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113. Taking Animals to Disney · Mom Street USA

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Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
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My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama, and on this first episode
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of 2026, we are bringing you a topic that I don't think we've
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ever talked about on Mom St. before, and that is taking
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animals to Disney. So today we're going to be
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talking about two different aspects of taking your animals
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with you to Disney. The 1st is if you've got a pet
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going with you, what kind of some options are that you have
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if that's something that you'd like to explore?
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And the second one is going to talk just briefly about service
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animals because I feel like there are service animals that
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are such a big part of our just population now, especially at
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the Disney park. So I wanted to just take a brief
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moment to touch on what service animals are able to do and
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unable to do in the parks for anybody that's going because I
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think that we could all stand to be a little further educated on
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things like that. So that is the goal for today as
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we kind of kick off 2026 with our podcast here.
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Thank you guys all so much for being here for this first
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episode. Thank you for continuing to
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support us as we kind of shift away from our partnership with
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Chipping Co and go to our kind of fully self-contained feed now
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for Mom Street. But we've got a lot of really
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great topics coming this year that we've already started to
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plan for in the first coming week.
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So we're really excited to continue this journey with you
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guys. So all that being said, let's go
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ahead and jump in. So like I said today we are
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going to discuss two different aspects when taking animals to
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Disney. 1 is again taking pets and the second is going to be
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service animals. So we're going to talk about
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taking pets to Disney 1st. And there are kind of some
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different things to to know that I feel like not a lot of the
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general public knows when they're visiting the Disney
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parks. And that is that Disney has 4
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pet friendly resorts. So there are actually four of
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the resorts on Disney property that you are able to have your
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pets with you when you travel. Now, this episode is not really
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going to touch on any of the surrounding resorts or hotels or
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good neighbor hotels or anything like that because that gets
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really in the weeds and kind of to be almost too much
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information when it comes to thinking about taking your
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animals with you. So we're just going to focus on
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the actual Disney resorts today. So the first of that is that,
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like I said, Disney's got four of them.
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So Art of Animation, Port Orleans, Riverside, the Yacht
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Club, and then the cabins at Fort Wilderness with also the
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campsites at Fort Wilderness being an option as well.
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So kind of A2 for one if you're attending or if you're planning
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to visit Fort Wilderness. So the nice thing about this is
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that there's one in each price range category at least.
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So Art of Animation hits your value resort category, Port
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Orleans Riverside is a moderate, and then Yacht Club is your
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deluxe. So I like that they kind of have
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at least one at every level, so that way you have some options
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whenever you're visiting. Do note that at the moment dogs
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are the only pets that are actually allowed in the resort
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rooms, so if you are someone that is planning to travel with
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another type of animal, we'll get to that in just a moment.
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Here. They are not actually allowed.
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So cats or other small animals are not allowed it at those
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Disney resorts. So they are just dog friendly
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resorts. There is a maximum when you're
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visiting Disney with dogs of two dogs per room.
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So if you're someone that's got a whole herd, you keep in mind
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that you're only allowed to have two per room.
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So that may adjust what you're trying to do or adjust to your
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plan. So just keep those things in
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mind as you are planning. Disney does note that dogs are
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quote, expected to be well behaved, leashed in public areas
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and properly vaccinated. So again, something else to keep
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in mind. Upon arrival, your dog will
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actually be greeted with their own little welcome kit from
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Pluto. They call it Pluto's welcome kit
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that you'll receive and it's like a little drawstring bag
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with some goodies inside of it. So what you get included inside
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is a room occupied dog sign, so that kind of lets like mouse
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keeping or maintenance or anybody else know that you've
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got a dog in your room with you. They give you a singular food
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slash water bowl that you can use and then a little like bone
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shaped mat to go underneath it, which is super cute.
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They give you a little clip on carrier of potty bags.
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If you have happened to run out or have forgotten to bring
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yours. They do give you a little one of
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those and please be courteous and clean up after to your pets
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if you're taking them anywhere on Disney property.
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And then also a little Disney tag dog tag that has a little, I
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think it's got a little Pluto on it.
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So all of those things you actually receive upon check in,
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which is a fun little bag of goodies for you and your doggy
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friends that are visiting the Disney parks.
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And just a quick note, we'll talk a little bit about the
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parks here momentarily with what animals are allowed to do and
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not allowed to do. But just note that pets are not
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permitted in the theme parks or water parks.
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So service animals are a different story.
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And again, we'll talk about that in the second-half of today's
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episode. But do keep in mind that pets
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are not permitted to go to the theme parks or water parks with
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you. So just some things to note.
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Now along with those four dog friendly resorts on property,
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Disney also has what is called the best Friend's pet care.
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So this is a location that is on Disney property and think of it
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like you would kind of think of like a, a traditional boarding
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facility or like a doggy daycare type facility.
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So it is called Best Friends Pet Care and they're actually a a
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national company that's got several locations across the
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country. So it's not just for Disney, but
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they partner with Disney to have one on property.
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They can take dogs, cats and other small pets.
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So if you are someone that is going to be traveling to the
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parks and you've got a cat with you or another small animal,
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this is a great option for you. So this hotel includes, so they
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call it a hotel for your your animals. 17,000 square feet of
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air conditioning indoor space. 10,000 square feet of covered
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outdoor runs and play areas. A 25,000 square foot dog park.
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The nice thing is that on their website they actually have some
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virtual tours available, so you're able to kind of look at
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the facility before you get there.
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Do keep in mind that you have to have a reservation and a deposit
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required for your stay. And we'll talk about the details
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of what they kind of offer here in just a moment.
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But keep in mind that reservations and a deposit are
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required and a lot of that is actually done straight through
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their website. They do have a phone number you
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can call if you've got like questions or want to chat with
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somebody about your needs or concerns.
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They have that available as well.
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As far as the hours go, there's a couple different options that
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they have and we'll talk about that here momentarily and I'll
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give you some kind of starting ranges for prices.
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But they do have just daily boarding or daily visiting and
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then they also have overnight. If you are doing the daily
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option, their hours are one hour prior to park open until one
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hour after parks close. So it really just depends on
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what park you're visiting for the day, but they are at least
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going to be open an hour before that park opens and closed.
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They won't close until an hour after the last park closes.
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Those hours do include special events that are happening at the
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parks. So if you are someone that's
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visiting during like Not so Scary Halloween party or Very
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Merry Christmas Party and they have those extended hours for
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that, those are included in the hours that they plan for.
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So that's a really nice perk. Same thing would go for things
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like the after hours ticketed events or a Moonlight Magic
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events or any of those types of things.
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They do take that into consideration.
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So the hours do fluctuate. It's not just a set, you know,
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7:00 AM to 10:00 PM type of thing.
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So you really need to make sure you're looking at park hours for
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your visit. And then just confirming with
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the employees at the the best friend's pet location what their
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hours are for the day to make sure that you are, are being
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considerate of those with your, your animal that you're dropping
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off. This starts for the daily
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boarding at $59 per day. Again, that's your starting cost
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and there's lots of other things that you can include in that
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what that will allow your cost to vary.
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So it's hard for me to say like, Yep, you're going to pay $60.00
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a day. Because if you want extra play
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time or extra treats or indoor play time or like group play
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time, there's so many different little, like a la carte things
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that you can add to that that really will make your amount
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that you're paying completely vary.
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So it really just depends when it comes to that.
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Couple things to note that you are able to bring from home.
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So they provide all of the bedding, the food dishes, things
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like that. They they, they will provide for
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you, but they do suggest bringing food and treats from
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home for your pets. You can bring up to two toys for
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your pet from home. And they do also suggest like AT
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shirt or something that smells like home just to help comfort
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your animal because they will be, you know, in a new place
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away from you. So those are all things that
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they do allow for you to bring in for drop off for boarding.
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So let's talk about overnight boarding and this kind, some of
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this kind of will also transfer to daytime when I talk about the
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different extras and things that you can you can book for your
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stay. So for overnight prices start
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for dogs, sorry, I'm going to go into three different categories
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here, dogs, cats and then other small animals.
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So for dogs, prices start at $67 per night and they have several
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different package options, but they all include obviously like
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potty breaks and walks, bedding and bowls.
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So that's the minimum of what you can expect from them if you
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decide to take your dog there. There are lots of extras that
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I'll talk about here in just a second.
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Higher level packages will include things like access to
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outdoor patios, webcams where you can like log in and see what
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your animal is doing, TV's that they can watch.
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So the prices for some of these higher level packages range
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anywhere from 120 per day up to $325 per day.
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Again, it really just depends on what it is that you want for
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your animal when they're visiting there.
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Some of the extras that you can have added on to your package
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include things like, and I mentioned some of these already,
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but I'm going to go run down this list to make sure that I
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didn't forget anything. A play group time, play time
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one-on-one with the staff member, extra cuddle time, a
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walk and explore time. So like extra long walk times
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and outdoor times. Fancy bottled water if you have
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a a dog that prefers that, a bedtime story, an ice cream
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treat break, a special holiday meal and then a premium bedding
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option. So again, all of those are
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different, like add-ons that you can add on to your time and they
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range in prices as you can imagine.
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So it's really tailored to what it is that you want for your
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animal, which is kind of nice. So that's kind of the general
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rundown of your dog options. For cats, they have two
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different base level packages that you can do and it really
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just has to do with how much space you want for your animal
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to have when they're when they're staying there.
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So they have what they call A2 level condo for cats and that is
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the price for that is 36 per day or starts at 38 for overnight.
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And then they also have a four level, what they call a town
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home, so 4 levels for them to explore.
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And that price for that starts at 45 per day and $50.00 for
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overnight. And again, they've got lots of
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extras. I love that.
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So in their extras, they have play time, but then they also
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have a cookies and milk option if that's something that your
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cat would enjoy. They have what they call tuna on
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a Ritz, which is literally just like tuna fish on a Ritz
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cracker, special activity toys, and then a deluxe Kitty bed.
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So again, lots of options that you can add for your Kitty to
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enjoy their time while you are enjoying your time in the parks.
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The other thing that they do offer is small pet boarding.
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So this was really interesting to me when I went to research
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because I would not have guessed that this is something that they
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offer because you don't really think about boarding or you
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know, sending to daycare some of these smaller animals, but they
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do offer this for small pets. The guest who is bringing the
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animal must provide their own enclosure for small pets.
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This does include things like birds, reptiles, and rodents.
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Please note that despite them allowing smaller pets, they do
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not accommodate anything that is venomous.
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So, you know, for obvious reasons, they've got to kind of
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protect their themselves, their staff and the other animals and
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no primates. So if you happen to be somebody
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out there listening that has a primate for a pet, they are
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unfortunately unable to go to this location, but they do offer
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for other small pets. And the rates for these are
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actually based on the size of the enclosure.
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So this will be determined when you like go to check in and they
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will kind of see what kind of space it is that they're looking
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at allowing you to utilize for the day.
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So they just basically put it in four different size categories,
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small, medium, large, extra large.
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So small starts at $19.00 per day, medium starts at $23 per
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day, large is 28 and extra large is 32.
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So lots of options for whatever type of animal despite or except
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for if they are venomous or a primate that you may need to
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house at this location while you are traveling.
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Now, again, keep in mind, you have to be really aware of the
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fact that Disney resorts only offer the abilities for dogs to
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stay in the rooms. So anything else other than
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that, keep that in mind, right? And make sure that you are, if
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you're looking to make a reservation, make sure that your
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reservation is accommodating so that those animals don't have to
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travel to the resort with you because that would not be what
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Disney allows for their policies.
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So again, a little bit of coordinating and figuring all of
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that out. Now a couple other things that
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they do offer there. They do also have a full service
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grooming space at this location. So while your animal is there,
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if they are in need of any or wanting to get any sort of
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pampering done, they do have a full grooming salon there.
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So they offer basic things just like a shampoo and a cut.
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They offer flea treatments, pedicures, skin treatments, all
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sorts of stuff, basically anything you can imagine that a
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normal grooming salon would offer, they also have that.
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So the price breakdown for that again is going to vary based on
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the packages that you choose. Because it's just like any other
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grooming salon where they've got the add-ons with, you know,
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teeth or nails or special kinds of shampoo and conditioner and
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all that kind of thing. So they just break down the
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price based on size and they give you a starting value.
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So a small dog that's less than 25 lbs is going to start at $51
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for a grooming treatment or grooming session.
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Medium dogs would be 25 to 50 lbs starts at 61.
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Large dogs, which would be 50 to 75, starts at $86 and an extra
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large dog, which would be 75 or more pounds, starts at 1:31.
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They do also offer grooming for cats, but there's no like price
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breakdown for that available on their website.
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So the prices vary for for cats. If you are someone looking to
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take a cat to get groomed at this location.
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And do just note for all pets that are visiting the best
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friend's pet hotel in any capacity, whether it's daytime
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boarding, overnight boarding, grooming, all of that, they must
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be up to date with their vaccines.
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So written proof is required from your veterinarian.
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So you definitely need to plan accordingly ahead of time to
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make sure that you have that. You will have to either present
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a copy upon check in or you can always ask your vet's office to
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fax it and they've got their their information on their
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website readily available for you.
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So you definitely want to make sure that you would plan ahead
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for that, just like you would plan ahead for making sure you
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have, you know your real ID to fly or you have all of your
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reservation information ready. You got to make sure that your
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documentation for your animal is there as well.
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So all of that is kind of the the basic fast and furious
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rundown of what it's like to take pets with you.
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So it again, there are four resorts that you want to
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consider and staying at one of those is going to be the only
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way to keep your dog with you for the entire time.
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Now, you could obviously have your dog go to this, the pet
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friendly resort or the the best friend's pet care when you go to
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the parks, you know, so that way you, you have that Peace of Mind
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of not having, if you're, if you're worried about
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coordinating, taking like an afternoon break to go, you know,
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let them out. You obviously don't want to
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leave your dog go in your room for longer than, you know, the
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hours that they're typically used to being left alone.
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So just lots of coordinating to kind of consider and and keep in
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mind when it comes to that. And also keeping in mind the
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fact that especially at places like Art of Animation, and I
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mean really, honestly, any of these resorts, chances are good
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that, you know, people are coming and going in their rooms
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around you at all times of day. So if you've got a doggo that
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has a really hard time being alone and maybe they're a little
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more vocal when they're alone, things to consider when you are
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taking your dog with you, you don't want them barking and
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waking up a kiddo that's trying to nap next to you.
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You don't want them stressing themselves out because they're
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missing you while you're gone. So just lots of things to
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consider. You know, you consider this
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anyway when you leave your pet, you know, if you've got a house
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sitter or you leave them in a boarding facility, you know, by
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your house in your hometown. So just lots of things to be
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able to consider when it comes to that.
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And also considering the fact that you're, you want your
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animal to be OK with the fact that people may need to be
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coming in and out of your room. So, you know, mouse keeping or
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if there's a maintenance concern or request that you have to
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make, you know, you want to make sure that your dog is going to
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be fine with people coming in and out that aren't you.
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So again, lots of things to consider when you're taking your
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animals to Disney. But I just wanted to give you
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kind of that rundown of information regarding kind of
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what Disney allows and what they offer when it comes to taking
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pets. So I do before, like I said,
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before we hop or before we wrap up.
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I do just want to talk briefly about service animals like I
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touched on at the beginning of this episode.
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I think we all could stand to have some education on service
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animals. You know, they are such an
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integral part for so many people across the country and the
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world. And you will run into them at
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the Disney parks, whether it's at the resorts, at Disney
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Springs, inside the parks. Chances are good that on your
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trip you're going to see at least one service animal.
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So we're going to talk just briefly about kind of what what
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they're allowed to do, what they're not allowed to do.
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This is not meant to be like a full encompassing section on if
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you are trying to bring a service animal, but I've got
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some good information for kind of all involved.
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So that way we can all be a little more educated about
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service animals in the parks. So let's talk about service
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animals. I do think that this is helpful
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information so that we can all be informed and aware of service
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animals that we are. Like I said, basically it's a
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guarantee that you're going to encounter something like that
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while you're visiting the Disney parks.
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Just a quick reminder from me as a mom and a person and an annual
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pass holder that visits the Disney parks, no matter when you
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see an animal in public, whether you think it's a service animal
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or not, you always and teach your kids to always ask the
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owner and handler before approaching any animal in
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public, especially working animals, if they've got a vest
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on, if they've got, you know, notices on their leash or their
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collar that they are working. And you always want to be
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respectful of that and give them their space and make sure that
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you are asking before you do anything around that.
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That dog, not trying to distract it, not trying to pet it, not
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trying to get its attention. Let it do what it needs to do.
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And feel free to ask the owner and handler and they may say yes
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or no. So just be prepared for that.
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And definitely coach your kids to be prepared for that as well.
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Because I know it can be hard when you see a fluffy dog in, in
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public, you want to just go up and and pet it and interact with
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it. But always be mindful of that
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and make sure your kiddos are mindful of that too.
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So Disney allows service dogs or miniature horses to come to the
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parks. That is right.
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That is what I said. That is Disney policy.
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Service dogs and miniature horses.
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That is what they allow for service animals into the parks.
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That being said, each attraction in the parks will have a
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different plan for service animals.
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So we're going to talk about attractions.
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We're going to talk about just some other general information
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for service animals here. But each attraction has a
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different plan. It really just depends.
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So you always want to make sure if you are traveling with a
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service animal that you're asking the cast member at the
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entrance to each attraction what their procedure is for that.
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So some will permit the animal to ride with you.
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Some attractions will have kennels that the service animal
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can go to while you ride. And if that is the case, a cast
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member will stay with the animal until you have completed your
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ride and you come back. You know around to fetch them at
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the end. Sometimes, depending on your
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party size, who's in your group, the attraction, sometimes a cast
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member may have you utilize like a rider switch option so that a
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member of your party is always with the service animal.
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So if they are a location that just doesn't have the ability to
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have a kennel or and the animals not able to ride with you, that
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is an option that you may see as well.
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So kind of one of those threes are three options are typically
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what you're going to find at these attractions.
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Just a quick rundown of the attractions for what your what
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your animal is able to ride or not ride with you at each park.
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So at Magic Kingdom, service animals can ride everything
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except for basically the coasters, Barnstormer, Big
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Thunder Mountain, Seven Dwarf Space Mountain, Tron, but also
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Tiana's Bayou and Peter Pan's flight.
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Now Peter Pan, you might be like, well, that's just a slow
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dark ride. It's the height, right?
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Those ships are open on the side so that it's not a safely
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enclosed area for the animal to be.
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So all except for Barnstormer, Big Center Mountain, Peter Pan
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7, Dwarf Space Mountain, Tiana's, and Tron at Epcot the
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ones they can ride are Frozen, Grand Fiesta with the Three
24:47
Caballeros, journey into the Imagination with Pigment, living
24:49
with the land, Remy's Gratitude Adventure, the Seas with Nemo
24:52
and friends, and Spaceship Earth.
24:53
So a huge list at Epcot that your service animal can can ride
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with you at Animal Kingdom. The only attraction currently.
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Now we know there's lots of construction going on over
25:04
there, but the only attraction they currently are able to ride
25:08
is Navi River Journey. Also be aware if you are taking
25:12
a service animal to Animal Kingdom, several of The Walking
25:16
paths have areas that service animals are not permitted,
25:21
unfortunately. So things like aviaries, those
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service animals are not permitted to to be in those
25:26
locations. So again, if you're taking a
25:29
service animal to animal Kingdom, I would highly suggest
25:31
just stopping at guest services and just having a quick
25:34
conversation with them about like, OK, where are we?
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Good. Where are we not, you know, want
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to make sure that all of the animals involved, your service
25:42
animal and the animals that live in Animal Kingdom are all being
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taken care of in that situation at Hollywood Studios.
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The ones that they can ride are just Mickey, Minnie's, Runaway
25:53
Railway and Toy Story Mania. They obviously could also attend
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the shows and things. There's lots of those at
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Hollywood Studios as well. So things to consider with that.
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Just briefly going to talk about Disneyland here for a second.
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We haven't touched much on Disneyland on this podcast
26:11
lately. I've been, I want to get back
26:12
more into that, but just a quick note that Disneyland does have a
26:17
lot of the same stipulations that Disney World does.
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Disneyland does not have any pet friendly like resorts like we
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talked about with with Disney World or the like hotel boarding
26:29
option, but they do obviously allow the service animals in.
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So if you're visiting Disneyland, very similar to what
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we heard at Magic Kingdom, they can ride everything except for
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most of the coaster. So they cannot ride Big Thunder
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Mountain, the Gadgets Go coaster, they cannot do Indiana
26:45
Jones, the Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Star Tours and Tiana's
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there and then California Adventure.
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They can ride the Golden Zephyr, the Inside Out, Whirlwind,
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Critter Carousel, Little Mermaid, Monsters Inc, the Pixar
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pal around Toy Story Mania and Web Slingers.
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So different options there if you're looking West Coast.
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Just briefly wanted to mention that as I was doing my research.
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Just a couple other things to note in this kind of fast and
27:10
furious surface animal chat here is that service animals are not
27:14
permitted at in any bodies of water on property.
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So that includes things like water features, splash pads,
27:23
fountains, obviously pools, things like that.
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And also keep in mind that they are not permitted to be within 4
27:32
feet of the water on wet decks. So if you are somewhere where
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there are boat launches or boat docks, just be aware that you
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want to make sure that you're giving plenty of space between
27:43
your service animal and the water, mostly for your your
27:47
animal safety, especially down in Florida.
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You never know what you may find in those waters across property
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when it comes to lakes, lagoons, things like that.
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You want to make sure you're giving plenty of space for for
28:01
that. And just a quick note about
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service animal relief areas. This, I feel like, is something
28:07
that we could all use a little bit more information on, and
28:12
that is that Disney's policy is that service animals are welcome
28:18
to use any outdoor space area for relief as long as the owner
28:21
is cleaning up after the animal and leaving the area clean.
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So yes, there are designated relief areas, which we'll talk
28:28
about just in a moment here. But keep in mind that Disney's
28:33
policy does allow them to use any open outdoor area for relief
28:37
as long as it is cleaned up after.
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So those designated relief areas do exist all across property if
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that is something that you prefer to do just to keep it
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simple. But you know, sometimes things
28:49
happen. So at all of the resorts, at
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Disney Springs, at all of the parks, you are going to find
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these designated service animal relief areas.
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The easiest way to find them is actually just using your My
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Disney Experience app. So it is an option that you can
29:07
search on the map feature there. You can also find them on like
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the paper maps you pick up at the entrance to any park that
29:14
you're visiting for the day. But if you're looking to find
29:17
them on your My Disney Experience app, you are going to
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click on the map option on your app.
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So open your app and then down along the bottom, you're going
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to hit that little pin to get the map to pop up.
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Then across the top there's going to be a bunch of options
29:31
that populate. You're going to select the guest
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services option from the top. And then I suggest the easiest
29:38
way to do it is to click the show list function, then in the
29:42
bottom right corner, and that's going to populate a whole list
29:45
of all of the guest service type things you may be looking for in
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the parks. You're going to Scroll down to
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where it says service animals and you're going to click that
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selection. It's going to bring up just a
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little description of, you know, what that feature shows on the
30:00
map. And then you're going to click
30:02
find on map. That will then repopulate the
30:05
map that you can zoom in and scroll around on to locate the
30:10
closest designated area. Now you do want to be kind of
30:14
aware of where you are on the map because it doesn't.
30:17
The one thing that I don't love about this map is it doesn't do
30:20
a great job of like showing your pin of where you are once you
30:24
get to that service animal map. So you want to make sure you
30:28
kind of look at where you are in in general vicinity on the map
30:32
before you start zooming because otherwise you may end up across
30:36
property not where you're trying to view that.
30:39
So again, like I said, all parks and resorts have several
30:41
designated spaces to utilize for that for anybody who may need
30:45
it. And just a quick note that some
30:48
people here on our live chat as we're recording, as we're
30:51
mentioning, just a quick reminder to anybody that is
30:54
bringing any sort of an animal to Florida, especially a little
30:59
bit in Disneyland also, but primarily in Florida.
31:02
It gets extremely warm in Florida.
31:06
That also translates to parking lot surfaces, walking past
31:12
services, sidewalks, all of that.
31:14
So just please be aware of that, especially if you're somebody
31:18
that's coming from the north that maybe you don't have to
31:22
worry about that or maybe you have a giant backyard that your
31:26
dog typically gets their exercise and then you're not
31:28
used to taking them on walks as often or things like that.
31:31
Just just be aware of that when you're thinking about your pet
31:33
and traveling with them to the Florida theme parks, protecting
31:38
their little toes from that hot pavement with booties or they
31:43
make little, you know, Crocs. They make little like almost
31:47
like sticker pads that you can put on their paw pads to protect
31:51
them. Lots of options, little socks,
31:53
you know, whatever it is that works best for you and your
31:56
situation in your particular animal or animals that you're
31:59
bringing with you, you want to make sure that you are taking
32:03
that into account to best protect their their toes,
32:07
because not only will you be doing a lot of walking and
32:11
exploring in the parks, but they will be too.
32:13
So you want to make sure you're taking care of them.
32:16
And also do note that not only for yourself to stay hydrated,
32:21
but also for your animals. You can always ask at quick
32:25
service locations for water, whether that's just a small
32:28
water cup to, you know, pour into a bowl for your for your
32:31
dog while you're while you're out and about.
32:34
And that goes for resorts too. So if you've got, you know, a
32:37
pet that you need to, you're out walking and they, they need some
32:41
water and you're by the, the pool bar, ask them for a quick
32:43
cup of water to help your, your animal out, to make sure that
32:47
you're taking care of them. Because you want to make sure
32:49
that they have just as much fun as you have when you are
32:52
visiting the, the Disney theme parks.
32:54
So like I said, kind of a fast and furious little quick rundown
32:58
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