security and K9

[waymickey]

Not sure if this is the right forum but I wanted to mention one other thing I noticed when I was in the parks last week.
I saw many more security guards throughout the parks and even saw a K9 unit on more than one occasion. I saw K9 in MK twice, once in Epcot and on the day we were leaving at the Beach Club. The K9 was with his/her partner and walking through the parks. At the resort they were at the front door. I assume this was due to the elevated terror risk but I wondered if there was something more to it. Does anyone know?

[faline]

I've seen folks patrolling with dogs for the last several years now - both in the resorts and in the parks so do not believe this is anything new.

[waymickey]

Oh thanks for the response I never noticed them maybe I was so excited about being in the parks and in Disney I just never noticed. I tend to get MICKEY tunnel vision when I am there!

[Nascfan]

We saw them quite a bit in May also. Seems to be a sign of the world we're living in now.

[TheDuckRocks]

Don't really know if it's a fact or not, but on trip to AK with my sister she was told by the K9 handler that all K9 dogs in Orlando go through a training phase at WDW. Could be true. Could be a pat answer to keep tourists from panic. Although the whole conversation with the handler just started when my sister remarked that the dog was so beautiful.

[kakn7294]

I've never seen them at the resorts but I have seen them in the parks - they were usually at the entrances when I've spotted them. I think that not only is it a sign of how our society needs increased security everywhere, but it's also that more police departments are able to obtain a dog.

On a side note, on the last several trips, I have noticed the areas marked as doggie potties that I had not seen before - great idea for service dogs!

[minnie04]

Saw them on the 4th of July in the MK. I thought is was because of the crowd size. I'm glad they are around.. ya never know when someone might try something.

[joonyer]

Personally, I'm happy to know they are around and working in the parks. Any location with large crowds of people is a potential target for nut-cases and/or terrorists (i.e. downtown Boston during the Marathon). We don't like to think about such things, so I'm glad somebody else is paying attention to the potential threat. From what I know, there's a lot of unseen security activity always going on in WDW.