Joe_Nathan

GatorRX is right. Here in Tampa Bay, if there is a freshwater or brackish body of water, chances are there are gators and snakes in it! If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. Most important...don't feed them anything. Banana spiders are common to Tampa Bay, especially for forming webs across trails during the night. Watch out for fire ant piles in grassy/sandy areas. You will recognize them by a mound of grey soil. Other than that, have fun caching in the area, there are some great caches in the parks and wilderness areas

I thought a troll was one who only found caches, never hides them.

I would wait a few days, since it was found on the 8th. If it not missing, I would also suggest you contacting one of the last finders or first, to see if they want to adopt the cache. Hope this helps!

Have a 72 Super Beetle with 79K original miles. Started using it as a daily driver and am even feeling some of the same frustrations with it as I do with Geocaching when you can't find what you are looking for..

Thanks for your input, although some of it has been brutal :-). I think the main issue here is permission. The key is to ask yourself when placing any cache, should there be permission? I agree with some, where it is quite possible these parks and attractions know geocaching is occurring and allow it. This would have been the 5th one placed in the Florida parks. The groundskeepers are very good, making the search for the "perfect" spot challenging. All in all, I believe we all need to be more diligent in seeking permission when it is needed. I did a quick check on the some of the caches hidden by the respondents and there are some, where permission should have been pursued. Perhaps admin. will be due diligent in applying consistent practices in allowing these types of caches to exist and archive those that break the guidelines. Secondly, I believe the debate over is it a commercial cache or is it not a commercial cache will be longstanding and not solved within this thread. I hardly doubt someone will pay $55 to simply follow a gps throughout a park to find a cache and then walk out. Most of us here near the attractions, go to the attractions and cache along the way and/or while inside. However interpreted, thank you for your input and instruction for this enjoyable hobby/sport!

This cache is hidden on Tom Sawyer's Island in the Magic Kingdom. Permission was not sought for obvious reasons. The question about fees, was due to the response from admin. about what appears to be hesitancy to approve caches where admission fees are required. There is some level of frustration about this denial in that I have searched for and most times found caches in the Magic Kindom, Epcot, San Diego Zoo, etc. Whatever the group seems to be direction, I will go with. Thanks for the input!

I was denied posting this cache by admin today and am requesting your thoughts/opinions. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=40698 This micro-cache is on Disney property. The issue surrounds caches that are commercial and on private property. Is this really a commercial cache? How many of you have paid a fee to cache at a Disney/Six Flags/Universal Studios/Zoos? How many have paid an entrance fee to a park? Is Disney really private land, hosting millions of guests each year in their parks and resorts? Thanks for your thoughts and opinions, just trying to stretch our hobby/game.