Sunday August 3rd 2025

Today’s location for my walking exercise was Disney Springs. The shopping and entertainment district was only moderately busy this afternoon. There were only a few clouds in the sky, so it was warm in the sun reflecting off the concrete. Maybe that is what kept the crowds down.

I had a good time walking around and stopping in a few of the shops. My wallet never came out of my pocket. Even my planned purchase of food didn’t happen. The middle of the afternoon wasn’t the right time for eating. It seemed like most of the people were behaving in a similar manor, more walking than buying.

The original plan for the day was a visit to Sea World. I still want to see their night time drone and fireworks show. My issue is all the waiting around time that entails. Since I am not into roller coasters I spend my time watching the shows and walking around. Sea World isn’t the greatest walking theme park around. The pathways are often narrow with many choke points. I wasn’t ready for all the downtime today.

Walking might be better if all the people understood my etiquette for walking in a theme park. Just like driving, in this country, you should walk on the right and pass on the left when space is available. Be patient. Don’t bulldoze your way through the middle of the people walking three abreast. The people walking four, five and six abreast are just asking to be broken up. Please don’t suddenly stop in the middle of the pathway to gather your group together and debate your next move. Big groups milling about on the side of the pathway are hard enough to get around. Last, but not least, don’t backup. Turn around and move forward. Backing up in a crowd is guarantied to get in someone else way even if you don’t step on them or knock them over.

OK, nobody cares and I’m probably guilty of a few of these as well. I just think about these things as I people watch on my visits to the parks.