TimeshareTraveller
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Bluegreen ShoreCrest,
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We just returned from a Florida trip to Orlando and only did mild theme park stuff (Discovery Cove and SeaWorld). It's only June, and I had heat exhaustion symptoms on four days of last week after only a few hours of marching around. It's the fact that I haven't done much walking since Covid shut us all down, so I was truly unprepared for 7 mile hikes in 97 degree weather with 60% humidity. I didn't have heat exhaustion at Discovery Cove, though I spent most of the time there in the water. Two of those days of heat exhaustion we were not in theme parks but walking around Disney Springs one day and around the UCF college campus the next.
In 2019, we did all of the Disney parks in August, and I was able to handle hikes of 7-10 miles in the heat without dropping from heat exhaustion. Fast forward to 15 months of being locked in your house without daily proper exercise, and I was miserable out there.
Just be aware of your Covid inactivity level and make plans to overcome it before scheduling a day with heavy walking in heat.
In 2019, we did all of the Disney parks in August, and I was able to handle hikes of 7-10 miles in the heat without dropping from heat exhaustion. Fast forward to 15 months of being locked in your house without daily proper exercise, and I was miserable out there.
Just be aware of your Covid inactivity level and make plans to overcome it before scheduling a day with heavy walking in heat.