This is the kind of confusion that is going to get people in trouble. I want to be clear I'm not talking specifically about you, I'm just using your post to provide some important information because you brought up 2 very different things in your post. You probably know this already, but a lot of people don't. ESA and Service Dogs are two separate things. I know Service Dogs can also be ESAs, but ESAs are not, by definition Service Dogs. So places where Service Dogs are allowed, ESAs are not. Disney, of course, plays this game somewhat, though every trip I seem to see more ESA animals masquerading as Service Dogs. How do I know? Because tiny stroller dogs don't make Service Dogs. Nor do dogs that are pulling on leashes, looking around at crowds, acting excited, or not being focused on their job. I don't care what the vest someone bought online says. The dogs don't have the size, skills, or temperament. Not all Service Dogs are Goldens or Labs or Shepherds of course, but they do tend to be from the more trainable and sociable breeds.
Disney seems almost afraid to make that distinction these days, allowing more ESAs masquerading as Service Dogs into the Parks. By policy, pets and ESAs are not allowed in proscribed resorts, parks, restaurants, certain transportation and more. Service Dogs, and Service Ponies oddly enough, are allowed in all those areas and I wish Disney would be more diligent about this.
Again, I'm not referencing you specifically here at all, because I don't know you at all or your dog or your situation! I'm just saying, because this is one of those issues that drives me nuts as a dog person. An ESA does not have Service Dog privileges, and if someone is treating an ESA as a Service Dog that person is not only breaking the law, but also doing a disservice to people who really need Service Dogs. ESAs do not necessarily have the training and skills that Service Dogs receive, and are generally not trained and certified to be in a complex, confusing, crowded, loud, unfamiliar, chaotic, and startling environment. Like... say... Disney World. All it takes is one ESA masquerading as a Service Dog going nuts during fireworks to create problems for people that really need to have dogs with them.
Ok. I've thrown my soap box away and we can all go back to discussing the joy of having pets locked in hotel rooms while we run to Chef Mickey's for Character Breakfast, MK for a full day of 3 scheduled FPs, CHH for lunch, whatever FPs are left to gather in the afternoon, a Mickey Bar for dinner, popcorn with the fireworks, one mad dash to 7DMT during the late night parade, and back to clean up the pile of poop Fifi left in the room, and a lack of towels because Housekeeping wouldn't come in.