There are what at WDW?????!!!!

[DisneyWhirled]

I probably shouldn't have been, but imagine my surprise when we saw two rats (definitely rats, no Mickey Mouse) scurry by when we were walking (around midnight) from the castle towards Crystal Palace to exit the park. With all the water and vegetation, it is not surprising that they are around, but I was sure shocked to see them cross in front of me!

Although I really needed to, I couldn't bring myself to go into the restroom near the CP that didn't have a door on it! There was no one in there and I could only think of meeting up with those furry creatures!!

[princessjojo]

Funny you should mention that!!! We were at SSR June 10-19 and one afternoon we were at Artist Pallet eating lunch outside on the porch area. DS said he saw a rat run from the building to the bushes. I brushed it off and told him he just saw a squirrel. Then as curosity set in, my sister was looking around the same area and saw it as well. YUCK!!!

[Marilyn Michetti]

Probably feels like home. Seriously, I'd jump and carry on if I saw one, but if you think about it, there's lots laying around to attract a rat. There's alligators, snakes, misquitos that look like bombers, and "things" that crunch when you step on them.

I guess there's only so much you can do to keep out a non paying guest.

[Beast_fanatic]

Perhaps it was Ratatouille...

[Dsnygirl]

Perhaps it was Ratatouille...

.... that's exactly what I was going to say...

[teamblackwell]

I was at DL waiting for The Matterhorn and I saw two little mouses scurry by in the landscaping. I wasn't disturbed by them but it did make me wonder about the removal procedures at the Disney parks. Do you kill a creature that happens to be your companies mascot?

[Nini]

We saw a rat last year - we were up on the platform over the entrance to the MK waiting for the train, and one was scurrying back and forth between the tracks right in front of us. A couple of the CMs saw it too. They kept an eye on it but didn't seem real surprised.

Denise

[BronxTigger]

It's Pinky and the Brain. They're trying to take over the World.

[elmjimmlm]

We have not seen rats or mice but an armadillo walked in front of us a POR...

[DisneyorBust]

Good one BronxTigger!

[Aggie97]

It's Pinky and the Brain. They're trying to take over the World.

Ha!! I used to love that show.

[Caroleh]

It's Pinky and the Brain. They're trying to take over the World.

Very good, Bethany!!!

[sisterdisco]

I always knew it was dream real estate for seagulls and mallards, but Rats? Gross!!

We were at the pool at WL a few years ago, and all of a sudden, there was this huge commotion. There was a HUGE black snake around the pool. There were 3 guys w/ white shirts on that said "wildlife control" in big red letters on the back.

They were chasing this snake with a reacher (a long stick you can pick things up w/) and a pillowcase. Through the brush/plants, on the sidewalk next to the pool, and the darn thing almost went straight into the pool!!!
They got him after several minutes.
It was like an episode of the Crocodile Hunter.

I JUST COULDN'T GET MYSELF TO GO IN THE HOTTUB AFTER THAT-- (BRUSH TYPE PLANTS SURROUNDING IT)--I WAS AFRAID A SNAKE WOULD POP OUT!!

[Wells]

We were at a "E-ride night" a few years ago and saw a couple of roaches that were the size of rats! Maybe that's what you say, they have been known to wear mouse ear hats late at night!

Oh, and for all you Floridians, thats "palmetto bugs"

[Harley-Davidson_Guy]

I am not surprised! I was outside at the Buzz Cart a couple of weeks ago and this 7 yr old boy screamed at the top of his lungs..."ROACH". I walked around the corner thinking it was a small little bug but boy was I wrong. It was at least 2" long and that's with out antenas. It looked like those things they used to eat on Fear Factor. Luckily it ran behind a box because I wasn't about to do anything with it. I was told that technicaly it is called a Palmento Bug because it flies. STILL!

[KineGirl]

Ive seen Mickeys other micelike friends swimming around the lake at WS... Especially in the canals leading up to it from the resorts. Theyre pretty big too!

[Wells]

I was told that technicaly it is called a Palmento Bug because it flies.

...A rose is a rose.....

[kakn7294]

Karen, you would have really freaked out at my adventure with a rat in my college days. I was sitting in the lobby of the building I lived in (campus housing) waiting for some friends so we could go eat - the cafeteria was in the basement of this same building - when I looked down to the floor to see a baby rat nibbling on the rubber on the side of my Nikes.

BTW, just what were you people drinking on that trip? First the tragic stroller incident and now rats...

[tmosier]

Surely those rats were magic rats! Or maybe they were Gus Gus and another one of Cinderella's rodent friends.

[Mrs Bus Driver]

My kids still talk about the time the met the real Micky Mouse. We were at DL waiting for for the steam ship, sitting by some bushes when I noticed my DS putting some of his french fries in the bush. A few moments later little Micky came out of his hole grabbed a fry and .

I just realized that was 15 years ago, little Micky must have lots of descendants by now!