Originally Posted By kennect OK, I found this by chance on the internet with no date attached to the article...Is this new news, old news or just a bad rumor? Link below...If it is real I think it is great... <a href="http://www.articlecat.com/Article/Luxury-Pet-Resort-to-Open-at-Disney-World/104119" target="_blank">http://www.articlecat.com/Arti...d/104119</a>
Originally Posted By MPierce That's the first I've heard of it. You can bet there's a profitable market for this. Just look at the success of Petco. I just wonder why Disney didn't do this before, on their own. Oh, that's right Disney can't do anything on their on anymore.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Looks to me like Best Friends Pet Care currently runs the kennels on WDW property. This new one is apparently a high end pet care center. The same info is listed at their website. More at <a href="http://www.BestFriendsPetCare.com" target="_blank">http://www.BestFriendsPetCare.com</a>
Originally Posted By fkurucz I don't get it. Why would I haul my pets all the way to Orlando (at some cost or at least inconvenience) when there are perfectly good kennels/pet resorts near home? If anything the trip would be traumatizing for them: stick them in a carrier, shove them into a strange, noisy, cold place (the cargo hold on the plane), etc. The local kennel is familar with our dogs and our dogs know them. They don't freak out when we leave them there.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA My brother lives in nearby Gainesville, FL. They pack up the car, kids and dog, take the 90 minute drive to Orlando -- and leave the dog at the kennel. Dog enjoys the drive -- he seems okay in the kennel at WDW -- and when they're ready to go, they get the dog and have him for the drive home. It works well for them.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I don't get it. Why would I haul my pets all the way to Orlando (at some cost or at least inconvenience) when there are perfectly good kennels/pet resorts near home? If anything the trip would be traumatizing for them: stick them in a carrier, shove them into a strange, noisy, cold place (the cargo hold on the plane), etc. << A lot of people consider their pets to be part of the family, their pets go where they go. That's what high end pet care centers cater to. You're dog can have his on TV, plus gourmet meals, just about anything you can afford. My hamster, Renfield, just loves relaxing at the pet spa.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<A lot of people consider their pets to be part of the family, their pets go where they go.>> I thought that they were leaving them at the Orlando Pet Resort. <<You're dog can have his on TV, plus gourmet meals, just about anything you can afford.>> But we have that here. So why put my dogs on the plane? Some pets find the trip so traumatizing that they die en route.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> But we have that here. So why put my dogs on the plane? Some pets find the trip so traumatizing that they die en route << So do I!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Renfield?? Peter McNichol? << Very good bobbelee or you a Horror film addict?
Originally Posted By carribean queen So then could I bring my ferrets - Jack, Elizabeth and Calypso. We'd just seen the pirate movie so the names were fresh in my sons head.
Originally Posted By MPierce Only if they can sing like the Ferret in the Budweiser commercial. Man did he ever have a vocal range.
Originally Posted By carribean queen Mine will attack on command though does that count for anything?
Originally Posted By MPierce There's no predator on the face of the earth that yields so much terror as a well trained attack Ferret!
Originally Posted By carribean queen They're great when the mother in law comes over, funny how they seem to escape from thier cage then. hmmm
Originally Posted By kennect In the past we have taken our dog with us to WDW...Overall, the experience wasn't that great due to how they ran their kennel's at the time...BUT, even at we did it on several occasions...Now this new setup, if it does happen, would be a whole different story...
Originally Posted By ArchtMig I think it would be awesome to rent an RV and drive it across the country from CA to WDW, and stay at Fort Wilderness Campground. We could bring our little dog with us who likes to travel, and she could stay in the RV and we could check in on her once or twice each day, and spend the whole night with her of course. That would be less trauma for her than staying caged up in some kennel all day for 2 or 3 weeks.
