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I can make a little list of Disney attractions that do involve some physical activity. I think we went on most of them. Lewis loved them; small children generally do, since they’re like a playground jungle gym writ large. We visited Tarzan’s Treehouse on a slow day without lines, and Lewis dragged me through it four times, one trip right after another in a kind of loop. The climb is substantial (don’t do it if you’re really afraid of heights). I felt almost virtuous when we were done, and Lewis was ready to stay for another hour.

The traditional place for kids to really get a workout is Tom Sawyer Island, in the middle of Frontierland or Gender-Apartheidland or whatever they’re calling it. It’s still essentially the same as it was when I was a child in the 1970s: you ride across the moat on a motorized raft, dock at the island, and go wild. It’s the nearest thing to “nature” in Disneyland. The ducks and coots are real, actual birds, if popcorn-addicted. It’s also the nearest thing to unsupervised, nearly-dangerous fun.

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