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Originally Posted by CollegeCutieUSF  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal as any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. If they meet this definition, animals are considered service animals under the ADA regardless of whether they have been licensed or certified by a state or local government.
You should tell this to the hotel the next time you call. They can not discriminate against your situation, because under the ADA (americans with disabilities act) your son's dog calms his moods and keeps him in a relaxed state. (I'm sure your doctor can write you a letter w/ a legit reason). But for whatever reason you son needs to be with this dog, they can not discriminate against that just because you don't have papers for the dog or you can threaten with leagal action. |
You are right, they cannot discriminate against him for any reason, however, the puppy does not qualify as a service animal and does not meet the description you posted. The dog as not been "trained" to provide assistance. I'm not trying to be rude, but that's just the fact of the matter.
To the OP, I understand your not wanting to stay offsite--we make several trips a year and we don't want to stay offside either. As mentioned before, you CAN still get your money back if you cancel your reservations, if you decide you have to go that route. Unfortunately, Disney is notorious for being pretty strict about their policies and I really don't see how you will be able to get around this one.
And as for the suggestion of 'sneaking the dog in'--don't you kind of think that the trama of getting kicked out (and THEN losing money) would be far worse for this family?
I do know some who have used the kennels and say they are great. Sadly, I see no 'ideal' situation to remedy your problem as you seem pretty set in what you want and knowing Disney they are set in their ways. Hopefully your son will be too distracted by all the things going on that he won't notice.
