4 Walt Disney World Resorts to accept dogs

[Bolt]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Four hotels at Walt Disney World Resort will allow guests to bring dogs beginning Sunday.

The hotels near Orlando, Florida, are Disney's Yacht Club Resort, Disney Port Orleans Resort-Riverside, Disney's Art of Animation Resort and cabins at Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. The Yacht Club adds $75 to daily room rates for canine guests, the other three, $50.

The pilot program is accepting reservations through October 2018. Two dogs are permitted per guest room.

A Pluto's Welcome Kit includes a mat, bowls, pet ID tag, plastic bags, puppy pads and dog walking maps. Doggy day care and other pet services are offered nearby at Best Friends, an on-property pet care facility.

Disney says dogs staying in its hotels "must be well behaved, leashed in resort public areas and properly vaccinated."

 

[wdwmagic]

More info at http://www.wdwmagic.com/resorts/wal...o-stay-at-walt-disney-world-resort-hotels.htm

 

[rnese]

There goes the neighborhood.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Let's hope it's only a small portion of the rooms quarantined off from the rest of the resort so people like me who are allergic don't get in trouble.

 

[wdwmagic]

Thought it was April 1 when I saw this.

 

[Kamikaze]

Disney says dogs staying in its hotels "must be well behaved, leashed in resort public areas and properly vaccinated."

Vague descriptors always cause issues.

 

[Texas84]

 

[Bolt]

Hard Rock and Portofino at Universal have been allowing dogs for years.

 

[Nj4mwc]

So can you leave your dog in the room alone or am I paying 50 a night to sleep with my dog and then drive him over to best friends and pay for doggie day care

 

[Rteetz]

So can you leave your dog in the room alone or am I paying 50 a night to sleep with my dog and then drive him over to best friends and pay for doggie day care

You can leave your dog in the room with this.

 

[Clamman73]

Woof

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

On our last trip I was awake many nights with my crying, teething one year old. I would often walk around the resort in the middle of the night so she would stop crying and not wake the rest of the family. I would feel terrible if her crying was heard in other rooms. What are the chances every dog owner will be just as considerate with their barking dogs?

 

[Shimmer73083]

I've experienced children with worse behavior than dogs on numerous occasions!

 

[Horizons '83]

So can you leave your dog in the room alone or am I paying 50 a night to sleep with my dog and then drive him over to best friends and pay for doggie day care

Probably this.

Most won't let your pets stay monitored throughout the day. I'm basing this off the Loews Universal Hotels.

 

[xdan0920]

4 hotels crossed right off my list.

 

[ptaylor]

And again Disney continues to devalue its resort experience. This is what I expect at a La Quinta for $74 a night, not in a $500 a night deluxe Disney resort.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Will Disney require proof of vaccination?

Will they check for fleas?

From now on, I'll indicate on my room preferences "no room that has ever housed a pet (except a working animal)."

 

[JenniferS]

4 hotels crossed right off my list.

Ugh, I’m already booked for POR for September 2018. My dog phobic self is currently hyper-ventilating.

 

[rnese]

I've experienced children with worse behavior than dogs on numerous occasions!

Children are human beings. Dogs are animals.

 

[Horizons '83]

I am a dog lover and have an awesome dobe, but I feel like it would be nice to go to a place without dogs and I feel bad for those who have a serious allergy to dogs/cats. I am guessing guest survey's revealed that many want this option, plus its a revenue driver for WDW.