RE:running at AKV

[emutrackster]

I Hate treadmills and I am looking for a 5 mile run at Animal Kingdom Villas (Don't care about how many laps). Any help would be appreciated.

 

[hellerjw]

The employee/guest parking lot is pretty large. I would guess it's at least 1/2 mile around the perimeter, probably more. You could do 7-10 laps around it and hit that 5 mile mark pretty easily I would think.

You could also run to the McDonald's (near the Value resort entrances) and back which is probably close to 5 miles round trip if memory serves.

 

[spiceycat]

traffic can be bad - just either drive or ride the bus to Studios - then run along the outside (there are side walls) of the epcot resorts.

http://www.disneyrunning.com/joggingtrailbc.html

 

[LisaS]

I love AKL/AKV but this is the one thing that I don't like about it -- there are no paths where you can take a long walk (or a run in your case). The savannas occupy the interior of the resort where the walkways would normally be.

If you leave the resort area, there are no sidewalks so you would have to run in the road which is not a good idea. There is a lot of traffic and as you get close to AKL/V there is lots of foliage so drivers don't have a good view around the bends in the road. So as hellerjw said that leaves the parking lot.

 

[Crisgw]

I'm a distance runner and the last time we were at AKV I did 13m on the treadmill and HATED it, however, it didn't seem safe to road run out there so I just sucked it up. I'm hoping that I can figure something out besides treadmill running!

 

[Deb & Bill]

If you want a longer run than the parking lot will provide, you'll need to drive to another location to take that run.

 

[DisneyWalker44]

Animal Kingdom Lodge/Villas is one of the few Disney resorts from which you can't go on a long run (without some major hassle).

You could make a 0.8 mile parking lot loop. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2428125

If neither that nor treadmill work for you, you'll have to leave. With a car, you have lots of options. With the buses, your best bets are either a Blizzard Beach or Disney Studios bus.

From Blizzard Beach, you can do a nice 5 mile run up to CSR, around their lake, then down to the end of the All-star resorts and back. From Disney Studios, you can do two laps of a 2.5 mile run up the Boardwalk, around the lake, a quick back and forth to Epcot's entrance for extra mileage, then back down to Disney Studios.

If you've got any question or need to see maps, let me know.

 

[kikiq]

If neither that nor treadmill work for you, you'll have to leave. With a car, you have lots of options. With the buses, your best bets are either a Blizzard Beach or Disney Studios bus.

Make your way to SSR. You can chart a run around the lake, along the river and over the bridge to OKW. Frankly, the lack of running/walking paths was one reason we didn't buy AKV. My oldest DD and brother are both marathon runners and since they will have the second 25 years of our DVC ownership, it is very important to them to have grounds to do that. You might consider a split stay. Your AKV stay, you train on the treadmills. Your SSR stay, you chart an early morning outdoor run.

 

[lenshanem]

No where really to run there. Best bet is to go over to the Epcot resorts area and run there. It is a fun loop and you can add on miles with the sidewalks outside the resorts and by going over to the Studios and back.