Tasha goes to Disney

Gordon LaGrow

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As owner of a Disney travel agency, and one of the top 400 in North America, we were invited to the Disney EarMarked Owners Summit. Since I disabled I need to bring Tasha 2.0 my service dog along with Gary, my partner and care taker. Disney welcomed them both.

We began our trip by taking a sedan transfer from our home to Boston Logan airport, we were flying on Delta and were welcomed at the curb by Disney agents who helped check our luggage and escort us through TSA and to our gate. At 6am TSA was by no means busy and being disabled we were pre-check so it took us less than 15 minutes.

Here is Tasha sitting in Delta's Sky Club for our flight to Orlando. Did I mention we flew First Class

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Upon arrival at Orlando our driver met us and collected our luggage where we were whisked to the Contemporary Resort in a stretched limo:

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She enjoy the limo ride :)

She was a big hit at the hotel and the Summit, our first day was busy, registration, meeting Disney officials including the General Manager of the resort, and finally checking into our room. We were surprised when the GM came out again and escorted us up to a suite. He upgraded Tasha and we got to stay with her the whole 5-night ;)

Check in at registration at the Contemporary Resort, home hotel for the Summit

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Our 6-days went by quickly, mostly work, but Gary & Tasha got to enjoyed all that Disney offered, including meals, fireworks, character meetings, and so many Disney Presidents and other management along with 400+ agency owners. She was the perfect service dog, everyone couldn't stop saying this is what a service dog should act like.

Tasha met every Princess at Cinderella's Table, Met just about every character as Chef's Mickeys and didn't want to return home. After we got home Tasha wold not sleep on my bed, seems she loved the luxury mattress in our suite. So, I bought a new bed, the same bed Tom Brady sleeps on, but we upped the bells and whistles. She loves the massage options LOL For $6,000.00 she better love her bed.

Here are a few more photos!

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One thing I forgot to mention, Tasha impressed the Vice President of Marketing for Disney that we agreed to allow Disney to use her in the parks publicity. She was posed in a number of locations and scenes with many characters. We''re looking forward to getting some of those photos and the ads she may appear in.
 
Gordon! It's great to see you and Tasha! Looks like the perfect trip for the perfect little girl. I'm glad you had a great business trip.
 
Gordon! It's great to see you and Tasha! Looks like the perfect trip for the perfect little girl. I'm glad you had a great business trip.

Thanks Poly, this was a very difficult trip for me, in fact it is my last one. I traveled with medical equipment so I could do my own dialysis and antibiotic infusions. Nurses came to the hotel to assist and Disney was more than helpful. My agency has grown to over $1.5 million in sales and soon a new partner will take over control. Being 70 and running a business with medical issues is not easy. But with Tasha watching over me life is still amazing
 
Gordon you are amazing. I forgot to mention that I love Tasha's Service jacket, very Mickey!
 
I didn't realize you were on dialysis. Wishing you well and congratulations on your successful business.
 
It’s so nice to see you on here again, Gordon. Tasha must have been the it of Disney World. Love the pictures and the Mickey service vest.
 
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