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I have searched and searched this web site and many others including disneys and I can not find any info, any one have any?

Last may when I was there the first kennel showed up in Epcot, I chooses not to use it because I had questions. We leave in three weeks and the only thing I can find is on wdw web that says ask CM about portable kennels, and additional information, but when you push on it it does not open.

Help, anyone use these? How does it work? What are they like? Is the list on the web site correct? Where are the dogs when in the kennels, at the exits? Enterance? How secure?

Another question, about the best friends kennels. I read about the question of taxi and it never being answered. But I had a thought and do not know who to call. Disney resorts offer free taxis to the golf courses? Do you think they would do the same for a blind person to get to the kennels if dog needs respite? We stay at POfQ kennel is across street from POR, so close, can you walk it. And for day use what time does dog need to be picked up again, I forget?
 
I have searched and searched this web site and many others including disneys and I can not find any info, any one have any?

Last may when I was there the first kennel showed up in Epcot, I chooses not to use it because I had questions. We leave in three weeks and the only thing I can find is on wdw web that says ask CM about portable kennels, and additional information, but when you push on it it does not open.

Help, anyone use these? How does it work? What are they like? Is the list on the web site correct? Where are the dogs when in the kennels, at the exits? Enterance? How secure?

Another question, about the best friends kennels. I read about the question of taxi and it never being answered. But I had a thought and do not know who to call. Disney resorts offer free taxis to the golf courses? Do you think they would do the same for a blind person to get to the kennels if dog needs respite? We stay at POfQ kennel is across street from POR, so close, can you walk it. And for day use what time does dog need to be picked up again, I forget?

It won't be safe to walk to the best friends kennel the road way is used mostly by Disney buses. And their no cross walk or side walk to get to it so it won't be safe for you to to do so.


It be up to the resort of they give you a free taxi voucher you can always ask but they not required to since they don't offer it to other guests. Where the golf course they offer to everyone who has a tee time.

The kennels are at attractions that the dog can't say key go on like roller coasters. Did you look on best friends web site they have one for Disney resorts that lost prices and services.
 
I walked to Best Friends from POR. It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend someone lead a blind person across it.
 
I wouldn't walk a road that dose not have a side walk and cross a road that not mean to be crossed and dose not have a cross walk their just to many people not just in Disney that get hit by a car that way. The taxi will be around 3 dollars most likely since it very close and Disney might pay for the taxi it just not worth my life to not pay the taxi if I don't have a car.
 

I have searched and searched this web site and many others including disneys and I can not find any info, any one have any?

Last may when I was there the first kennel showed up in Epcot, I chooses not to use it because I had questions. We leave in three weeks and the only thing I can find is on wdw web that says ask CM about portable kennels, and additional information, but when you push on it it does not open.

Help, anyone use these? How does it work? What are they like? Is the list on the web site correct? Where are the dogs when in the kennels, at the exits? Enterance? How secure?

Another question, about the best friends kennels. I read about the question of taxi and it never being answered. But I had a thought and do not know who to call. Disney resorts offer free taxis to the golf courses? Do you think they would do the same for a blind person to get to the kennels if dog needs respite? We stay at POfQ kennel is across street from POR, so close, can you walk it. And for day use what time does dog need to be picked up again, I forget?

I've never had to use the kennels at the rides, but I have used Best Friends kennels. It is right across the street and I would also recommend NOT walking across the street. You are crossing at least 4 lanes of heavy traffic with no crosswalks. I did get a free ride to the kennels on a taxi voucher from the Boardwalk a number of years ago. We asked and they gave us one. It can't hurt to ask someone even before you go at the front desk. This way you can plan ahead in case you need to use the kennels. For the times, the kennels are open from, I believe, and hour before the first park opens to an hour after the last park closes.
 
Thanks for the advice on best friends, and if there is no cross walk I won't cross. How stupid of them not to build a cross walk, but to put it there.

I guess no one have used the kennels, I will try another board, maybe they have at DL, even sue has nothing listed about the kennels at the rides and Disney sit does not allow you into more info, so I really want to know before I go, should I leave her behind or take her. We are usually 5 to 8 when we go so splitting up is okay, this time it is just dd, dgd and myself, splitting up seems like a waste of time. Before we just got a doggy swap, half went and then the other half, but with three it would mean never really spending any ride time together, no magic memory pictures of us together.
 
Thanks for the advice on best friends, and if there is no cross walk I won't cross. How stupid of them not to build a cross walk, but to put it there.

I guess no one have used the kennels, I will try another board, maybe they have at DL, even sue has nothing listed about the kennels at the rides and Disney sit does not allow you into more info, so I really want to know before I go, should I leave her behind or take her. We are usually 5 to 8 when we go so splitting up is okay, this time it is just dd, dgd and myself, splitting up seems like a waste of time. Before we just got a doggy swap, half went and then the other half, but with three it would mean never really spending any ride time together, no magic memory pictures of us together.

The problem is not many attractions have them and not that many disers users them. I tried googling it just got a Disney site that told which attractions have them but no photos. As for the cross walk then that means Disney needs to put side walks in a traffic light which all coast money and slows traffic and when most of the traffic is Disney buses they like to keep them moving as much as they can. Plus non service animal aren't allowed at Disney resorts so they don't want to have guest walking their dog through port Orleans. As another poster said they will most likely give you a voucher.




Here the site I am sure this is the site you was looking at. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/service-animals/
 
I have not used the ones at WDW (or anywhere as a guest), but I do have experience being on the employee side of it at USF, so it would be similar.

The "portable kennel" is a typically a collapsible wire crate. An employee will assemble it if needed, you (or someone in your party) will place the SD in the crate, and the door will be closed. The crate will either be set up in an area that is inaccessible to guests (at Kongfrontation it was actually up in the control booth with me), or a CM will stand in front of the crate to keep nosy people away. Depending on exactly where it is set up, you might get off the ride near where the crate is, or someone in your party would go over to the crate, retrieve the SD, and walk him back to you. The CMs are not allowed to touch or handle the SD at all, just like they are not allowed to transfer a person from a wheelchair to the ride vehicle.

I would definitely tell the greeter outside each attraction that you would like to use the portable crate if you're not comfortable with taking your SD along on the ride. Not every attraction has one, so they may need to call a supervisor over to bring the closest one so you can use it.
 
I have not used the ones at WDW (or anywhere as a guest), but I do have experience being on the employee side of it at USF, so it would be similar.

The "portable kennel" is a typically a collapsible wire crate. An employee will assemble it if needed, you (or someone in your party) will place the SD in the crate, and the door will be closed. The crate will either be set up in an area that is inaccessible to guests (at Kongfrontation it was actually up in the control booth with me), or a CM will stand in front of the crate to keep nosy people away. Depending on exactly where it is set up, you might get off the ride near where the crate is, or someone in your party would go over to the crate, retrieve the SD, and walk him back to you. The CMs are not allowed to touch or handle the SD at all, just like they are not allowed to transfer a person from a wheelchair to the ride vehicle.


I would definitely tell the greeter outside each attraction that you would like to use the portable crate if you're not comfortable with taking your SD along on the ride. Not every attraction has one, so they may need to call a supervisor over to bring the closest one so you can use it.

Thank you, but I just want to check because I got totally different information when I called Disney, but it seemed no one knew so I was past to four different people and may still have recieved incorrect info. My understanding and what you state sounds the same, there is a crate, I put the dog in, me and my party go on ride, I get dog, no CM ever touches dog.

When called they told me a member of my family or me have to stay with dog at all times, and I said well that defeats the perp use, so they said not if you are diabetic and the dogs go off when you are not around. I said maybe but I am not diabetic. And it was not a diabetic who sued disney to get the kennels there. Blind people wanted to be able to ride the ride with family like others can, and not have to do ride swap at every ride the dog can go on. So the purpose of the suit was to give a place away from the crowd to lock the dog in have him safe while we ride.

Anyway, if you can please correct this if I am wrong, we leave the dog and all three of us can ride and then get the dog. Also do you think it would help if I stopped by quest services and told them I wanted the kennels and for which rides that day. We only need it for 3 or 4 a day at most.
 
Thank you, but I just want to check because I got totally different information when I called Disney, but it seemed no one knew so I was past to four different people and may still have recieved incorrect info. My understanding and what you state sounds the same, there is a crate, I put the dog in, me and my party go on ride, I get dog, no CM ever touches dog. When called they told me a member of my family or me have to stay with dog at all times, and I said well that defeats the perp use, so they said not if you are diabetic and the dogs go off when you are not around. I said maybe but I am not diabetic. And it was not a diabetic who sued disney to get the kennels there. Blind people wanted to be able to ride the ride with family like others can, and not have to do ride swap at every ride the dog can go on. So the purpose of the suit was to give a place away from the crowd to lock the dog in have him safe while we ride. Anyway, if you can please correct this if I am wrong, we leave the dog and all three of us can ride and then get the dog. Also do you think it would help if I stopped by quest services and told them I wanted the kennels and for which rides that day. We only need it for 3 or 4 a day at most.

They are only required due to law suit have them at rides that the dog can't go on safely so they won't be at every attraction all other rides the dogs can go on they are allowed to so you have to make the choice to let the dog on or have a member wait with the dog. The cms are not allowed to touch the dog I think they have to keep and eye on them meaning not let someone take the dog but that it. I posted the site and it list the rides that will have the kennel or will allow rider swap if you don't want to use the kennels.
 
Here is from the site and the rides that the dogs can't go on for their safety

Cast Members are not permitted to take control of service animals. Guests with service animals should follow the same attraction entrance guidelines as Guests who use wheelchairs.

Due to the nature of some attractions, service animals may not be permitted to ride. At these locations, please ask a Cast Member about available options, including Rider Switch with a member of your party or a portable kennel.

Restricted Locations for Service Animals
Service animals are restricted from the following locations:

Magic Kingdom Park
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Peter Pan’s Flight
The Barnstormer
Space Mountain
Epcot
Mission: SPACE
Test Track
Soarin’
Sum of All Thrills
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
Star Tours – The Adventure Continues
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park
Affection Section at Rafiki’s Planet Watch
Kali River Rapids
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain®
Primeval Whirl
DINOSAUR

Service Animals Permitted with Caution
Guests with service animals should check with a host for attraction and boarding information at the following attractions:

Magic Kingdom Park
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Stitch’s Great Escape
Epcot
Spaceship Earth
Innoventions – Certain Attractions
Captain EO
Disney's Hollywood Studios
The Great Movie Ride
Toy Story Midway Mania!
Disney's Animal Kingdom Park
It’s Tough To Be A Bug!
Kilimanjaro Safaris
The aviary area of Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
The aviary area of Maharajah Jungle Trek
DINOSAUR
 
When called they told me a member of my family or me have to stay with dog at all times, and I said well that defeats the perp use, so they said not if you are diabetic and the dogs go off when you are not around. I said maybe but I am not diabetic.

That still makes no sense. How would the dog alert on someone's blood sugar level when they're on a ride nowhere near them?

When are you going to be going to Disney? I'll be going on a trip with the school in April, and one of the guys in the group uses a guide dog, so I'll be able to find out more then. Of course, that won't help if you're going before that :)

It's too bad I don't live down there, I'd be more than happy to meet up with you for a day and be the designated "kennel guard" so you guys could all ride together lol
 
and this is why calling Disney is 99% a total waste of time:confused3

Having traveled and grown up with guide dogs, I can't imagine ever putting on in one of these ride kennels. To me, it's not worth stressing the dog out multiple times a day. Then again, our dogs were rarely away from us. They only were babysat by family or close friends that they were familiar with, and they'd be left for an hour or so at the groomers. At the groomers they would go with the person easily enough (but again, it was usually the same woman that they got to know..) but picking them up was an ordeal that involved one of us standing in the reception area and opening the gate without other customers around while the groomer went in the back and let the dog out of the cage. They would trot out then see/smell us and go absolutely batcrap crazy, whining and howling and bouncing like being reunited after years apart. If the groomer or us tried to go to the dog in the kennel, they would get so excited they'd hurt themselves as soon as they saw the groomer with the leash or a family member at all. Neither dog ever deviated from that and we couldn't train that out of them. So winding back around to my point...to put a dog in a crate in a situation like Disney if the dog at all gets separation issues seems silly to me. Its easy enough to do rider swap.
 
Thanks for the list of rides, but I have over 25 triPs so I know the rides and what we can go on with the dog.

Lock, I am a guide dog user, I personally would have returned my dog to the school if he or she was not trained to go in a kennel or be left alone for some time without me. I have to work and if my service dog was that sensitive he would not be a good service dog. I disagree with your statement of stressing the dog out several times a day. Service dogs are suppose to be trained to be friendly, but able to stay calm. Quiet and content for hours, in a kennel or on tie down. I have to get up and move around but my dog is to stay still until I tell him to move, other wise he will be in my way or others way.

I don't mean to be rude, like you were suggesting that I was somehow treating my dog bad for wanting to put them in a kennel and stress her out so we can go on rides. But this is why all service dogs should have to pass so e types of certification, and a dog that can not sit and behave for a few minutes in a kennel, would not pass the first and most basic obedience, called good citizenship. A dog that can not do a kennel for a few minutes would never make it thru guide dog training.

Jellybean if you can tell me once again, I can leave the dog in kennel, go with family and then get the dog, I do not need a family member to sit next to the dog. And we are going in march, but thanks for the sweet offer.

We are debating leave the dog at home and use human guide, which I am to independent on. Or take her but for those few rides we need to use the kennel, I think for us it is 5 in MK, 1 in AK, 1 in DHS and 2 in Epcot. So at most that means the dog is in kennel 25 minutes a day and away from me 25 min on the day we are in MK. I'm sure he is trained enough to do that, oh to get that I figure each ride we will have her in kennel 5 minutes during the ride, maybe longer for soaring.

As to diabetic and the dog comment it does make sense in a way. If the dog alerts the diabetic and the dog is left at exit, and many diabetics walk by he could be barking at each one of them. But I am not sure exactly how a diabetic dog works so maybe I am not thinking it correctly, maybe he can not or does not alert everyone. Anyway that is how I took it when they said that.

Last comment, I know all disabilities are different, I try to respect them all, although I get quite upset the ADA is so unfair. But I honestly don't think others ever really think about blind and what we really go thru, at least not in the same way. I am glad the blind sued. A few years ago we went DLR, when cars opened up. We were giving the accommodation like the DAS and everyone else got. But it was not fear and it waisted so much time. As a family we waited our hour then went in the FP lane. Got to the Beginning and was told to step aside until the w/c people went, oh because half way up the FP lane we were separated and sent to the w/c line. That line is long. After about four groups of w/c who were behind us went a CM came and told us we had to separate our group. Half went on the next car and half stayed with dog. They came around and got off, so we should have been able to get on, no they made us get back in the long line of w/c people and wait again until we are up front, again they tell us to step aside and they let 4 groups of w/c people on. Then it was our turn. In all it takes us about 3 hours to ride the ride. We have been going for 20 years, we have not one family picture of us all on splash or space because we are always separated.

Then after all of this I get on a board for disabilities that no person with a service dog would want to stress the dog out that much. My well trained, able to be secured and trusted and have equal access to go anywhere dog will not be abused if she spends a few minutes in a kennel while I go on a ride. She will not be stressed out since she was trained, I can't believe a service dog owner would admit that there dog could not be trained to behave, that is a service dog I would not want on an airplane, if they can not be taught to behave in a closed area and be quiet for several hours. Honestly I don't think I would want him anywhere the public goes because he stated he could not be trained to stay in control.
 
Thanks for the list of rides, but I have over 25 triPs so I know the rides and what we can go on with the dog.

Lock, I am a guide dog user, I personally would have returned my dog to the school if he or she was not trained to go in a kennel or be left alone for some time without me. I have to work and if my service dog was that sensitive he would not be a good service dog. I disagree with your statement of stressing the dog out several times a day. Service dogs are suppose to be trained to be friendly, but able to stay calm. Quiet and content for hours, in a kennel or on tie down. I have to get up and move around but my dog is to stay still until I tell him to move, other wise he will be in my way or others way.

I don't mean to be rude, like you were suggesting that I was somehow treating my dog bad for wanting to put them in a kennel and stress her out so we can go on rides. But this is why all service dogs should have to pass so e types of certification, and a dog that can not sit and behave for a few minutes in a kennel, would not pass the first and most basic obedience, called good citizenship. A dog that can not do a kennel for a few minutes would never make it thru guide dog training.

Jellybean if you can tell me once again, I can leave the dog in kennel, go with family and then get the dog, I do not need a family member to sit next to the dog. And we are going in march, but thanks for the sweet offer.

We are debating leave the dog at home and use human guide, which I am to independent on. Or take her but for those few rides we need to use the kennel, I think for us it is 5 in MK, 1 in AK, 1 in DHS and 2 in Epcot. So at most that means the dog is in kennel 25 minutes a day and away from me 25 min on the day we are in MK. I'm sure he is trained enough to do that, oh to get that I figure each ride we will have her in kennel 5 minutes during the ride, maybe longer for soaring.

As to diabetic and the dog comment it does make sense in a way. If the dog alerts the diabetic and the dog is left at exit, and many diabetics walk by he could be barking at each one of them. But I am not sure exactly how a diabetic dog works so maybe I am not thinking it correctly, maybe he can not or does not alert everyone. Anyway that is how I took it when they said that.

Last comment, I know all disabilities are different, I try to respect them all, although I get quite upset the ADA is so unfair. But I honestly don't think others ever really think about blind and what we really go thru, at least not in the same way. I am glad the blind sued. A few years ago we went DLR, when cars opened up. We were giving the accommodation like the DAS and everyone else got. But it was not fear and it waisted so much time. As a family we waited our hour then went in the FP lane. Got to the Beginning and was told to step aside until the w/c people went, oh because half way up the FP lane we were separated and sent to the w/c line. That line is long. After about four groups of w/c who were behind us went a CM came and told us we had to separate our group. Half went on the next car and half stayed with dog. They came around and got off, so we should have been able to get on, no they made us get back in the long line of w/c people and wait again until we are up front, again they tell us to step aside and they let 4 groups of w/c people on. Then it was our turn. In all it takes us about 3 hours to ride the ride. We have been going for 20 years, we have not one family picture of us all on splash or space because we are always separated.

Then after all of this I get on a board for disabilities that no person with a service dog would want to stress the dog out that much. My well trained, able to be secured and trusted and have equal access to go anywhere dog will not be abused if she spends a few minutes in a kennel while I go on a ride. She will not be stressed out since she was trained, I can't believe a service dog owner would admit that there dog could not be trained to behave, that is a service dog I would not want on an airplane, if they can not be taught to behave in a closed area and be quiet for several hours. Honestly I don't think I would want him anywhere the public goes because he stated he could not be trained to stay in control.


Maybe its a difference in the schools and teaching then. Our dogs never left the user's side therefore were deeply bonded. Work or play, the dogs were there. They had no reason to be kenneled and get used to it. Perhaps I wasn't clear that when at the groomers, they were very well behaved when we were out of site, it was just the pick up that was so wild. This was a groomer they were used to, so to me putting them in a kennel at Disney in what is a very unfamiliar setting around people they aren't used to wouldn't have been the right decision. I didn't say every dog was going to react that way, just that its a possibility. I'm sure there's other dogs that would behave similarly and while rider swap is still an option, for those it seems wrong to do that to the dog.
 
I don't know about other diabetic alert dogs, but Lucy was trained to alert by tapping my thigh with her front legs in a specific way. She doesn't bark in public at all. It would be very disturbing to others if she began barking.

Also, she has only alerted one other person......someone she knew well. She was off leash in the dog park at the time. I didn't even know he was diabetic, but when she kept tapping his thigh, I asked him. He was and when he checked his blood, his level was low. She has never done this to anyone else.

She would also be fine in a kennel as it was part of her training. When she is with me, people seldom notice her because she is so quiet. She is focused on me, not other people or animals. She never barks back at other dogs (rather she looks at me with what I think is a "can you believe that dog" expression.)
 
Jellybean if you can tell me once again, I can leave the dog in kennel, go with family and then get the dog, I do not need a family member to sit next to the dog. And we are going in march, but thanks for the sweet offer.

That is how we did it at Kongfrontation when I worked there. The station layout was perfect for it, because we just brought them up the elevator/wheelchair entrance, which is on the unload side of the tram. Since the tram loads and unloads at the same time, they didn't have to walk through the tram, or go anywhere else once they were done. Since the kennel was set up in the control booth with me, guests didn't have *ANY* access to it at all, so no "guard" CM was needed, but at other rides where a safe non-guess access area isn't convenient, a supervisor or lead would stand next to the crate. Disney may do it differently, and a CM might simply not be available due to staffing or something. But I can't imagine them not treating the situation as a "child swap" and allowing the person in your group that had to stay behind to go on once you got back.
 
I don't know about other diabetic alert dogs, but Lucy was trained to alert by tapping my thigh with her front legs in a specific way. She doesn't bark in public at all. It would be very disturbing to others if she began barking.

Also, she has only alerted one other person......someone she knew well. She was off leash in the dog park at the time. I didn't even know he was diabetic, but when she kept tapping his thigh, I asked him. He was and when he checked his blood, his level was low. She has never done this to anyone else.

She would also be fine in a kennel as it was part of her training. When she is with me, people seldom notice her because she is so quiet. She is focused on me, not other people or animals. She never barks back at other dogs (rather she looks at me with what I think is a "can you believe that dog" expression.)

Thanks for the info, I had no idea how it worked. My dd had a dog that was not technically a service dog but we learned reall fast he did a huge service for her, she had night seizures and he would alet me be running and jumping on me a minute or two before. BUt he then ran back to her and if she tried to stand up he would bark and bark and bark, so I got the idea that some service dogs bark. As I said, she was not a service dog and never went I to public.
 
Thanks for the info, I had no idea how it worked. My dd had a dog that was not technically a service dog but we learned reall fast he did a huge service for her, she had night seizures and he would alet me be running and jumping on me a minute or two before. BUt he then ran back to her and if she tried to stand up he would bark and bark and bark, so I got the idea that some service dogs bark. As I said, she was not a service dog and never went I to public.

Service dogs can be trained to bark as an alert, but in general they do not bark "at nothing" like a lot of pet only dogs do. A good service dog will be practically unnoticeable, unless they are actually doing their job. They are well socialized, and used to lots of people around them, loud/unexpected noises, etc.
 
Thanks for the advice on best friends, and if there is no cross walk I won't cross. How stupid of them not to build a cross walk, but to put it there.

I guess no one have used the kennels, I will try another board, maybe they have at DL, even sue has nothing listed about the kennels at the rides and Disney sit does not allow you into more info, so I really want to know before I go, should I leave her behind or take her. We are usually 5 to 8 when we go so splitting up is okay, this time it is just dd, dgd and myself, splitting up seems like a waste of time. Before we just got a doggy swap, half went and then the other half, but with three it would mean never really spending any ride time together, no magic memory pictures of us together.
I have been trying to find more. The only things I have been able to find out for sure are:
  • The kennels are portable ones like JillyBean1899 described and may take a while to get set up. I have looked for them at attractions I think should have them and have not seen them. I expect they keep them tucked away somewhere out of sight until needed.
  • I've also heard that CMs are not allowed to touch or move the Service Dog (as was already mentioned).
  • I have read several times that guests should tell the CM just before boarding that they want to use the kennel. I would suggest asking at the entrance because some of the attractions dogs are not allowed on have limited space at the boarding area.
  • I've also read to expect you may have to wait for the kennel to be set up and expect they will keep boarding other guests until the kennel is ready.
  • Guests with Service Dogs follow whatever is the wheelchair/mobility boarding route for the attraction. I think that the only attractions likely to have kennels available would be those that don't allow Service Dogs.
    For these attractions which don't allow Service Dogs, the mobility entrance/boarding is listed below. None of these attractions have wheelchair accessible ride cars, so my guess is the kennels would be where the wheelchairs are during the ride.
Magic Kingdom Park
  • Splash Mountain - Enter thru the regular queue (or Fastpass, with Fastpass or DAS Return Time). Just before the stairs, there is a handicapped pull off point. This goes to a path that leads to a waiting area near the exit.
    Guests with wheelchairs wait there for a CM to get them for boarding at the exit side of the 'river'. Boarding and unloading are on the same side of the track for guests with mobility devices.
    When you get off, the wheelchair is basically at the same place you left it. It would make sense that a kennel would be there, where wheelchairs are left during the ride.
  • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Enter thru the exit on the right.
    Boarding and unloading are on the same side of the track for guests with mobility devices, so it would make sense that a kennel would be there, where wheelchairs are left after boarding and during the ride.
  • Peter Pan’s Flight - I am not sure how this was changed during the recent construction because it was not open when we went in Fall 2013. The map just says to see a host for options.
    The waiting/boarding area for guests with mobility devices had been on the exit half of the joined boarding area. Wheelchairs were/are left in that area, which was about 20-25 feet from the boarding/exit area, so I would expect the kennel would just be set up with the wheelchairs.
  • The Barnstormer - Enter thru the regular queue (or Fastpass, with Fastpass or DAS Return Time). Boarding for guests without mobility devices is on one side of the track and exit is on the opposite side of the track. Since they can't get wheelchairs over the track, users of mobility devices board and exit at the same place, with their wheelchair staying put. So, again, it makes sense here for a kennel to be with the wheelchairs.
  • Space Mountain - the map says to obtain a Fastpass or enter thru the queue on the right. I have not ridden this with my DD, but my guess is the issue for this attraction would be a small waiting/wheelchair storage areas and needing to load and unload quickly.

Epcot
  • Mission: SPACE - Enter thru the regular queue or thru the Fastpass queue with a Fastpass or DAS Return Time.
    I have only been on the green side, but think the other side is the same. The whole line is accessible, but there are certain doors and pathways marked with a handicapped symbol that you should follow.
    We are asked if DD can walk any distance; since she can't, we bring her wheelchair right up to the ride vehicle and the CM moved it while we were on the ride and brought it back up to us to get her out. All guests unload at exactly the same place as they got on.
    I think there is a wheelchair parking area at a safe distance from the ride vehicles. It is probably fairly close by since we are asked if she cAn walk, so my guess is the kennel would be there.
  • Test Track - the regular and a Fastpass lines are both accessible. Boarding is on one side of the track and unloading is at the other side.
    Guests with mobility devices have 2 choices - they can board at the usual boarding spot or at the seatbelt check.
    At the regular boarding area, they would leave their mobility device there and a CM would take it in an elevator on a bridge that crosses the path, then back down about he elevator and leave the mobility device on the exit side of the attraction.
    At the seatbelt check, they would ride in the elevator up to the seatbelt check area to board, then leave the wheelchair in that area while they ride. When they get off at the seatbelt check area, the wheelchair would be exactly where they left it. I'm not sure if they would do this for dogs because the area is pretty small.
    I think it's more likely they would have you go up in the elevator (or climb the stairs that go to the bridge) then come down on the other side of the track to board on the exit side. The kennels could be with the mobility devices.
  • Soarin’ - the regular and a Fastpass lines are accessible all the way to boarding. Guests unload in exactly the same spot as they boarded. Guests who can walk a few feet park their wheelchair or ECV between the ride vehicle sections and it will be in exactly the same spot when they get off. So, a kennel could easily be in the same spot.
  • Sum of All Thrills - this is a simulator that just moves around in the same spot.


It's WAY to late, so I will finish these tomorrow.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
Star Tours – The Adventure Continues
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park
Affection Section at Rafiki’s Planet Watch
Kali River Rapids
Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain®
Primeval Whirl
DINOSAUR
 
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