Disney-Universal Theme Park Wars Are Going to the Dogs
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Universal is working to get vacationers to spend more time at their hotels and parks, and they likely had an advantage with dog owners. It's smart for Disney to make some of its hotels dog-friendly — and we wonder what this trial will lead to.
For decades, dog lovers have had a bone to pick with Disney.
Hotels at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando have not been dog-friendly, leaving visitors who wanted to stay near Mickey Mouse no option but to board Pluto.
The closest pups could get to "the most magical place on earth" was a boarding facility at the resort, Best Friends Pet Care, or a recreational vehicle at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.
On Friday, Disney announced that would change.
In what Disney is calling a "new dog-friendly trial program," four hotels at the theme park complex starting Sunday are allowing guests to bring their well-behaved, vaccinated dogs to Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Disney Port Orleans Resort – Riverside, Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, and the cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.
"Calling all labs and boxers, pugs and terriers, poodles and beagles," the announcement said. "The welcome mutt is out!"
Guests can bring as many as two dogs per room. And like most thin
