The roaches

Heatherbell

Heatherbell

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Okay, I went to MGM last Monday to see Fantasmic. At the end of the show the lights came on and everyone starting shrieking. I looked down and there were hundreds of very large cockraoches running around on the ground. Someone called them palmettos but they looked like cockroaches on steroids. The were absolutely disgusting and everywhere. I kept thinking how easy it could've been for one to crawl up someones pants or something. Little kids were stepping on them, it was nasty.

Has anyone ever seen this?
 
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Sledge

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Yeah, these are the exact same things you feel in It's Tough to be a Bug. And you thought it was just special effects. Ha!
 
disneyfamily

disneyfamily

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Unfortunatly thats part of life in Florida, they're called Palmetto bugs and they are big, nasty, flying super roaches. Usually found around a lot of foliage.
 
MommytoMJM

MommytoMJM

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They are in fact, Palmettos, which are FLYING cockroaches! We saw them Saturday night too.....EWWWWWW....one of the things I will NEVER get used to about Florida.
 
LSUxStitch

LSUxStitch

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Nothing beats the huge BEETLES found under Spaceship Earth after park closing..lol

Ive had a run in with those things many of times after calling EPCOT CLEAR OF ALL DAY GUESTS and then walking back to Cast Services.

Weird thing, is that when you step on them, they crunch, but when you lift up your foot they charge at you still lol
 
jcat2312

jcat2312

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Gross! I can't even imagine what I would do if i saw them. I always have to have my husband kill spiders at home...I hate bugs
 
DisneyJill

DisneyJill

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Palmetto Bugs is just a really nice name for GIANT FLYING COCKROACHES. Blech. The first time I saw them was in Hilton Head. Stepped on one. Crunch. :zipit:
 
DisneySam

DisneySam

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Ah, yes another advantage to living in Florida [I just moved from Tampa.] I had a similar freak out once when we stayed at the All Star Music, we were walking to our hotel room and it was like the frog plague they were everywhere, and it doesn't help that I have (had) a major phobia about frogs.
 
AliciaLuvzDizne

AliciaLuvzDizne

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disneyfamily said:
Unfortunatly thats part of life in Florida, they're called Palmetto bugs and they are big, nasty, flying super roaches. Usually found around a lot of foliage.
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and water.

and you were right near both
but no i never heard of that happen at fantasmic.
ew
another reason for me to not go :lol:
 
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PoohBear071870

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Tha's gross! I lived in Florida for a year when I was in the Navy, and I chased one of those things around my condo for a hour. It climbed underneath my alarm clock, and I smashed my clock with a mallet and killed it. I was afraid to lift up the clock because it tried to fly at my head once.

Is this a regular occurance at Fantasmic? I am REALLY afraid of those things!
 
imagineer boy

imagineer boy

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Florida is home to some of the most disgusting bugs on earth. I've seen HUGE spiders, large bizaar looking bugs, big Praying Mantis', blegh! I quiver just typing this stuff.
 
AliciaLuvzDizne

AliciaLuvzDizne

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imagineer boy said:
Florida is home to some of the most disgusting bugs on earth. I've seen HUGE spiders, large bizaar looking bugs, big Praying Mantis', blegh! I quiver just typing this stuff.
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and half of the members on this site are banging down florida's door to live there
:lol:


and the other half already do!!
:D
 

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