Spinoff thread - Wildlife you've seen at the resorts..

[MLAinVA]

We've seen snakes, alligators, and deer on the golf courses, especially at Oak Trail, the nine hole executive course near SOG.

 

[Alice28]

We saw a deer at the entrance to the WL- it was perfectly still- thought it was an audio animatronic for a second! LOL

Saw armadillos on the roadside, big turtles in a lake/swamp at Epcot..

After eating a big dinner at Cape May Cafe and walking around the Boardwalk, Mom and I were rocking in the rockers outside of the BC...a teeny tiny bunny hopped right across the path into the bushes. It was darling.

 

[de2fan]

One of my trips back in the 80's my family and I saw a kitten running around the gardens in Future World in Epcot, between the Land and Innovations. We saw some CMs running after it. I hate to think that someone left it there!

Other than that, I've seen the usual lizards everywhere, and those cute bunnies in Fort Wilderness. And I love feeding the ducks on the pier at the Yacht Club. I also remember seeing a huge fish while swimming in Bay Lake at the CR.

 

[Shelby5514]

We saw deer at CBR last Feb.

Shelby5514

 

[bellacam]

My 4yo Niece was on one wild Gecko chase after another. A Disney bus drive also pointed out a gator in the storm drain on our way to ASM!

 

[colleen costello]

We always see ducks, bunnies and waterfowl, and at night we use our flashlights to search for armadilloes. Unfortunately, the only gator we've ever seen was a dead one on the highway off Disney property. Being from the Midwest we were fairly impressed with "alligator roadkill!"

 

[DukeStreetKing]

Ok, let's see...

On the monorail from Epcot to MK, saw an alligator enjoying the water at the MK parking lot.

Chased by an amorous peacock at the Treehouses. Geez, all I wanted was his picture!

Multiple, not multiplying, bunnies at various resorts.

Grazing deer while driving to the MK on World Drive.

Lots of armadillos while driving around the property.

Oh, and some sort of big creature with huge ears wearing bright red pants!

Oops, almost forgot. While sitting under that gazebo-thing passed the ESPN Club, we saw a RAT climbing around in the rafters. Yuck!

 

[S. C.]

Last year we visited the WL, while we were driving out i had just finished telling my DH & GS that i had read on the dis about the armadillos in fl when 1 minute later we had an armadillo run across the road in front of our car.

 

[veruka]

Haven't been lucky enough to see the armadillos, and I'm DYING to see the VillaGator!!!!

But...have seen lots of ducks and squirrels and these really great white birds with long legs and long skinny bills at the Contemporary. Don't know the name of the birds, though. CBR also has a cool turtle in the lake, too.

Don't think I could handle a bunny-eating snake, thought. I probably would have screamed louder than the kids!

 

[Sammie]

Deer, wild turkey, hawks, rabbits, armadillos, alligators, eagles, snakes, rats, lizards, many types of birds.

 

[Virgo10]

I saw a rat at the AK once and no, it was not suppose to be where it was.

At FW there use to be turkey vultures on the beach. Maybe they're still there but we haven't stayed there in many years because of the following. One morning just after I had gotten up, I heard the most horrible noise coming from under the trailer we were staying in. What ever it was was attempting to get into the trailer through a small grate located in our kitchen. Being from the Northeast, I thought it might be a rabid racoon! So I called the front desk and they said they'd send someone down to check it out. In the meantime, I opened the door and looked outside. The skirting around the trailer was bowing out as whatever this was hit it over and over.

I called back in a total panic and said get someone over her NOW!! By the time they arrived, the animal had left. They found a small opening and told me it was probably an armadillo that had gotten trapped under the trailer.

Same trip and same location, gigantic palmetto bugs in our trailer. That was the last time I ever stayed at FW.

I love the bird life at WDW. POFQ is a great place to enjoy the birds as is CSR. Herons, ducks, all kinds of birds. I've seen deer grazing on the edge of the highway in numerous spots and snakes twice at TL.

Now for the duck story. Let me say I really do love all types of animals but this was just too weird. One night at EPCOT they were shooting off the fireworks and a duck must have gotten spooked by the explosion. It took off and flew right into one of the shells and, umm, no more duck. The group of people around me all looked at each other and said, did we just see that?

There is a small pond on the street across from DTD where all the hotels are. In it are some of the biggest snapping turtles I've ever seen. I've also seen turtles in the channel that connects EPCOT to MGM.

But the coolest animals I've seen at WDW were spotted on one of the roads leading into FW. It was a group of 4 river otters. Even the bus driver was amazed. They crossed the road right in front of the bus and we stopped and watched them for a while.

Roberta

 

[cindy_k]

At OKW last Easter I saw a Bunny, and Ducks. I took a picture of the bunny. It had to be the Easter Bunny.

I have also seen a couple of snakes and baby ducks at VWL.

Cindy in NY

 

[Danauk]

I saw an armadilo at Fort Wilderness last year. It was scampering around for a while and I took a few photos of it. I also saw the aligator at the BCV and the sea turtles that swim with it. Also lots of ducks and birds.

 

[diswedwish]

We were very excited on our first morning at AB of POR to see a raccoon in the underbrush on our way to the main walkway. It made getting up early worthwhile, even if our pictures didn't turn out We also saw a frog on a wall under one of the lights patiently waiting for bugs. We're easily amused

 

[Bimmy56]

I also had an armadillo cross my path at the ALLStar Music, it was a magical moment. We don't see many armadillos in Indiana