OK, we're lucky we're not staying in any of the affected resorts. We do have one meal booked at POR. I don't want dogs on my holiday. My children don't want dogs on our holiday. Two of us have asthma.
We will not be back to WDW. Largely for other, much more significant reasons, but, this is making me realise how not going back to WDW is NOT a part of our sadness. Between the book your food 6 months out, book your own ride times 2 months out, diy style holiday (for the £12k I spent!?) the much less care than we saw previously, a whole raft of changes designed to NOT be for the customer's benefit, and now dogs, it's not a great holiday destination anymore.
Teaching the kids NOT to go in the lakes (which is not possible now) and NOT to put their hands into bushes, plants where they cannot see where they are going is fine, it's part of the interest factor of being somewhere new, and understanding different climates, queuing is part of the deal, being polite and considerate part of the deal EVERYWHERE we go, even when people think they don't need to extend us that courtesy. Understanding that some guests are going to feel like they are allowed to glare at or even criticise, my son for being autistic, not unique to disney world. being obliged to avoid dogs who are away from home, have been cooped up all day and will be all over the designated resorts, NOT something I think is part of a holiday.
Disney world is now so restrictive with all the planning and scheduling and now the avoiding dogs, that it really barely counts as a holiday at all, and I can definitely get more holiday for my money elsewhere. I used to be understanding, Disney is more expensive, because it is such a dream destination. I think it is losing that edge FAST.