zipuzee
DIS Veteran
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- Apr 6, 2006
Love dogs but I’m glad this is over!!
Me too. I love my dog, but would never bring her on vacation. She'd be a neurotic mess.
Love dogs but I’m glad this is over!!
I'm a dog-lover, but between the nightly fireworks and having to leave the dog alone for several hours per day while touring the parks, a WDW trip seems like a mean thing to do to your dog.Me too. I love my dog, but would never bring her on vacation. She'd be a neurotic mess.
Well, that is an assumption. I think people do assume that corporations think things out better in advance then they actually often do. Are you old enough to remember "New Coke"? We think, "well, they have lots of money and employees, and potential liability, so they must have very carefully considered everything..." But experience shows that's often not the case. The United puppy incident you mentioned is one example of a corporation's failure to carefully train employees to protect both human & animal safety. The Grand Floridian alligator incident is one Disney example of a failure to consider the potential safety implications of families from all of the world coexisting with native resort wildlife. Having unlimited size & breeds of pet dogs at a busy, family-oriented resort was going to eventually result in a guest getting badly bitten. Imo it wasn't a matter of if, but when.
I would agree if there had been a major incident like those you mentioned that made them reconsider the policy, but the fact that they ended it after the designated trial period makes me think the cost just didn’t outweigh the benefit to them.Well, that is an assumption. I think people do assume that corporations think things out better in advance then they actually often do. Are you old enough to remember "New Coke"? We think, "well, they have lots of money and employees, and potential liability, so they must have very carefully considered everything..." But experience shows that's often not the case. The United puppy incident you mentioned is one example of a corporation's failure to carefully train employees to protect both human & animal safety. The Grand Floridian alligator incident is one Disney example of a failure to consider the potential safety implications of families from all of the world coexisting with native resort wildlife. Having unlimited size & breeds of pet dogs at a busy, family-oriented resort was going to eventually result in a guest getting badly bitten. Imo it wasn't a matter of if, but when.
My guess would be it just wasn’t profitable. I doubt the “legal department” failed to “mull over possibilities” before it was implemented especially considering plenty of other hotel chains have had success with this. My guess is they thought they saw an opportunity b/c so many opted to bring their pets for the storm. However, that’s different from a busy vacation so I’m sure not too many ppl took advantage of the option so it just wasn’t profitable.
Same here. I had an elderly dog that I would have wanted/needed to take before he died. But my 2 young dogs do fine boarding. Also, we like to fly vs drive & one is too big to fly in the cabin & I would never fly him in cargo unless I had some sort of unforeseen emergency situation.Totally agree with you! Since we have three fur children and live in Texas, it was not feasible to fly with all of them and one doesn’t like loud noises so they just get to stay home with their pet sitter roaming on their 1.3 acres. I am speculating we will hear much “chest pounding” from those that will take credit for letting Disney know they hated the policy and that was the sole reason the policy/trial period was ending. Would be nice , if the rumor is true, that Disney puts out a press release on why the policy won’t be implemented permanently after the trial period.
I suspect:
(1) They did not account for the extra cost of having to do deep cleans in rooms. When I called after the policy came out, we had booked POR and I called in advance about allergies and they said while they could not guarantee I'd be in a no-dog building, they would do a deep clean of the room before our stay. I imagine there were probably additional cleaning costs from dogs left alone too long that had accidents as well;
(2) They did not anticipate how many guests would break the rules (e.g., dogs off leash, not picking up after, sneaking non-service dogs into the parks, leaving barking dogs in rooms at night); and
(3) There were more unhappy guests complaining than there were guests actually making use of the policy.
Agree and I think a Disney vacation is unique in that most people spend all day in a park that doesn't allow pets for days and days at a time, so it's not like you are going to some cabin in the woods to hike with your dog.I also think the shutdown of the dog program is really in the best interest of the dogs. If I owned one I would not have brought it to DW. As mentioned, the noises, being cooped up for hours at a time, etc, are not fair to the pet.
Agree and I think a Disney vacation is unique in that most people spend all day in a park that doesn't allow pets for days and days at a time, so it's not like you are going to some cabin in the woods to hike with your dog.
Y'all know what this means...there is absolutely no hope for peacocks, hamsters or the awesome companions that are ferrets.
I don't know if this can give a hint, but FYI Disneyland Paris has just started allowed dogs on select resorts (well, only in the Davy Crockett Ranch at the moment, which is kind of like the Cabins at Fort Wilderness).
Given this is some fresh news (it was announced just a few days earlier), I wouldn't have expected Disney to stop the experiment at WDW.
I've called and so far guest services has said that they have no official word that the trial is ending. I have a reservation with a dog in a cabin for December. I wish they would actually release their statement if it is ending in October.
If they decide to end it, I would expect them to stop accepting new reservations at some date, and maybe still honour reservations with dogs before that.