4 Walt Disney World Resorts to accept dogs

[AEfx]

Yes, most dogs are left alone when people go to work, its not anything different for them. Am I missing something?

Yes, you are. Your home smells like "home" to your dog. He knows everything about it, and it's comforting.

A hotel room is a completely foreign place to them with all kinds of smells and sounds they do not know or recognize, and while you are not there, it's a stressful experience.

 

[Nubs70]

Are you serious or joking?

Absolutely serious.

Master bath was a total gut and redo. Basement ceiling, basement carpet, laundry room floor and master floor all replaced.

The guilty party.

 

[MisterPenguin]

however this does seem that it will be building specific

Only to an extent. For those buildings designated for dogs, the ground floor rooms will be for dogs. The upper floors for other guests. Additionally, if there isn't a dog in the doggie-designated room, they'll book a non-doggie guest there.

So, if you stay at one of the four designated resorts, the previous guest could have had a dog and your neighbors can be rooms with dogs. The only way to avoid that is to request not being in a building/wing which is designated for dogs... and who knows if they'll honor it. If that's the only space they have left...

 

[21stamps]

Absolutely serious.

Master bath was a total gut and redo. Basement ceiling, basement carpet, laundry room floor and master floor all replaced.

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The guilty party.

Omg. Wow, so sorry! I bet you were furious. Did he realize that he had done something wrong? He’s too cute to be mad at for too long

Some of these stories are reminding me why I can’t have a dog over 5lbs.lol

 

[Nubs70]

Omg. Wow, so sorry! I bet you were furious. Did he realize that he had done something wrong? He’s too cute to be mad at for too long

Some of these stories are reminding me why I can’t have a dog over 5lbs.lol

Not mad just laughed after the initial shock. Insurance allows you to do that.

He is about 195 lbs. I would love to bring him and his 150 lb brother to WDW. Hair and drool would remain in that room for months.

 

[EOD K9]

My dog locked himself in the bathroom, turned on water, stepped on drain stop. Did 25k in water damage.

And we covered it. We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.

 

[GoofGoof]

Not mad just laughed after the initial shock. Insurance allows you to do that.

He is about 195 lbs. I would love to bring him and his 150 lb brother to WDW. Hair and drool would remain in that room for months.

Now that I would pay extra to see. The look on the poor CM’s face when you checked in with the 2 of them would be priceless. I don’t think that’s what they had in mind when they decided to allow 2 dogs per room.

 

[GoofGoof]

Only to an extent. For those buildings designated for dogs, the ground floor rooms will be for dogs. The upper floors for other guests. Additionally, if there isn't a dog in the doggie-designated room, they'll book a non-doggie guest there.

So, if you stay at one of the four designated resorts, the previous guest could have had a dog and your neighbors can be rooms with dogs. The only way to avoid that is to request not being in a building/wing which is designated for dogs... and who knows if they'll honor it. If that's the only space they have left...

That could definitely be an issue with the plan. They will probably try to avoid putting a non-dog owning guest into a dog room whenever possible but at super crowded times when the resorts are almost full it might be unavoidable. I guess that’s only a handful of weeks out of the year.

 

[21stamps]

Not mad just laughed after the initial shock. Insurance allows you to do that.

He is about 195 lbs. I would love to bring him and his 150 lb brother to WDW. Hair and drool would remain in that room for months.

This is what I’m so curious about. Are people really going to bring almost 200lb dogs with them to Disney World? The food supply alone would take up too much cargo space.

 

[GoofGoof]

This is what I’m so curious about. Are people really going to bring almost 200lb dogs with them to Disney World? The food supply alone would take up too much cargo space.

I’m sure they will. There is no weight limit so it’s allowed within the rules. Some hotels have a weight limit for dogs like 40 lbs. I think it’s just wrong to discriminate against a dog that’s just carrying a few extra pounds

 

[Nubs70]

Uni also has this policy>
It's odd that Disney will allow an unattended animal in a hotel, that I think is the most curious.
"A $10 per hour "time out" fee is assessed by Loews Hotels if a pet is left unattended and needs to be removed from a guestroom."

From the Loews website https://site.universalorlando.com/military/Images/Pet_Agreement_Policy_tcm55-21186.pdf

I would like to see them try to move my dog. If he knows my wife is home and I try to walk him, he locks up and will not move to the point I pull off his collar right over his head. If I hand the leash to my wife, off he goes prancing down the street.

If an unknown CM tries to move him, he will just freeze and turn into an immovable object.

 

[Sundown]

This is just my personal opinion, of course. And I'm sure many may disagree. But it's an honest opinion. When I've met "pet people", they tend to be pretty darn strange.

Their lives seem absorbed with their animal property. And they often think of and speak of their animals like they are humans.I have a sister who is like this. She doesn't have any kids or husband and has faced challenges. When she visits most her stories are about her dog, she lets the dog accompany her throughout the house, and often talks to it aloud in coversation like it was a child. And actual conversations with real family members suffers. I love her to death, but can't help but see the sadness in this behavior.

I do certainly understand the love and companionship an animal can bring, but more and more these days they are used as crutches. Barrier's to developing meaningful relationships with actual humans. And should you ever question this, you tend to get looked at like you have two heads and have no right to think of animals as anything other than equals.

So, no...I think people should leave their animal property in their own homes.

 

[AEfx]

I would like to see them try to move my dog. If he knows my wife is home and I try to walk him, he locks up and will not move to the point I pull off his collar right over his head. If I hand the leash to my wife, off he goes prancing down the street.

If an unknown CM tries to move him, he will just freeze and turn into an immovable object.

Something tells me if they encountered something like that, and they wanted to move him - they would - animal control would just knock him out with a trank. I'm sure there is something buried in the agreement that covers stuff like that.

 

[peter11435]

So, if you stay at one of the four designated resorts, the previous guest could have had a dog and your neighbors can be rooms with dogs. The only way to avoid that is to request not being in a building/wing which is designated for dogs... and who knows if they'll honor it. If that's the only space they have left...

Any room you've ever stayed in at any Disney resort the previous guest could have had a dog.

 

[Incomudro]

Yes, you are. Your home smells like "home" to your dog. He knows everything about it, and it's comforting.

A hotel room is a completely foreign place to them with all kinds of smells and sounds they do not know or recognize, and while you are not there, it's a stressful experience.

It's actually a bit frightening how little dog owners understand about dogs, but it explains a lot of things.
Try to talk to a pitbull owner about selective breeding for instance. About what the dog was bred for, and how those genetic behaviors are wired in.
They'll show you a picture of a baby sleeping on a pitbull.
Again, much of this stems from people believing that dogs are hair covered humans.
It does neither the dog, nor the people that have to deal with them any service.

 

[Sundown]

I've reviewed liability insurance data. Pitbulls are incredibly, incredibly dangerous.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Any room you've ever stayed in at any Disney resort the previous guest could have had a dog.

Covered...

True working dogs are very well potty trained and don't bark unless for a very good reason. So, it's unlikely that a room was ever soiled by a working dog. It's also unlikely they were up on the bed or crawling under it or trying to dig through the carpet. Working dogs also go with their owner and aren't almost ever left in the room by themselves. A good vacuuming should be sufficient to clean up after a working dog.

 

[raymusiccity]

I've reviewed liability insurance data. Pitbulls are incredibly, incredibly dangerous.

Well, it might be true that certain dogs aren't inherently dangerous. But, if a Fox Terrier misbehaves and nips at you, no harm, no foul. See what happens when a Pit Bull gets startled and takes a chunk out of a toddler's arm! Given the volume of 'free range children' at the resorts, it's only a matter of time before dog bite incidents become too frequent for Disney to continue this ill-advised doggie program.

 

[larryz]

My dog locked himself in the bathroom, turned on water, stepped on drain stop. Did 25k in water damage.

Looks like he's getting back at you for all those baths he didn't want to take.

 

[larryz]

I’m sure they will. There is no weight limit so it’s allowed within the rules. Some hotels have a weight limit for dogs like 40 lbs. I think it’s just wrong to discriminate against a dog that’s just carrying a few extra pounds

As long as it doesn't need an ECV...