Snakes?????

[monkeybug]

First let me preface this by saying I am no means a city girl! I grew up in the mountains, and spent most of my childhood summers camping in the Sierra Nevadas. (my parents were not campground type people. my dad would drive down a few logging roads, find a spot furthest from civilization as we could get with out going to the moon, put up a tent and build a fire)
I was reading a review of FW on allears and she mentioned snake warnings in the gazette. I scoured the internet for any reference of snakes at FW and found none, please tell me that Disney is just being overly cautious and alerting people to the possibility of snakes. They are not a regular occurance right???? Right????
I don't mind the kind of snakes that can't kill me (though knowing that there are the kind that can around would make me panic even if I saw the friendly sort, and if one were in my bed I would likely die of a heart attack. Woman literally scared to death by a garter snake! How pathetic would that be?) In California the snakes that could kill me were nice enough to give a little rattle and ask me to please get out of their way (once saw 8 rattlesnakes in one hike. Yikes!!), but cotton mouths don't rattle right?
Ok, so let the laughing commence! I am sure like I sound like a total pansy!!!

 

[mjmoon]

I'm sure there are snakes as with anywhere when you're that close to nature. Like most wildlife, if you don't bother them they likely won't bother you. I don't think it's anything to be too concerned about.

 

[Shan-man]

I have only ever seen rat snakes, and then only along the canal. These guys can get pretty long but they are definitely more scared of you than you need be of them.

 

[monkeybug]

I have only ever seen rat snakes, and then only along the canal. These guys can get pretty long but they are definitely more scared of you than you need be of them.

Oh good!
I am not a fan of being close to any snake, but I am a total chicken when it comes to the deadly silent type!!!

 

[BradyBz12]

FL very definitely has snakes, and FW does the ol' CYA by giving you the warning. But I can say that having spent 60-ish days at FW in the last 5 years, I've never seen one. And we always use the dog walk along the canal a ton.

Keep your eyes open, but don't freak out and I don't think you'll be stalked by any poisonous snakes wearing mouse ears.

 

[Disbuf]

We have camped at FW the past two Spring Breaks. The first year in the 300 loop we saw a snake at our site on the first and second days and that was the last of him. He didn't bother us and we didn't get close to him either. We told a CM and they said he was harmless and actually helped to keep away other pests.

Last year in the 500 loop we never saw a single snake. We hate snakes but are not really concerned as we are going back this March for our third straight year.

 

[~Kristina~]

I've only been to the Fort once, but didn't see any snakes. But while staying at AS Sports I saw one.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

I havent seen one...and I WAS looking!!! I HAVE, however, seen a snake at Animal Kingdom....it was just a small garden snake, he was too quick to catch. But as for the Fort, they HAVE to be around...but as hard as I searched, I couldnt find one.

 

[Conan the Librarian]

I hope there are snakes. They keep down the rat population.

Just imagine how bad it would be without the snakes!

 

[ORLCampers]

Well, there is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGvnX8Prtc

... Ahh TGIF

 

[monkeybug]

I hope there are snakes. They keep down the rat population.

Just imagine how bad it would be without the snakes!

Yeah, I don't mind sharing a campsite/cabin yard with a rat or garden snake (would rather that than a rat actually!) I just figured that if Disney was warning about snakes it would be because some (like cottonmouths) are venomous, and those I would rather not meet! I figured that Disney was just doing the CYA thing and there is probably rarely a sighting of a venomous snake, I just wanted to make sure before I turn my two curious and fearless children loose!

 

[monkeybug]

Well, there is this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGvnX8Prtc

... Ahh TGIF

LOL!!! I hope my husband doesn't see this! I'll be finding plastic snakes all over the cabin!!

 

[Born 2 Fish]

Okay, now that your question has been answered real good,,
I feel that it is my duty to warn you about the otters at the Fort.
They can be a very sneaky bunch that sometimes work together, they form gangs.
When you least expect it , these otters will steal your beer. I'm tell'n you, if you don't keep a watch out, the otters can be a real problem.
Nutt'n but a buncha hoodlum beer snatchers, they are !

 

[monkeybug]

Okay, now that your question has been answered real good,,
I feel that it is my duty to warn you about the otters at the Fort.
They can be a very sneaky bunch that sometimes work together, they form gangs.
When you least expect it , these otters will steal your beer. I'm tell'n you, if you don't keep a watch out, the otters can be a real problem.
Nutt'n but a buncha hoodlum beer snatchers, they are !

Hmmm...strangely these beer snatching otters sound quite familiar... The group I am familiar with was comprised of men of course, not otters, and they called themselves Clampers (The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus). It sounds as though they share similar inrests (i.e. drinking beer) and antics (i.e. stealing beer). I can assure you that I have had much experience with this wiley bunch and their shananagins (in fact I became so keen to their ways that while in my teens they made their queen and one year I almost won them the towns highest honor) and I am quite confident I am well equipped to handle these roving gangs of hoodlum otters...but I will keep a cooler of beer handy just in case!

 

[vick]

Hmmm...strangely these beer snatching otters sound quite familiar... The group I am familiar with was comprised of men of course, not otters, and they called themselves Clampers (The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus). It sounds as though they share similar inrests (i.e. drinking beer) and antics (i.e. stealing beer). I can assure you that I have had much experience with this wiley bunch and their shananagins (in fact I became so keen to their ways that while in my teens they made their queen and one year I almost won them the towns highest honor) and I am quite confident I am well equipped to handle these roving gangs of hoodlum otters...but I will keep a cooler of beer handy just in case!

Those otters are sneakier I bet!

 

[BRDof3]

Don't worry too much about the otters. They are afraid of the bears.

 

[BradyBz12]

But I'm told the armadillos ain't afraid of nuthin... except maybe the Killer Rabbits!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

 

[BradyBz12]

Yep, them's the ones!

 

[monkeybug]

Favorite Movie EVER!!!!