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Very strange that Orlando ranks so highly in walking trips. I can only assume that the data is thrown off massively by the theme park visits. Probably the same

• xeromal 3y ago
  Yeah, that sounds right. There's a mountain near Los Angeles called Mt Baldy that is pretty gnarly. I think it's about 10,000 feet high and I've hiked it 3-4x at this point. I get the same amount of steps hiking that mountain as I do when I go with my wife to disneyland. lol. Of course, the elevation gain is the killer but I was always amused by that fact.
• pwthornton 3y ago
  The data has to be really distorted because neither place is traditionally walkable outside of the tourist areas. But both show that you can make unwalkable areas highly walkable. People love going to Disney and being able to safely walk around.
  • neuronerdgirl 3y ago
    As someone who was just there, you can't walk practically ANYWHERE in disney world. Within the parks sure, but getting between places is a nightmare if you don't have a car. There are zero sidewalks anywhere between any of the resorts and parks. We stayed at the Port Orleans resort and were forced to take a bus to Epcot (15 minute drive, for the record) when the entrance is literally across the highway! We had to add almost an hour for transit anytime we wanted to shift sites, and there was never an option to walk. We couldn't even access a pharmacy when my partner realized their contact solution was out - we would have had to pay for a Lyft because not only were there no sidewalks, the parking lots were literally fenced in. Coming from more regular trips to the Anaheim location where you can easily walk from any nearby hotel to anywhere you need to go, I was shocked at how aggressively anti-pedestrian it all felt.