Disney luxury pet resort opens

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Tails were wagging at Walt Disney World Resort when Best Friends Pet Care opened the doors to its new, luxury pet resort on Sept. 1. Mickey Mouse’s favorite dog Pluto was there to welcome the first guests.

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The one-of-a-kind, 27,000-square-foot luxury facility is complete with cat ’condos,’ doggy suites, and special accommodations for smaller ’pocket pets.’ Park and resort guests, as well as visitors staying off property, can reserve the pet hospitality services to include overnight boarding for pampered pups, cats and pot-bellied pigs.

Directly off the resort’s lobby, a grooming salon offers ’go-home-fresh’ baths and haircuts for pets. A la carte activities for dogs range from one-on-one playtimes and social playgroups to ’cuddle time’ and bedtime stories with resort staff. Dog owners also can choose from pet amenities that include ice cream treats, bottled water and premium orthopedic bedding. Cat owners can treat their feline favorites to private playtimes or gourmet snacks like ’Tuna on a Ritz’ or Cookies and Milk.’

Services and amenities offered at the resort are designed to create a fun and comfortable environment for all pets. Dogs staying overnight and accustomed to curling up with a child for bedtime stories will be all ears when they settle down for staff-read ’tuck-in’ tales. Discriminating cats with a taste for tuna can get their own custom treats. TVs will be tuned to favorite pet films like ’Milo and Otis’ or ’Homeward Bound.’

• Best Friends Pet Care’s luxury pet resort includes: A full-service grooming salon with lobby view.
• Two 1,100-square-foot doggy-day-camp rooms opening onto a play-yard.
• A 25,000-square-foot private, nature-scaped dog park with water-play area and protected trail.
• Accommodations for 270 dogs in standard and luxury indoor-outdoor suites. Oversized luxury suites include raised bedding (hop up Fido!) and TVs.
• A separate ’Kitty City’ pavilion accommodating up to 30 cats in ’purr-fect’ two- and four-story cat condos.
• A special room for boarding of pocket pets that include birds and hamsters
   

The resort is located on property at 2510 Bonnet Creek Parkway, across from the Port Orleans Resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. Check out www.bestfriendspetcare.com to make a reservation for pet stays beginning August 27, 2010, or call 877-4-WDW-PETS.