound]

Tues, 4/14: 126 minutes; just minimum horse care
Status through 4/14: 2290/3500

I'm falling slightly behind on my Watch goal. Current status: 19349/40100 active calories. Gladly I had a bit of a buffer early in the month but have hit the "blahs" this week. Lots of paperwork yesterday (sitting at my computer) ... likely more today. I'm watching my email closely for specific correspondence and feeling "chained" to the various devices.

 

[BonnieF]

Adding 50 minutes walking with a little gardening thrown in. (140/700)
Sophy1996, that's the best kind of snow - looks pretty and the roads are clear!
Twilight Sparkle, love the Roy Disney wedding!

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

105 minutes spread over two walks

1380/1800

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

I'm barely getting this in before midnight my time, so I will start with . . .

On this day in Disney history - April 15, 1983:

Tokyo Disneyland opens!!!! It has the distinction of being the first Disney park outside of the US, but the 4th Disney park overall.

In case you missed the grand opening:

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

What a great day! We have three color changes to celebrate. Elizabeth Smith and our TEAM have reached Persistent Purple, and Twilight Sparkle (me) has reached Powerful Pink!!!!

 

[bwvBound]

Wed, 4/15: 194 minutes
Status through 4/15: 2484/3500

Watch's April Challenge, current status: 20512/40100 Active Calories

Wed was a brilliant, sunny day with strong breezes in the late afternoon. I played individually with each of the horses, scrubbed the most-used horse blanket in iodine solution, mowed two sections of lawn with the walk-behind mower, pulled some weeds and completed the routine horse care. What a lovely day!! And yes, also spent plenty of time chained to my electronic devices responding to time-critical correspondence. Broke through the 'blahs'!!

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

It's been a weird two days. There was a job that I had applied to and interviewed for that responded via Indeed to say they weren't interested. Then I got a call on Tuesday from them to see if I wanted to come back for a 2nd interview on Wednesday. I went and they hired me on the spot and I had my first day today! Talk about unexpected. LOL. It's just a little part time gig to do on the side of my normal day to day stuff, but I'm happy with that!

Anyway, adding 40 minutes from 4/15 and 50 from today.
530/850

 

[sophy1996]

25-minute walk

605/1000

 

[sophy1996]

Yay, Tokyo Disneyland! That was a super fun trip last year.

Tuesday and Wednesday were nice, and the snow mostly melted. But then It snowed again starting last night, and I think at last count we had about 9 more inches! This storm isn't so marvelous, because it's totally covering roads and sidewalks.

@bwvBound, that sounds like a ton of work.
@Elizabeth Smith, congratulations on the new job!

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

135 minutes with the horses today

1515/1800

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Yay, Tokyo Disneyland! That was a super fun trip last year.

Tuesday and Wednesday were nice, and the snow mostly melted. But then It snowed again starting last night, and I think at last count we had about 9 more inches! This storm isn't so marvelous, because it's totally covering roads and sidewalks.

@bwvBound, that sounds like a ton of work.
@Elizabeth Smith, congratulations on the new job!

Bummer about the uncooperative snow. : ( 9 inches is a lot!

I thought of you when I saw the info about Tokyo Disneyland.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

No color changes today, but the team moved up to 55%! We're still on a roll!

On this day in Disney history - April 16, 2001:

One of my most favorite places ever opened - Animal Kingdom Lodge! The six-story resort (designed by renowned architect Peter Dominick) features deluxe facilities and luxury suites with the feel of a South African game reserve lodge. Amidst a 33-acre wildlife preserve, guests can gaze on any of more than 30 species of wildlife on display from the comfort of their balconies!

I don't know about you, but I could use a little Animal Kingdom Lodge fix right now:

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

I'm noticing that April is a big month for Disney grand openings.

 

[sophy1996]

I'm noticing that April is a big month for Disney grand openings.

Probably they want to get stuff open before the busy summer season?

Bummer about the uncooperative snow. : ( 9 inches is a lot!

I thought of you when I saw the info about Tokyo Disneyland.

It's very pretty, but I really would like to get over winter and have a bit of spring. It's not uncommon to get snow in May too here in Colorado though.

I'm so glad we got to go to Tokyo and our cruise last year. We were talking about how we wouldn't have gotten to go if it had been planned for this year. As it was, we ended up booking and canceling three versions of a trip this spring.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

40 minute walk

1555/1800

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Probably they want to get stuff open before the busy summer season?



It's very pretty, but I really would like to get over winter and have a bit of spring. It's not uncommon to get snow in May too here in Colorado though.

I'm so glad we got to go to Tokyo and our cruise last year. We were talking about how we wouldn't have gotten to go if it had been planned for this year. As it was, we ended up booking and canceling three versions of a trip this spring.

I wish I could both like and sad face your post. I chose to go with sad because of the trip cancellations. So sorry about that. I'm so glad things worked out for your trip last year so you have those memories during this time.

We have a feeling our trip to Europe this winter will not happen, either, especially if there is a fall resurgence of the virus. Right now, we have two trips booked in Dec - one domestic as a backup plan and one overseas as the original plan - and we're in wait and see mode. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up having to cancel both.