Originally Posted By CMDad Just as a matter of information - no gator has been spotted in CBR ... the no swimming edict is due to bacteria levels more than anything else.
Originally Posted By bloona ^^ that's a little reasurring. ( You'd think I was going to be lucky enough to be going back the way Im talking wouldn't you?...lol....I wish)
Originally Posted By ChiMike >>I wonder if gators contributed to the canoes closing at the MK?<< Nope.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I don't know why everyone on Earth has this massive impression that ALL of the state of Florida is covered over with Gators. I mean, I am a Bulldog myself, and many other Bulldogs can be spoted there often. In fact you may even see some Seminoles and Yellow Jackets from time to time. But Gators? Bah! I think the only animal that is banned and exterminated from Florida is the rare Cornhusker and rightfully so!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip ^^^ LOL... umm... different kind of gator. ;-) <<I've lived in Florida for about 8 years and I've only come face to face with one alligator...while on a golf course.>> I've seen a gator twice during my trips to Florida. Once my brother pointed it out to me; once a CM did. In both cases I doubt I would have noticed it on my own (which is slightly scary). Gators are not everywhere, but the thing is you never know where they WILL be. Because of that I think the most prudent action is to stay away from bodies of water when you are in Florida. (Spoken by someone who went on the swamp trail at Fort Wilderness which was probably asking for it.)
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, you don't know where a shark is going to attack but I'm not sure you should never go to the beach. The death we had here in Broward County was the first in 50 years. Frankly, don't leave your house if you are worried about dieing...but don't fret over your trip to Disney. Disney has been there 30+ years and I know of no gator attack on property.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I'm not worried about the Gators. It's the snakes I really worry about. I find it hard to go to the toilet in Fla for fear of them coming up the pan. I'm serious. I really get freaked out by snakes, and I know they are everywhere in FLA, inc. WDW.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm not freaked out by the gators... I would have never walked the swamp trail if I was. But they ARE present in the waterways at WDW and for whatever reason gators in FL have been unusually aggressive this spring. It just makes sense to stay away from the shoreline if you want to minimize the change or running into a gator. I once asked a CM what they did with gators they found on property. He didn't say "Oh, we don't have gators on property". He said "We just leave them alone if they aren't causing any trouble. If we get an aggressive one we move them off property."
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I'm serious. I really get freaked out by snakes, and I know they are everywhere in FLA, inc. WDW.<< <---bites lips hard. Such a waste of a naughty joke oportunity due to community standards.
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife >Just as a matter of information - no gator has been spotted in CBR ... the no swimming edict is due to bacteria levels more than anything else.< Sorry, not true. We stayed at CBR last February. Every night we stood just outside the entrance by the Pepper Market by the water's edge (with a big cement drop off and wrought-iron railing) and watched, and there was an alligator that came over there. Some other guests were throwing crackers in and he'd eat them, I guess it happens enough to make a pattern for him. I have pictures that SORT of show him-he looked about 4 feet. Most of his body was underwater, just his head out, but the flash would light him up pretty good to the eye, not as good in the picture. But he was definately there! We looked for him every time we walked by there, but only saw him at night, never in the day. We saw him 3 or maybe 4 different nights.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Every night we stood just outside the entrance by the Pepper Market by the water's edge...and watched, and there was an alligator that came over there. Some other guests were throwing crackers in and he'd eat them, I guess it happens enough to make a pattern for him.<< Does it strike anybody else that feeding a wild alligator is probably a really, really stupid thing to do?
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife >Not true< CMDad, first I apologize for sounding so flippant-I cringed when I reread that. And if that's not bad enough, it wasn't even at CBR!!! We stayed at Coronado Springs, that's where we saw the alligator. So I was rude AND wrong. And yes, feeding the alligator was not the smartest thing, I thought. There was no way he could get up to where we were in that location, but still!
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 when I was talking to my mom, I was like I hope that everyone says that there are no gators. but you didn't in fact everyone told me how common they are. At least I know to stay away from the water and the trail in ft. wilderness. thanks -nikala-
Originally Posted By CMDad Grumpy's Wife - no offense taken <G>. CBR - CSR ... it's easy enough to get mixed up. I do ... and my daughter WORKS at CBR <G>. I wouldn't be suprised if a gator were to be spotted at CBR ... just at this point none have. And I only know about the swimming ban being more of a health issue because I asked.
Originally Posted By ChiMike >><a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13043875/?GT1=8199<<" target="_blank">http://msnbc.msn.com/id/130438 75/?GT1=8199<<</a> >>Man frees puppy from alligator's grip Owner jumps into water and starts beating the gator with his fists<<
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 that is so cool. He really loved his dog but I would do it for my cat. not that we go on morning jogs together. -nikala-
Originally Posted By kennect Our local news here in Atlanta just did a story on recent deaths by gator in Florida...It seems already the all time record has been hit for the number of attacks resulting in death this year...I am from Florida and I wouldn't go any where near the areas these people were...My last big snake encounter was at WDW at one of the hotels at LBV...Nothing more than a racer but he/she was large and freaked me out....Plus it was right by a major entrance to the hotel...Which reminds of a very funny story...I was at a gay bar one evening that has a patio...The doors are kept open when the weather is nice....Well this particular evening a snake came in through one of these doors...The reaction was quite amusing...You have never seen so many butch type men screaming in your life....
