We just spent 3 months in central Florida and had a wonderful time. The park was large and had lots to do in and around the park. The older folks living in the park models were friendly and active. The majority of folks were from southern Ontario and nice folks they are! The rest were mostly from Ohio or Michigan.
We were warned about fire ants, but the powder we used at the first sign of any Nest/mound took care of the problem. Regular ants were everywhere, but we never had a problem inside. We sprayed garden bug killer on the ground around our site and had no problems. Mosquitoes are a abundant when the sun goes down, but sitting outside until then is perfect!
There were plenty of ponds and lakes around us, with lots of alligators, but they are inactive in winter and provided plenty of photo ops! If you have a pet, of course you keep them leashed and away from the ponds, nor did we let our dog lay in the abundant grass all around us. Fire ants will bite dogs too, but we were careful and had no incidents. DH and I each got one fire ant bite, and they are nasty, but once we were aware it didn't happen again. (Watch your step)
We had no problems with mildew or humidity in our fiver, Florida weather in winter is delightful, and used minimal AC. We already leased our site for next year and can't wait to go back!
