{"id":35293,"date":"2014-11-20T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=35293"},"modified":"2022-05-04T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:32:50","slug":"fun-disney-side-dogs-day-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/fun-disney-side-dogs-day-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Fun at the Disney Side Dog’s Day Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mouse For Less Blog would like to welcome Tanya, who brings us a story about the Disney Side Dog’s Day, which took place earlier this year at the Magic Kingdom.<\/em><\/p>\n

Has Disney gone to the dogs?\u00a0 For a few hours on a very early Saturday morning, it did!\u00a0 In mid-August, the Disney Parks Blog<\/a> put out a call to Florida dog owners inviting\u00a0them to submit photos of their dogs showing their Disney Side.\u00a0 The judges then reviewed the photo entries and chose 101 of the best dressed pups to visit the Magic Kingdom.<\/p>\n

On the morning of the one-of-a-kind, Disney Side Dog’s Day event, the dogs, along with their owners and guests, checked in at the Magic Kingdom gates hours before the park opened.\u00a0 The staff of the Disney Parks Blog, along with Pluto, Goofy, Bolt, Stitch, and Dug, welcomed everyone into the Magic Kingdom just before sunrise.<\/p>\n

The dogs were escorted down Main Street and they strutted their stuff for the judges along their very own \u201cgreen carpet\u201d, complete with fire hydrants.\u00a0 (I am happy to report that I did not witness any of the pooches actually stopping by or using the hydrants!)\u00a0 As the sun came up over Cinderella\u2019s castle, a light breakfast was served to humans (and dogs).<\/p>\n

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Bruce the shark walks the green carpet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winners of the costume contest were then announced.\u00a0 There were so many unique and adorable outfits, I imagine that the judges had a very difficult time selecting the winners. Once the awards were presented, the celebration continued with a doggie dance party.\u00a0 The Disney character dogs came out to pose for photos and dance with their canine guests.<\/p>\n

A neat aspect was that The Animal Planet film crew was on hand to capture every exciting moment and every dog was allotted their 15 minutes of fame.\u00a0 Clips from this event were included in Animal Planet\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Cutest: Disney Side Howl-O-Ween\u201d special.\u00a0 Although the episode aired in October, you may be lucky enough to catch a rerun of the show in the future!<\/p>\n

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Cruella de Vil takes first place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a lively dance party, the guests were led on the walk of a lifetime around the entire Magic Kingdom park.\u00a0 While the dogs were not permitted inside any of the shops, buildings, or rides (I am not sure my dachshund would have enjoyed a ride on Space Mountain anyway), walking around the park with their best friends was an unforgettable experience for every dog lover present at the event.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the walk, Disney cast members waited to usher the pups through the castle and accompany them on their final stroll down Main Street.\u00a0 In true Disney fashion, the park was spotless and ready for the day before the gates opened to guests and the dogs and their families walked away with incredible memories.<\/p>\n

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One last walk down Main Street U.S.A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Would you enjoy visiting Walt Disney World with your pet? \u00a0Would you like to see Disney make this an annual event?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mouse For Less Blog would like to welcome Tanya, who brings us a story about the Disney Side Dog’s Day, which took place earlier this year at the Magic Kingdom. Has Disney gone to the dogs?\u00a0 For a few hours on a very early Saturday morning, it did!\u00a0 In mid-August, the Disney Parks Blog…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":35299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walt-disney-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85014,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35293\/revisions\/85014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}