Walking to Disney?

[PatricenPete]

I have seen that many of you are "walking to Disney" - I would like to try it to - what do I do?

 

[lillygator]

I am interested in this too and I probably have less distance to go than many of you!

 

[PatricenPete]

bump for more info.....

 

[AprilN]

I'm not doing it at the moment, but I believe it's just a fun challenge that WISHers are using to keep themselves motivated to workout - they're not actually planning to walk to WDW.

The basic idea is that you use Mapquest/Google Maps to determine the mileage between your house and WDW (for instance, 3049 miles for me from Livermore, CA). Then you keep track of the miles that you walk/run during your workouts, and apply that towards the total mileage needed to reach WDW. When you've walked enough miles, the party starts!

I'm sure others who are actually participating in the challenge have more to add... HTH!

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Click the Walking to Disney clippie in my sig. It will take you to the thread that started it all.

Basically - calculate the distance from your home to a destination in WDW (resorts are easiest) using MapQuest, or other online mapping service

Set a goal of walking the distance to WDW in a determined amount of time. The original premise was to cover the distance by the time of your next visit ... not realistic for everyone.

You can walk around your neighborhood, at the mall, on a treadmill, wherever. There aren't any rules about what steps count. I used to only count the walking that was in excess of my everyday steps here and there. Now I wear my pedometer all day and count every step.

I figured I could average 2 miles a day without a lot of effort, therefore it should take me until the end of July 2006 to reach Magic Kingdom.

 

[nativetxn]

What a great idea. I'll have to try this

 

[ohMom]

katholyn!!! (HUGS!) and those are great big ones! how are you??
ok - i may do this - walk to disney - or maybe Port Canaveral in my case. i go in november, i'll have to figure this one out.

i love the user who has the map in their siggie -- how do I get that???