Walking with Walt - January 2024 Exercise Thread

[sophy1996]

The story I heard is that they handed out wrapped candies and observed how far people would walk before dropping the wrappers, and the answer was 30 feet.

 

[sophy1996]

+60

610/1000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

545 minutes since last check in - horses and running

1970/3000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Just stopping in to say hi - no minutes to report - it's my turn with the upper respiratory thing that the kids have had - ugh. Just glad it's passing quickly.
Love the videos - the flagpole base reminds me of the old lamp posts in New York when I was growing up!

Sorry you've been sick. Hope you're feeling better now!

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

The thought of a kid getting to see a horse for the first time at Disneyland made me choke up a little bit. It's so sweet to think of life through the eyes of a child.
I took Thursday off, then felt sick yesterday (must have eaten something that disagreed with me?), and today I decided to do an arm/core exercise. I notice when I'm rocking Charles to sleep, he's heavy enough now that my arms start to ache and burn, so I need to work on that. +10 minutes.
240/700

Hope you're feeling better by now, too!

 

[sophy1996]

+105

715/1000

 

[PollyannaMom]

A quick 10 minutes for me (370) and a big congrats to Twilight Sparkle on turning Pirate Purple!!

Still reading about Main Street, I learned about the Upjohn Pharmacy attraction, which I don't think I'd ever heard of before. Here's a video: (The narration was a little slow, so I sped it up to 1.25 in the menu when I watched.)

I also learned there was a real bank branch (not just an ATM) at Disneyland for years! The book suggested that it may have been a sort of thank-you for taking a chance by backing Snow White: "Perhaps Walt paid back the loan (and leap of faith) to Bank of America by offering prime real estate at his other risky venture - Disneyland."

And from D23: "The bank operated a branch on Main Street at Disneyland from July 17, 1955 to July 28, 1993. One of the longest-running participants at Disneyland, it was one of the only banks to have regular Sunday and holiday hours. It also sponsored 'it's a small world' from 1966 to 1992."

 

[CarolineBowmanFan37]

+1510 from the past few weeks

2920/4000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

365 since last update - horses and running

2150/3000

I think I should have aimed higher. We head to WDW Monday, and I'm pretty sure I'll go quite a bit over 3000.

 

[sophy1996]

+90

805/100

Twilight Sparkle, have a great trip!

 

[ShannyMcB]

+35
143/330

 

[Raya]

Caught a little bit of a bug, so I'm hoping to be ready to get minutes in tomorrow... having said that I wanted to contribute my favorite weird Disney fact - Did you know there was once a corset and bra shop on Main Street in Disneyland?
https://yesterland.com/wizard.html

 

[sophy1996]

+45

850/1000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

195 minutes - horses

2345/3000

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

+90

805/100

Twilight Sparkle, have a great trip!

Thank you!!!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Caught a little bit of a bug, so I'm hoping to be ready to get minutes in tomorrow... having said that I wanted to contribute my favorite weird Disney fact - Did you know there was once a corset and bra shop on Main Street in Disneyland?
https://yesterland.com/wizard.html

I had no idea!!

Hope you're feeling better soon.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Just 30 minutes for me since my last post. (400/500) I've been feeling a little "off" this weekend myself.

We have lots of color changes, though! -
Congrats to:
sophy1996, Twilight Sparkle, me, CarolineBowmanFan37, and the team!!


This week, I learned about Walt's hidden entertaining room in the park:

 

[Elizabeth Smith]

I have 140 minutes since my last update, growwithjo, Chloe Ting, yoga, and walking.
420/700

 

[sophy1996]

+60

910/1000

 

[PollyannaMom]

Congrats to Elizabeth Smith on reaching Pirate Purple, and to sophy1996 on being the first to hit Rafiki Red!!

Did you know that, although Sleeping Beauty Castle is said to be inspired by Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, one of the spires is different? - The gold one to the right was modeled after Norte Dame Cathedral's. - Apparently, Walt had seen it on a trip...and just really liked it.