Snake On A Plane Out Of Tampa

Picture yourself traveling. As you stand up to gather your carry-on and exit the plane, would you expect to look down the aisle and see a snake slithering on down?

Probably not! But that's what happened on a flight from Tampa International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport.

Officials responded to a call that a garter snake was on the United Airlines flight on Monday.

The airport’s wildlife operations staff and Port Authority Police Department commandeered the snake, and it was released into the wild.

Thankfully, garter snakes are not venomous. They are prevalent in Florida; they're in every county around the state. They are also not aggressive and only bite if they are provoked.

Doesn't this story remind you of Samuel L. Jackson's Snakes on a Plane? But at least it was only one harmless snake and not dozens of venomous snakes like it was in the movie.

We tried to imagine how the garter snake ended up on the flight. The most likely scenario is that it just slithered into someone's carry-on bag, coiled up, and then apparently knew enough about air travel, that it new how to find its way to the aisle to head for the exit door.

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Last weekend I took my kids to Disney World. MJ teased me that I was a bad mom for not taking them to the parks. But there's no hard and fast rule that you MUST take your kids to a park while you are staying at Disney World. We found plenty of other things to do that, some of which were free with our stay. My kid are 5 and 2 and they were THOROUGHLY entertained. (These ideas may not work for kids of all ages).

And by the way, I titled this "less expensive" things to do at Disney, but technically, they are all free (with your hotel stay).

We spent half a day riding around on Disney transportation and my kids LOVED it. No lines and we got great views of all the Disney properties, from Epcot's Spaceship Earth to MGM's Tower of Terror and all the cool hotel properties.

You can walk around and look in all the shops. Of course, you'll spend money on shopping and dining, but you gotta eat, right?! My kids just enjoyed seeing some of the musical performances and all the hustle-bustle.

If you are at a park all day, you can't even take the time to enjoy a dip in your hotel pool. And they all have cool themes and amenities. At the pool at the Art of Animation Hotel, there were plenty of fun places for the kids to climb on and explore.

Again, what's the point of spending all that money on your hotel room if you're only in it to crash after a park firework show, and then you bounce out to hit a park first thing in the a.m. They have colorful themes and furniture. And we packed all of our Disney princess costumes, so one night we just chilled in the room and did fashion shows.

Whether it's the Animal Kingdom Hotel with all of the animal viewing opportunities or the Art of Animation hotel with photo ops around every corner, take the time to walk around whatever resort you at and take in all the Disney details.