Mini Blizzard Beach Review: including snake highlights!

[ZephyrHawk]

A couple of years ago I was waiting for the ski lift with my family (wife, siblings and their spouses and two of my nieces). All of the sudden I felt something on my leg. I looked down to see a 3.5 ft black snake working its way up and around my leg.

I don't like snakes but I am not afraid of them or of handling them so the first thing I did of course was to calmly tap my wife on the shoulder and said "look at my new friend. OOPS, wrong thing to do! My wife started screaming which caused EVERYONE in the line to start screaming, including the CM's helping people on the ride.

I reach down and unwrapped the snake from my leg and ask the CM (who didn't even know what he was screaming about) where he would like me to take the snake. He asked me to follow him... he stayed about 5 ft away from me the whole time. I can't remember where we went, somewhere back by Sharks Reef; but the whole time we were walking, people were screaming when they saw what I was carrying.

Fun memories!!!

This story made my day!

 

[appleorchard]

Snakes are a fact of life in Florida. When we stayed in Jacksonville for 4 months a few years ago, I had snakes zip by me in the condo pool at least twice. Fortunately, they went by so fast I didn't have time to react! Both times, I was the only one in the pool at the time, so there was no one there to keep me alive if I fainted--maybe that's why I didn't lol.

 

[buffettgirl]

ah yes.... been there - don't go there if you are really afraid of snakes, lots of 'stories'

and pictures. the pictures! lol

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Ya know, I'm supposed to be some sort of manly man. Enjoy all kinds of "macho" activities, have a physical job, and my warehouse is literally infested with Brown Recluse spiders which couldn't be less of a concern to me. But, I really, REALLY hate snakes & react to them pretty much the same way a little girl would (shrieks & squirming)! Had a 5' black snake blocking the path to my company truck last week :shiver: Not pleasant

 

[DisneyDoc5]

Ya know, I'm supposed to be some sort of manly man. Enjoy all kinds of "macho" activities, have a physical job, and my warehouse is literally infested with Brown Recluse spiders which couldn't be less of a concern to me. But, I really, REALLY hate snakes & react to them pretty much the same way a little girl would (shrieks & squirming)! Had a 5' black snake blocking the path to my company truck last week :shiver: Not pleasant

I still think your macho even if snakes scare you

 

[Zuzu03]

Oh good God in heaven, if a snake was climbing up my leg or in the water with me, I'd be peeing, crying and screaming all at the same time. In other words, I would just dissolve into a horrible, blubbering mess. Definately NOT clicking on a link that says anything about snakes in the room. GAAAAHHHH!!!

 

[sassie_kat]

Count me in amongst the people who would have keeled over if a snake came up next to me in the Lazy River! I am TERRIFIED of snakes - harmless little garter snakes cause me to shiver for hours!!

I have jumped over a van bench seat and my 5'5" sister holding the other end of that seat in order to get away from a snake in the garage . . . I made it in to the house before she even put the seat down.

I ran from the back of our 3 acre lot to the front door of the house in less time than it took my father to shake the black snake off his pitch fork.

I ran over two miles in hiking boots with a 20+ pound pack on my back to get away from a snake.

I cannot even fathom what would happen if I saw one while swimming . . . I have an irrational fear and would probably cause a bigger scene than the snake sighting!

God bless those of you that can pick one up and carry it away!

 

[carolhether]

A couple of years ago I was waiting for the ski lift with my family (wife, siblings and their spouses and two of my nieces). All of the sudden I felt something on my leg. I looked down to see a 3.5 ft black snake working its way up and around my leg.

I don't like snakes but I am not afraid of them or of handling them so the first thing I did of course was to calmly tap my wife on the shoulder and said "look at my new friend. OOPS, wrong thing to do! My wife started screaming which caused EVERYONE in the line to start screaming, including the CM's helping people on the ride.

I reach down and unwrapped the snake from my leg and ask the CM (who didn't even know what he was screaming about) where he would like me to take the snake. He asked me to follow him... he stayed about 5 ft away from me the whole time. I can't remember where we went, somewhere back by Sharks Reef; but the whole time we were walking, people were screaming when they saw what I was carrying.

Fun memories!!!

OMG, I don't when it was last that I laughed so hard!!!

And I always thought it was alligators I had to be on the look out for in Florida

 

[jujube]

These stories are hilarious.
Post 16 snake in a room at the Contemporary is a Dis classic!

Here's the link to the story from the woman that had the snake in her room. Scroll down a bit:
http://jennkey.blogspot.com/search?q=snake

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I still think your macho even if snakes scare you

 

[dancin'girl]

This is a funny thread. We, too, have seen a snake at Blizzard Beach (it had to be about 10 years ago now, though). It just slithered across the path, we stopped to give it room and I tried not to start freaking out, but it was all good. We told the first CM we saw about it and he told us they'd take care of it. He didn't seem at all concerned. Don't know what kind it was, just remember it was black. I have always wanted to go camping at Fort Wilderness, but after that incident, I decided I did not want to be out in the "wilderness" of Florida with their snakes and bugs. Instead we stay inside where the snakes only hang out in the curtains - ha!

 

[chloe4ever]

I like snakes. Not sure why they scare people so much

 

[LisaCat]

Ya know, I'm supposed to be some sort of manly man. Enjoy all kinds of "macho" activities, have a physical job, and my warehouse is literally infested with Brown Recluse spiders which couldn't be less of a concern to me. But, I really, REALLY hate snakes & react to them pretty much the same way a little girl would (shrieks & squirming)! Had a 5' black snake blocking the path to my company truck last week :shiver: Not pleasant

I *LOATHE* spiders. Outdoors, I will cut them some slack, unless they are setting up house under the stairs to my hot tub, and let them be, but inside my house, oh HECK NO. I'll go Angry Birds on them - flying shoes are the usual weapon of choice. LOL

I have encountered a few small snakes in my gardens over the years. Not a huge fan and I will jump if one slithers out and startles me, but I'm not super freaked out by them either. My last trip to WDW I went with a friend who is TERRIFIED of snakes. I was always on the lookout so I wouldn't end up having to do CPR on her if she saw one. LOL

 

[ILoveToRun]

I saw this guy at the Beach Club last fall. I was on the look out the whole trip because I HATE snakes and he was just next to someone's ground floor balcony. I was quick enough to snap a photo and run. Ha!

Later, we found out this is a juvenile southern black racer and it's non-poisonous.

 

[ILoveToRun]

I like snakes. Not sure why they scare people so much

I know for me, I fear the unknown. I've only lived in the Pacific NW and we don't really have snakes around here other than garter snakes. So when I go to places that have poisonous snakes and I don't know the difference between the poisonous and non-poisonous, I will assume they are all poisonous and steer clear. I don't want to die/be permanently injured/left with a huge hospital bill because of one.

 

[Belle72]

My family and I were at Blizzard Beach on Sunday April 1 and had a small black snake cross our path next to the Ski Patrol/Tikes Peak area. We are not very scared of snakes (my DD9 even wanted to pick it up- but she knew enough to ask me first- to which i replied very sternly "NO!") I was a little worried that it might hurt someone not paying attention to where they were stepping, as I am not sure as to which snakes in FL are venomous.

Now, if there were to be a snake swimming in the lazy river with me I would not be happy. Swimming snakes are a different story!! Ewwww!!!

We were told to keep the kids out of the shrubs- no short cuts etc... due to the possibility of snakes and other critters by a lifeguard at Ski Patrol. I think that is probably a good idea for all of Disney.

 

[Belle72]

My family and I were at Blizzard Beach on Sunday April 1 and had a small black snake cross our path next to the Ski Patrol/Tikes Peak area. We are not very scared of snakes (my DD9 even wanted to pick it up- but she knew enough to ask me first- to which i replied very sternly "NO!") I was a little worried that it might hurt someone not paying attention to where they were stepping, as I am not sure as to which snakes in FL are venomous.

Now, if there were to be a snake swimming in the lazy river with me I would not be happy. Swimming snakes are a different story!! Ewwww!!!

We were told to keep the kids out of the shrubs- no short cuts etc... due to the possibility of snakes and other critters by a lifeguard at Ski Patrol. I think that is probably a good idea for all of Disney.

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

My family makes fun of me when we are walking around the resorts and I am chanting my ever present mantra of " Stay on the sidewalk, stay away from the bushes...keep on the pavement, don't go near the grass...stay on the sidewalk, stay away from the buses....keep on the pavement, don't go near the grass...".

Well, you get the picture...I am sooooo afraid of something happening.

We saw a snake slither across the sidewalk at DTD. We were walking behind the shops on the sidewalk that runs along the parking lot. It was dusk and we just barely saw it...I freaked!!! I am gonna have a hard time enjoying the resort pool and lazy river this year.

 

[DisneyDoc5]

My family makes fun of me when we are walking around the resorts and I am chanting my ever present mantra of " Stay on the sidewalk, stay away from the bushes...keep on the pavement, don't go near the grass...stay on the sidewalk, stay away from the buses....keep on the pavement, don't go near the grass...".

Well, you get the picture...I am sooooo afraid of something happening.

We saw a snake slither across the sidewalk at DTD. We were walking behind the shops on the sidewalk that runs along the parking lot. It was dusk and we just barely saw it...I freaked!!! I am gonna have a hard time enjoying the resort pool and lazy river this year.

I say the same thing to my family - they laugh at me, but it's true!

 

[audrey2580]

These stories are hilarious.
Post 16 snake in a room at the Contemporary is a Dis classic!

Here's the link to the story from the woman that had the snake in her room. Scroll down a bit:
http://jennkey.blogspot.com/search?q=snake

OMG I can't believe I read that. Nest? Wow.