WEIRD Disney World Rules 

That was a shock during my Cedar Fair park training for the new hires. The ADA only legally lists two allowed helper animals Dogs and Mini horses.

This is something that I found interesting when I worked in the airline industry. Miniature horses are covered under the Ada but when flying it does not apply to the airlines themselves. The air carrier accessibility act is the operative legislation. And in that case only dogs are allowed as service animals. Miniature horses maybe allowed in the airport terminal by the Ada but they are not allowed on planes which kind of defeats the purpose of bringing them to the airport anyways

We are also given a little extra flexibility when asking questions about service animals. It's still super strict I am allowed to ask if you have your dot form. You are required to have at least two copies on your person when flying with the animal. We are allowed to ask if the animal is trained to provide a specific function to the handler, and we are allowed to ask what function and service the animal provides. Also in addition to the standard the animal must behave in accordance with the acceptable service animal behaviors (so growling barking biting relieving itself and other excessively disruptive behavior that is specifically laid out in the act that I'm not going to go down that hole list for cuz we'll be here all day) and if the animal at any point during travel becomes non-compliant the animal can be removed from the flight and neither The traveler can choose to go without it or can be rebooked on the next available flight on another day at no charge

Doesn’t make it cool … if you need a horse to go to Disney .. don’t go … you only ruin it for others 😊

I work at a baseball stadium and we also have the mini horse rule. I was doing a training, and that was only question I got wrong. I was like "wtf? Who brings a mini horse to the city??"

Dogs I get, but how is a miniature horse trained for service? And what is it trained for? The same services service dogs provide? Transportation like a wheel chair?

@@g.r.4459 its 2024 look it up bud

I have a question and I mean absolutely no disrespect by this…may we ask permission to pet the dog? I never want to hurt anyone and the worst that could happen is you say no. But would it be terribly distracting to ask? Just out of curiosity…

@@laurinrice5152 It really depends on the handler's preference. Personally, if my health is good enough that day and he's doing well ( service dogs have good and bad days, just like us! ), I occasionally allow people to pet him. But for some people, they prefer absolutely no interaction. Usually most service dogs have a vest and it would say " Do not distract " or something along that line!

@@reyiden7118 Awesome! Thank you so much!

Watching the videos is the ONLY way I would “do” Disney World.

I want to go to WDW, but I live on the central coast of California and have been to Disneyland plenty.

We have a good time here LOL

@@dfbbreeaDfb is anti-mlm confirmed?? 😁😁

But if you arrive from a red-eye (like this West Coaster often does), you can “pre checkIn” and get your park pass. Just make sure you’ve prepped for the transition from flying clothes to water park clothes. At least I assume this applies to this offer - you’re right it makes no sense if you can’t get the pass until you’ve actually gotten your room. Another option - arriving at 7am, get your rental car and drive to Discovery Cove at Sea World. Leave your luggage in the car, spend the day there, by 3:30 or so you’re ready to move on and head to your Disney hotel.

Some hotels might keep your luggage safe until check in.

You are correct. All the Disney (and almost all other with Bell services) will hold your luggage. In this case, it is only Disney hotels that offer the water park special.

I saw someone online bring a Stanley and had every character sign it. By the end it looked really cool

@@joorr9360my mom talked about that to me she asked if she wanted to bring mine

AH! Have so much fun!! 💞

That’s why we keep bringing it up! It’d be such a bummer to stay here and NOT get the Stormalong Bay experience! 😫

‘Tis a sad rule indeed 😩

Huh, I'm also Texan, but also don't really care for Dr. Pepper. xD I'm a fan of Coke products.

Oh my goodness, I was there at that time, too! Small world! 😆

Aww - thanks for being here!

Li’l Sebastian is my spirit animal 🐎

Yeah...cuz it's a building....with coverage...

Like seriously would you rather stand in a building where you MIGHT spend money or would you like to put others in danger

You pay that up front (or over a financing period) to be able to book that week (or however long your points stretch) for 50 years. You don’t pay 50k for one stay, it’s for 40-50 years of being able to book without paying each time. Resort costs will probably not be getting less expensive over time, and resale values can actually go up over time, so it pays for itself in a few years and can even wind up being profitable down the road if you decide to sell your contract.

It’s Disney’s time share.

As a DVC member I can say it's worth it. I did the math back when we decided to take the plunge and wish we'd done it sooner, we were going every year anyway. The kicker for me, at the time, was we were in a basic All Star (value) resort room for ten nights. It was costing us, for JUST the room, which, as everyone knows, is merely two double beds, a bathroom and a TV, nothing more, for $2250 (bring back those days, eh?). When we did the tour we got to the end and sat down to talk about the numbers. I had only ever known one person personally that had bought into it and I had asked them how many points they had. He said he started with a hundred then upped it to two hundred shortly after and felt like it was all they needed to do a trip per year. I looked at the numbers and decided on three hundred, then, last minute, decided to look at 320. So we did the math based on 320 points per year. As someone already mentioned in their comments it's a 50 year contract, so I got to work on the math. The cost of the points added up to roughly $34kUSD, and there is an annual maintenance fee which, at the time, for our home resort, was around $1100. I divided the $34k by fifty, added in the eleven hundred and it only came out to $1780 per year, with the understanding that the maintenance fees will always go up year after year. Since we were paying $2250 on that particular trip for a basic room and we were staring at the possibility of EXPONENTIALLY better accommodations each and every time for the next fifty years I had but two questions for Nancy, our now retired sales agent; "This is less money that I'm spending on a basic room for exponentially better accommodations. How is this possible? What's in it for Disney, who LOVES to take my money, to offer such a better deal than regular rooms available to everyone?". She said "It guarantees you keep coming back. The more you come back the more money you spend on park tickets, food, souvenirs, you name it." It made sense but since we were coming back anyway why not do it in better accommodations. These days the parks are so damn expensive and the kids are getting older it's getting harder to go, but you can always rent out your points that you aren't using and it actually nets out to be more than you spent for that year on points divided evenly from your initial breakdown and current maintenance fee anyway, so I see it as a winning situation. We have it whenever we want to use it and when we don't/can't we make money off ot it.

@@idaUnchained I get that. But if I pay $5,000/week at a cabin for example, it would take 10 years (not including interest if you borrow) to get my money back (ROI). I still don’t see the value. So I would pay $50K over 10 years if financing plus interest, (at least with a mortgage you get property), for the privilege to call and make a reservation? Having stayed on Disney properties for over 35 years, I've never had an issue making a reservation, old and new cabins alike. Maybe take the $50K and buy an index fund and get at least 7% return and at the end of 10 years you’ll have $75K (adjusted for inflation). I’m sure DVC is good for some but I personally don’t see the value of paying upfront. sorry.

@@katozhou3338 but aren’t people always trying to get out of timeshares? There is an entire industry out there who will get you out of a timeshare.

Yay!!

Correct, but some individual US states cover other animals in their state laws

I mean Florida

Breaking news: *WE CANNOT USE THE GROUND WATER TO WASH OUR BUTTS.* But in all seriousness, the fact that this is a rule is definitely saying something...Someone's done it before. *shudders*

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Marvel is always tricky territory, but we’ll say “hi” to Spider-Man any chance we get 😂

Okay so I looked into this a little bit more. Apparently it isn’t an official rule. I learned that this rule is up to the cast members discretion, meaning they choose how many pins they will trade and don’t get in trouble for it. You have to be nice though in order for the cast member to be willing to do this for you. This explains how what happened to me when I was was able to happen.

Happy to have ya! 👋

Gezellig, ik ook! More love from the Netherlands❤

Yes! Just keep in mind that cast members may have you park across the street from the hotel instead of directly in the hotel parking lot. It’s a little bit of a walk, but there is a walkway you can follow 🙂

This is in the Coca-Cola Store in Disney Springs! It’s literally a three story building dedicated to all things Coca-Cola!

EPCOT, near the front entrance by the "ball".

The MAIN Marvel rides Islands of Adventure has focus on Spider-Man, Hulk, Doctor Doom, and Storm (from X-Men). There’s also a Fantastic Four AND Captain American themed eatery there. So…… those characters are probably always gonna be off the table unless the contract changes. 🥲

At the moment, it looks like you can only use the free water park benefit on the day of your arrival - but we’ll let you know if that changes once it goes live!

Don’t understand how that benefits universal super hero land looks outdated and people walks thru it to go to Harry potter

@@CarolCityCane305Super Hero Island is an homage to the comic books of the 90's and some people like that. A time when comics were just that: comics, not blockbuster movies we're over-saturated with now.

@@bluegold1026 umm superhero island is outdated I been there recently and the F4 food court it’s horrible and looks out of place at universal

@@CarolCityCane305True, it looks outdated. But, that's why a lot of people love it. It reminds them of the old days of what superheros used to be like before they started making live-action films of them. Marvel Superheros Island reminds me of the X-men and Spider-man cartoons I used to watch, still do actually. And after X-men 97, a part of me is almost tempted to visit Universal just for Marvel alone

@@jackwilkinson4911 yea I get what your saying but I would rather see marvel at Disney parks now I mean look what Disney did with cosmic rewind that ride is the greatest ride I ever been on

Disney Paris has Marvel rides and characters.

We tend to use Kroger Delivery or Instacart! Once your groceries arrive, you’ll pick them up over at bell services at your hotel! Typically, grocery services won’t delivery directly to your room anymore, but bell services will keep your groceries safe for ya until you’re ready to get them!

@@dfbbreeathanks!

As long as Universal continues to use those Marvel characters that they've been using since the 90's, they'll never go away

Well, they keep paying Disney for it. Disney wouldn’t care to use it

@@dominicanheat2790Good point

Yeah, that’s stated in the video

Of course , as long as you respect them and don't harass them continuously because they have an assistant following them for protection and the assistant that is dressed in Disney staff uniforms they will gladly help with picture taking.

You can order it from Kroger's.