lake at Pop Century resort

We have seen little ones at Flame Tree dining area by the water. Anything native in Florida could show up.

I saw some deer grazing when on monorail to Epcot a few weeks ago. Had to look twice to see if they were animatronics. Lol

First, a rarely known fact about an aligator is that it is about the fastest animal on land for aout 75 feet in a straight line. They have so much power to get to full speed quickly. But, they can't turn. As for snakes, there are only a few that are aggressive and will chase you. The most common there would be the moccosan. The good news is they prefer to stay in the water areas and not be on land. Unless you walk right at the edge of the water, you won't encounter one.

Almost all animals prefer not to have human contact. They will flee to protection first. You probably have a better chance of being attacked by a polar bear than a snake or aligator there.

people say that snakes are more afraid of us than we are of them. In my case that is not true.

We saw a small copperhead on the road inside Fort Wilderness in July. That is the only venomous snake I have seen in WDW and I've spent hundreds and hundreds of days at WDW since 1973. I've seen quite a few gators over the years including a huge one that blocked traffic near the Swan/Dolphin a few years ago. I wouldn't let it keep me from walking or running at Disney. Chances are you will never see one, but if you do they will try to avoid you as much as you do them. I've been a park ranger most of my life and it's just part of life you get used to being in the outdoors. The beauty far outweighs the fear for me.:thumbsup:

We have seen both but it has been a while. We saw an alligator about 4ft swimming in one of the lakes. I think it was when we were staying at Saratoga and was walking the path back from Downtown but I can't remember for sure. I didn't worry about it too much......it is Florida and gators are everywhere. We saw a snake crossing one of the sidewalks at one of the resorts once. I think that may have been Port Orleans. It went into the brush before I got a good look so I am not sure what kind.

Anyway, being from the South, snakes are just a part of life so I don't concern myself with them too much. We live out in the country and rarely encounter them. They are everywhere but do a good job of avoiding us so we rarely see them. Most are only dangerous and strike if you surprise them/catch them off guard or get close to their eggs.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. You never hear about people having encounters with them at WDW and if it was happening it would be all over social media.

My DD sent me a picture of a gator at the little pond just outisde the gates at AK. It was about 5 ft. long running toward cover.

I nearly stepped on a tiny black snake on the sidewalk at AKL leading to the parking lot a couple of years ago.

I've used the path around the hour glass lake many times when running and have never seen anything other than lizzards and a random squirrel. :mickey:

We were just at POP from 9/13-9/27. We've also stayed here and AOA before. I've never seen anything there however during our visit last month my brother in law did see a rather large snake right outside our rooms in the 50's section. He said it didn't move until he got close to it then the snake slithered away into the bushes.

I did see a lot of cute bunnies though!

etibbetts;2435936 wrote: I did see a lot of cute bunnies though!

My goodness... they were EVERYWHERE around POP a couple weeks ago...

As far as the creatures more dangerous than the vicious bunnies... As a rule, I always assume any body of water in Florida has a gator in it. That being said, most of the time, they don't want anything to do with people, so as long as you're not poking it with a stick, they keep to themselves. :nudge::gator::scared:

Let me start by saying, I have never seen gators at POP.

A couple of years ago we saw a gator between DTD and Saratoga Springs, which made us realize that was probably why that path is closed at night. Some of us need to be hit over the head. :blush:

Also had quite a few gator sightings at Shades of Green years ago while staying there for an ICOT meet. Plenty of baby gators!

And there is always this pic that Ed sent me from Adventureland. I think this could be taking the adventure theme too seriously.

After staying at POP a number of times, I am ashamed to say this but...."POP Century Resort has a lake" ?

DisneyDadfromPittsburgh;2436513 wrote: After staying at POP a number of times, I am ashamed to say this but...."POP Century Resort has a lake" ?

And quite a large one with a nice walkway now between POP and AoA. It's much nicer now than when there was just a ghost town of the previous Pop expansion on the other side of the lake.

We saw a slow moving Armadillo during our August 2011 stay at the Pop. We were lake side.

I live in a Suburban neighborhood, and I can see on any given day, turkey, deer, bear, coyote, non poisonous snakes right in my very backyard.

Julie:mickey:

Beware the Jungle Cruise....it has a BIG snake that might "have a crush on you" and some crocodiles that are "looking for a hand out"......:D:D:D:D

Patricia;2436200 wrote: Let me start by saying, I have never seen gators at POP.

A couple of years ago we saw a gator between DTD and Saratoga Springs, which made us realize that was probably why that path is closed at night. Some of us need to be hit over the head. :blush:

Also had quite a few gator sightings at Shades of Green years ago while staying there for an ICOT meet. Plenty of baby gators!

And there is always this pic that Ed sent me from Adventureland. I think this could be taking the adventure theme too seriously.

If I saw that by the toilet, i'm afraid I wouldn't need the toilet anymore, but I might have to go back to my room for a new pair of shorts.

rabbits. squirrels..turtles. on property is what I saw..
on ME on the way to airport saw an alligator