What are the chances of "critters" (bugs, snakes, lizards etc.)getting into your ground floor room?

[gdrj]

However, the idea of one never crossed my mind until now so all I want is an upper floor now! LOL

Agreed. To the OP thanks for the nightmares.

 

[loves to dive]

OK kids. As is traditional every time there is a "critters" thread, somebody has to post the story of the Famous Contemporary Snake. Yes, it is a true story. You can find a link to the original blog here:
http://jennkey.blogspot.ca/search?u...-max=2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=43. (Scroll down to the Oct 2008 entry)

Here we go...... if you look closely you can see the snake wrapped around Elias's arm.
The snake was found at 11:45 p.m. We had turned down the air to 50 degrees to smoke him out.
3 foot of black snake. Please zoom in.
Complete story: Scott and Clay were at Epcot. Most of the time during this trip Clay and Scott were at Epcot. So no big news there. Amy and I decided to wake the girls up from their afternoon nap and go over to Downtown Disney. They were sleeping in OUR hotel room. Woke them up and Bethany did not feel well. She threw up and decided she felt ok so we went down to the bus. Get on the bus with about 20 other people and Bethany throws up everywhere. Bless her, we all evacuated and she was sick again all over the bus stop. Poor thing. She was terrible. Amy and I decided there was not a lot I could do to help her so LG and I went ahead to DD. Scott and Clay did not even know what was going on back at the homefront. While LG and I were at DD, Amy continued to text that B. was still sick and housekeeping was coming every once in awhile with new sheets, towels, etc.
Next, I receive a text from Amy: NEED YOU TO COME BACK TO HOTEL ASAP
ME: sure, R U OK?
AMY: SNAKE N ROOM
ME: WHAT?
AMY: bethany in hallway with trashcan. manager coming. some guy from wv helping.

of course, LG and I scoot back as soon as we could. The snake was in the room and had slithered away. There were SEVERAL people in the room looking for it. However, when they were on the hunt, they found a NEST!!!! WITH EGGS IN IT!!!!!

Finally, the Gledhills were moved to an absolute Rock STar Celebrity Suite!!!! Super duper cool. Elias found the snake around 11:45. We all ran in minus Clay, LG and of course, Bethany. Elias was the hero of the night.

O.k. that one was yucky and would have had me running and screaming. I don't like snakes and bonus for them to get upgraded.

 

[GWS]

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Finally, the Gledhills were moved to an absolute Rock STar Celebrity Suite!!!!

Man I hope so for all that! A nest found in the room with eggs to!!! How does Mouse Keeping miss that?

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

IT'S Florida, the varmits and bugs can get in anywhere. Over the years, we have stayed at all levels, and never had any unwelcome visitors, but as I siad, it's Florida and they can show up.

AKK

 

[fairytalelover]

How do the housekeepers miss a big snake, nest and eggs???? Only if they are doing a mediocre job cleaning a room would they miss that!! I find this really problematic!! And how in the heck did a big black snake get into a room in the Contemporary hotel many floors up. The rooms dont even open to the outside. they open to an inside hallway. So this snake just slithered around the halls, up the elevator and into a room, layed eggs and nobody saw this!!??!?!

 

[Accident]

I had a ground floor at POFQ last year and had no issues with critters. The only people I've ever heard of a critter problem tended to be messier and the door was left open a lot longer than one would expect for housekeeping reasons. Some of the critters, it doesn't matter what floor your on, they can get in.

 

[BobC]

Never had any critters.

I did almost lure a duck into my room first floor at Pop Century years ago.... Would have been a fun surprise for Mousekeeping.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

The only time I ever had a 'critter' in my hotel room was the one time I didn't stay on the first floor. I found one of the small lizards on the back of my door on the 3rd floor at Pop. They don't worry me - I just shooed him out.

 

[helenm29]

Well, THAT was interesting! finding one snake would bother me a LITTLE....finding a NEST would bother me a WHOLE LOT! nothing against snakes, but they need to be out in the wild...NOT my hotel room! SSSSSSSSSSS!

 

[jeanelle]

I lived in South Florida for 11 years in a 2nd floor apartment with an external entrance. We constantly were finding little gecko lizards in our apartment. If you are in a moderate, you might get creatures. It is Florida after all.

 

[GWS]

Well, THAT was interesting! finding one snake would bother me a LITTLE....finding a NEST would bother me a WHOLE LOT! nothing against snakes, but they need to be out in the wild...NOT my hotel room! SSSSSSSSSSS!

Maybe it was all staged for a sequel to Samuel Jackson's movie "Snakes On a Plane" but this would be "Snakes in a Hotel", I would watch it.

 

[Sue M]

no elevators at POFQ

there are no elevators??

All POFQ buildings have elevators. The AB section of Riverside doesn't. Mansions do..

Did they remove them? We've had stays in 3 different buildings at POFQ and all 3 had an elevator.

Lol

Critters, we had a 1st floor room once, no critters. We have had little lizards on balconies on occasion. I made sure to keep slider shut while I was out on balcony.

 

[kiford]

We had a first floor at CR a lizard lived right outside. I had coffee with him every day. I believe he's related to Pascal.

We had a little lizard parked on the wall outside our room on the 2nd floor of the Beach Club one year. We named him Cyril and said hello to him every time we entered or left the room - he was adorable. He moved about 1 inch a day or so. They're entirely harmless and very small, maybe a little longer than your index finger. I'd rather have a lizard in or around my room than bugs. At least the lizards eat the bugs.

 

[daisyduck123]

I would say your chances are PRETTY GOOD...considering we spent 10 days at BCV last month on the 4th FLOOR (Room 421) and one night we had a NEWT crawling around on the carpet.

 

[Disnsyncey]

Do ducks count? lol when we stayed on the first floor at the Poly we would open our sliding door and in came the ducks! too cute! all kidding aside, with all of the rain that Florida has had this summer I'd be more inclined to take an upper floor! lots of critters and snakes around...YUCK! I also worry about the mosquitos later on in the summer and fall! lots of spray!

and that is ADORABLE hahahahaha

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

How do the housekeepers miss a big snake, nest and eggs???? Only if they are doing a mediocre job cleaning a room would they miss that!! I find this really problematic!! And how in the heck did a big black snake get into a room in the Contemporary hotel many floors up. The rooms dont even open to the outside. they open to an inside hallway. So this snake just slithered around the halls, up the elevator and into a room, layed eggs and nobody saw this!!??!?!

Black snakes can climb and are fairly unobtrusive. And are completely harmless. And that one wasn't even particularly big. Eastern black snakes can grow to around 8 feet long, though the biggest I've ever seen is about 6 feet.

 

[natesmama]

Having just moved out of Orlando, let me tell you that an upper floor room doesn't help. Lizards can and will climb the walls (we found so many on our roof when we went to tap down a shingle), snakes can slither up anything smooth enough (complete verticals), and palmettos fly. There are big outdoor cockroaches that seek moisture, so during the driest months (Winter) its not uncommon for them to try and sneak in. I've seen them come in through bathtub pipes in homes slightly older than my former house. They aren't indoor creatures by any means, but they go where the water is.

Have fun with that The only creature we've encountered is a snake in the lazy river at Typhoon Lagoon. Poor guy was just floating along with his head/neck up out of the water. Everyone panicked, but the poor snake couldn't figure out how to get out! The lifeguards were too afraid to wrangle it, so a guest helped it out.

 

[fairytalelover]

Having just moved out of Orlando, let me tell you that an upper floor room doesn't help. Lizards can and will climb the walls (we found so many on our roof when we went to tap down a shingle), snakes can slither up anything smooth enough (complete verticals), and palmettos fly. There are big outdoor cockroaches that seek moisture, so during the driest months (Winter) its not uncommon for them to try and sneak in. I've seen them come in through bathtub pipes in homes slightly older than my former house. They aren't indoor creatures by any means, but they go where the water is.

Have fun with that The only creature we've encountered is a snake in the lazy river at Typhoon Lagoon. Poor guy was just floating along with his head/neck up out of the water. Everyone panicked, but the poor snake couldn't figure out how to get out! The lifeguards were too afraid to wrangle it, so a guest helped it out.

A snake in the lazy river?!???!?! Oh great!! That's my favorite place, the lazy river.......I always find it so relaxing but now Im gonna be stressed worried about snakes at the water park??! Ugh! How do we know it wasnt dangerous? Who am I kidding, even if you say it wasnt poisonous it wouldnt matter to me because I would get a heart attack anyway!!

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

Having just moved out of Orlando, let me tell you that an upper floor room doesn't help. Lizards can and will climb the walls (we found so many on our roof when we went to tap down a shingle), snakes can slither up anything smooth enough (complete verticals), and palmettos fly. There are big outdoor cockroaches that seek moisture, so during the driest months (Winter) its not uncommon for them to try and sneak in. I've seen them come in through bathtub pipes in homes slightly older than my former house. They aren't indoor creatures by any means, but they go where the water is.

Have fun with that The only creature we've encountered is a snake in the lazy river at Typhoon Lagoon. Poor guy was just floating along with his head/neck up out of the water. Everyone panicked, but the poor snake couldn't figure out how to get out! The lifeguards were too afraid to wrangle it, so a guest helped it out.

Almost certainly non-poisonous. Glad someone helped it out.

 

[thefriendlyfloridian]

OK kids. As is traditional every time there is a "critters" thread, somebody has to post the story of the Famous Contemporary Snake. Yes, it is a true story. You can find a link to the original blog here:
http://jennkey.blogspot.ca/search?u...-max=2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00&max-results=43. (Scroll down to the Oct 2008 entry)

Here we go...... if you look closely you can see the snake wrapped around Elias's arm.
The snake was found at 11:45 p.m. We had turned down the air to 50 degrees to smoke him out.
3 foot of black snake. Please zoom in.
Complete story: Scott and Clay were at Epcot. Most of the time during this trip Clay and Scott were at Epcot. So no big news there. Amy and I decided to wake the girls up from their afternoon nap and go over to Downtown Disney. They were sleeping in OUR hotel room. Woke them up and Bethany did not feel well. She threw up and decided she felt ok so we went down to the bus. Get on the bus with about 20 other people and Bethany throws up everywhere. Bless her, we all evacuated and she was sick again all over the bus stop. Poor thing. She was terrible. Amy and I decided there was not a lot I could do to help her so LG and I went ahead to DD. Scott and Clay did not even know what was going on back at the homefront. While LG and I were at DD, Amy continued to text that B. was still sick and housekeeping was coming every once in awhile with new sheets, towels, etc.
Next, I receive a text from Amy: NEED YOU TO COME BACK TO HOTEL ASAP
ME: sure, R U OK?
AMY: SNAKE N ROOM
ME: WHAT?
AMY: bethany in hallway with trashcan. manager coming. some guy from wv helping.

of course, LG and I scoot back as soon as we could. The snake was in the room and had slithered away. There were SEVERAL people in the room looking for it. However, when they were on the hunt, they found a NEST!!!! WITH EGGS IN IT!!!!!

Finally, the Gledhills were moved to an absolute Rock STar Celebrity Suite!!!! Super duper cool. Elias found the snake around 11:45. We all ran in minus Clay, LG and of course, Bethany. Elias was the hero of the night.

What a wild story, any pics of the celebrity suite?