Pet friendly????

[kaytieeldr]

It's easy to draw the line, this isn't a new concept. Universal and others have been doing it quite well for quite a while. It's really not that hard.

Would you mind elaborating? Specifically how would you set up Disney as pet-friendly?

 

[TinkerBelle_325]

First of all this thread is about allowing pets in the resorts, not at the kennels. That has been well established through-out the thread. In fact, I specifically stated that in one of my posts early on so you might want to go back and read it.

Also, look all over the internet and you will see that dog lovers consider their dogs members of their families. Do you know what the number one selling category is on the internet?? It's pet products. That's a fact. You can research it if you choose. I said category because it's everything for pets, mainly for dogs. It's a billion dollar industry so obviously pet lovers are not in the minority which is why WDW is missing the boat on this. And yes, they are making a HUGE mistake by not allowing it. They wouldn't be satisfying a small number of people at all.

It's easy to draw the line, this isn't a new concept. Universal and others have been doing it quite well for quite a while. It's really not that hard. I made a reservation with them and they wanted to know my dogs' name to put on the reservation. There are still guidelines that have to be followed.

By the way, people with pets make happier people and live longer.

If you would kindly re-read my post I did not say that PET LOVERS are in the minority. I said that guests with pets who want their pets to stay in their resort room are a minority. When you compare the number of guests that want a pet friendly resort to the number of guests that visit WDW annually you will see the minority

And, as I said my my previous post, I have had numerous pets, considered them family, but not even comparable to babies or children. I don't get the "fur-baby" "fur-children" trend. I do get pets as a companion and valuable part of a family.

 

[goin2disneyagain]

"Those people/staffers" = the residents of the home in which the pet stays while its owners travel; and staffers = the employees at the kennel where the pet stays while the owners travel.

You'll have to ask Disney why they don't finish Legendary Years. As for Walt Disney World not being as crowded as in past years, well, not all Disney visitors stay onsite. The parks being less crowded does not indicate - to Disney, apparently - that there is a need for pet-friendly resorts.

Again, the only two comparable sites in the area seem to be Universal's three Loews-owned hotels, which do allow pets as is the chain's (not the theme park's) policy; and the Marriott complex at Little Lake Bryan, where none of the properties accepts pets. Marriott owns all these hotels and chooses not to accept pets in any of them; Disney owns all the, well, Disney-owned resorts and chooses not to accept pets in any of them. If that sends some few potential onsite Guests offsite instead, well, that appears to be a choice Disney has made and the results of which it is aware.

"Those people/staffers" explanation still did not tell me how it would be stress-free for my dogs. Still confused.

Also, Marriott actually DOES allow pets on some of their properties in Orlando. They actually have a "dog package". Here is the link to the offer. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hote...nn-orlando-lake-buena-vista/?offerInfo=382878

Your explanation of WDW not being as crowded as it has been in the past is contradictory. You stated the resorts are all full (which actually isn't true, only certain resorts are true and I know this for fact after calling almost daily for 2 months trying to get a certain resort and being offered almost every resort except the one I wanted) yet that doesn't have anything to do with why the parks aren't full. Don't most people stay on property because they are doing to WDW??

 

[goin2disneyagain]

If you would kindly re-read my post I did not say that PET LOVERS are in the minority. I said that guests with pets who want their pets to stay in their resort room are a minority. When you compare the number of guests that want a pet friendly resort to the number of guests that visit WDW annually you will see the minority

And, as I said my my previous post, I have had numerous pets, considered them family, but not even comparable to babies or children. I don't get the "fur-baby" "fur-children" trend. I do get pets as a companion and valuable part of a family.

I have to disagree being in the travel industry myself I know that people want to travel with their pets. It is being recognized and is the reason more and more places are allowing it. In our local paper (a major U.S. city has a section about traveling with pets. We must not be too much in the minority. I'm sorry you don't want it but it is becoming more and more in demand.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I have three cats and two dogs. I love them dearly, but they are animals and not my children. I do not need to take them with me to WDW.

As for guidelines being followed, have you never heard of room stuffing? Using that refillable mug for years and years? Passing off that three or four year old as under three? If you give some people an inch, they will take a mile.

 

[Storm632]

This is an interesting topic for me as I travel with my pet. I also wish that WDW allowed pets in some rooms. But....that being said...I know that there are irresponsible owners that don't pick up after their pets, allow them to remain in the room and bark. We try to be responsible owners. We DO NOT have housekeeping when we travel with our dog. She stays in the room alone. To some this seems bad, but she is alone in the house 8 hours a day when we are at work. So when we are on vacation, she still sees us at night, just like at home. We always leave a cell phone number for staff to call if there is barking, but being a seasoned traveler we have not had complaints. When you travel with a pet, you need to be aware not everyone likes dogs. We were in a hotel with an elevator, I never would get into an elevator with others on it unless they were comfortable-and I would specifically ask the riders-if they even looked apprehensive I would wait for the next one. I wold not want to scare anyone....especially like a PP's son which is afraid of dogs. I realize that just because I like dogs and Storm is part of our family, not every one does and we as pet owners need to respect that. We must always be responsible travelers when we travel with our pets.

 

[goin2disneyagain]

I have three cats and two dogs. I love them dearly, but they are animals and not my children. I do not need to take them with me to WDW.

As for guidelines being followed, have you never heard of room stuffing? Using that refillable mug for years and years? Passing off that three or four year old as under three? If you give some people an inch, they will take a mile.

Oh geez, I forgot. We have the Dis Board Police as I think I saw it referred to earlier today to contend with. Not everyone follows the rules so we must all be punished. Maybe we should all be fingerprinted when we enter the WDW arches and have photo scans.

 

[kaytieeldr]

"Those people/staffers" explanation still did not tell me how it would be stress-free for my dogs. Still confused

Less stressful does not mean stress-free. I never said stress-free. Being in a place with people around would be less stressful than being in an unfamiliar hotel room - a smaller area than that to which the pet is accustomed as well - alone all day.

Your explanation of WDW not being as crowded as it has been in the past is contradictory.

YOU said "Disney" wasn't as crowded two weeks ago as it was in past years. I said the resorts, in the coming months and based on posts here from DISers not being able to get reservations due to unavailability, indicate (to me, and probably to the analysts) that Disney doesn't need to provide pet-friendly accommodations. Their resorts are already busy and popular. Whatever market is being ignored (for lack of a better term) by this policy apparently wouldn't have enough of an effect that Disney sees fit to change the policy.

Also, Marriott actually DOES allow pets on some of their properties in Orlando.

Please read my post again. The Marriott Little Lake Bryan complex is, to the best of my knowledge, one of the three sites where multiple hotels owned by a single company are on a single property. The other two are Walt Disney World, and the Loews Hotels at Universal Studios.

All the Loews hotels on the single property (Universal Studios) allow pets.
None of the Disney hotels on the single property (Walt Disney World) allow pets.
None of the Marriott hotels on the single property (Marriott Village at Little Lake Bryan) allow pets.

It's easy to draw the line, this isn't a new concept. Universal and others have been doing it quite well for quite a while. It's really not that hard.

Again, given this opinion, would you please explain how Disney would/could allow pets?

 

[BarleyJack]

I know this thread is about pets, but enough with the claws already.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Assuming (yes, I know what happens) that if Disney DID create a number of "pet friendly" rooms, who would want to stay in a room (even a pet owner) that has been used exclusively by pets over and over again? And you know what happens when one dog goes, the next one smells it and marks over it. I am one of those pet owners whose sense of doggie smells is pretty compromised over years of owning/smelling dogs and the thought of staying in a room that has had many pet guests makes me gag.

 

[Deb & Bill]

You said this:

..... I made a reservation with them and they wanted to know my dogs' name to put on the reservation. There are still guidelines that have to be followed. ..

So I said this:

...As for guidelines being followed, have you never heard of room stuffing? Using that refillable mug for years and years? Passing off that three or four year old as under three? If you give some people an inch, they will take a mile.

So you have to pull out the old Police garbage?

Oh geez, I forgot. We have the Dis Board Police as I think I saw it referred to earlier today to contend with. Not everyone follows the rules so we must all be punished. Maybe we should all be fingerprinted when we enter the WDW arches and have photo scans.

Give me a break. We know that people don't follow the rules. Why should they follow any new rules that Disney puts forward?

 

[catne]

Agree no pets...we have 2 lovely little dogs, but don't want them on vacation with me! They are pets - not my children...they are fine at the kennel.

If Disney ever does allow pets, I sure hope it's ONE resort that's pet friendly and leave the rest of them totally "animal free"...we accidentally booked into a pet friendly hotel (an expensive chain - not a cheapie motel.) Could barely stand the smell -- not so much "dog" as extreme air freshener used to mask the smell. But the hallways all smelled horribly of animal...ugh. And whining from one side, barking from the other. As well as having to watch our step very carefully outside -- was obvious many owners didn't bother with taking their dogs to the dog walk area...or the dogs couldn't make it that far & owners did not clean up after them. Whichever, I always check now before booking to make sure the hotel is "no pets".

 

[caroline1851]

I can see having one resort be pet friendly, but that's it. I know FOR SURE that I would not want to stay at a resort with pets, but having one resort would make sense for those who like to take their pets on vacation with them.

 

[bytheblood]

I'll be the lone dissenter. I hate the thought of animals in the resorts. I have animals...3 cats and an 80 lb golden retriever. I love them to pieces. But I'm not taking them to WDW with me. And I certainly don't want to have to listen to someone else's pet whining or barking in the room/villa next to me. I have enough of that at home during the summer months.
I don't mean to sound uncaring or harsh, but...many people have allergies, or are afraid of animals. The resorts need to stay pet-free. I know this isn't going to be a popular stand but it is what it is.

I have to agree with this. I love my dogs, but they bark a lot when they are lonely - I would not want to subject anybody to that.

 

[enchantingodin]

I love your idea! I also have to add, just because it's been mentioned so much, that I never imagined I would leave my babies alone in the room all day. During the day, they would go to one of WDW's kennels, but at night they would join us in our room.

I would suspect that it's only a matter of time before they do make some rooms pet-friendly. Disney usually jumps on the bandwagon a few years after any trend has become well established enough. Look at the non-smoking issue...

Thanks!

Actually I'd like to even take it a step further. It'd be great if DVC got on board too. I know I'd totally buy into a value resort family suit that was pet friendly. But as it stands now deluxe isn't my style, and they don't allow pets anyway so I never come for more than 4/5 days. But if they DID allow pets I'd come 2 weeks (total - not all at once) every year.

You've put so much thought into this it must be really important to you. I see a problem though. What if all of the pet friendly room aren't reserved by people with pets. Your description sound like the rooms are very different. Would a non-pet guest really want to stay in a room with no carpet or fabric? Don't you think they'd complain. Disney could end up with fewer occupied rooms and that would lose them money.

I would make it a separate booking area all together. Kinda like how Port Orleans is separated into French Quarter and Riverside. Make it so there is no surprise about what people are getting. Besides, It's not like there aren't 4 other Values for people to choose from if they don't like tile floors and pleather couches.

I have three cats and two dogs. I love them dearly, but they are animals and not my children. I do not need to take them with me to WDW.

Agree no pets...we have 2 lovely little dogs, but don't want them on vacation with me! They are pets - not my children...they are fine at the kennel.

(Since I know 'tone' is often lost across the internets I want to clarify that I am not trying to be rude or snarky here. But just show reasons why I disagree.)

I couldn't disagree with you both more. I feel like part of the family is missing when I go to Disney. No dog snoring at the foot of the bed. No cat curled up by my tummy while I sleep. No 'drive by' loves from them as they walk across the room. No rubbing their back with my foot as they plop on the floor. No purrs in my lap while watching TV. Just thinking about it makes me feel empty.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion, but honestly I find yours very upsetting. Just like it seems you don't understand our point of view, I really don't understand yours. Yes they are not my "real" children, but if my house was on fire I'd make sure my human children were out, then go get my fur children. No matter if it meant burning myself in the process. I don't care. To me they are members of family - not my property.

 

[Lynne M]

The original poster's question has long since been answered, and the thread has gone off the rails. It's done.