Hitting the Disney World Wall: Saving Your Vacation from Exhaustion
Addicted to the Mouse: Disney Podcast | Disney World, Universal, & Cruise Vacation Planning
Dan and Leslie Lowry
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
On today’s Disney podcast, we’re talking about strategies for not getting so exhausted that you’re burned out by the middle of your Disney World vacation. From building in a rest day to quick options that you can pivot to while you’re in the parks if one of the members of your travel party needs a quick rest. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | It is officially hot here in central Florida now. We have hit summer, and you know what that means. A lot of cranky folks walking around the parks. Hello and welcome to a dick to the mouse. Today is Sunday, June 14th. You're listed to episode number 806, and this podcast is about hitting that Disney World Wall, saving your vacation from exhaustion. |
| 0:40.2 | Hey everybody, Dana Leslie here. Thanks for joining us today. Yes, it is like just very warm. |
| 0:44.7 | It is stifling out there. There's not much of a breeze. It's officially like 92, 93 degrees, |
| 0:51.8 | but the heat index this weekend is over 100. So I am told. And it is warm. So we just came in from a walk and it is very warm out there. So I think this topic is very much on |
| 0:56.5 | point and we're going to help you figure out some ways to not run yourself into the ground the |
| 1:01.5 | next time you come to Disney World, especially in the heat of summer. Yes, but before we do that, |
| 1:05.3 | I do have one little teeny tiny, almost literally piece of news because there is, there's a new baby giraffe that has |
| 1:14.4 | made its way onto the safari. So if you are on Kilimanjaro safaris, anytime in the near future, |
| 1:20.8 | you might get to see a little Ivy who was born in April. |
| 1:24.4 | Aw, she's adorable. Yep. She is already weighing in at nearly 300 pounds. |
| 1:28.6 | Are you serious? |
| 1:29.0 | Standing about seven and a half feet tall. Good night. So, yeah, so maybe not so tiny, but, but comparatively to the other giraffes that are out there. That is true, but wow, it's hard to believe that little thing is 300 pounds. I know, I know. I guess because they're so long and lean, |
| 1:46.6 | they don't, |
| 1:47.0 | it doesn't look like they would be that. thing is 300 pounds. I know, I know. I guess because they're so long and and lean, they don't, |
| 1:47.0 | it doesn't look like they would be that heavy. But yeah, you don't want to get trampled by one of them. |
| 1:53.5 | But really, we don't have any other news outside of, I just posted last night a story of ask us |
| 2:00.8 | anything for an upcoming podcast. So whenever we go on |
| 2:04.5 | our big summer vacation every year, we have to pre-record a bunch of podcasts. And so it's |
| 2:10.2 | really fun to kind of make that be our kind of annual Ask Us Anything. And so we'll probably do, |
| 2:15.7 | I would guess, like two to three episodes of Ask Us Anything Questions. Probably it was three last summer. And so we'll probably do, I would guess, like two to three episodes of |
| 2:19.3 | ask us anything. Probably it was three last summer and I thought that felt pretty good. |
| 2:22.5 | Yeah. Three very full episodes. So yes. Yeah. And we already have lots of questions. But I'll |
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