We have seen many gators in Florida, but that is to be expected as almost all fresh water has gators.

I agree with Blotts post except we had a overly friendly gator in a lake once, that our villa backed onto. we love it!!!

They only tend to go into pools without screens.

You just take sensible precautions and do not ever feed them.

Here is a very useful website...........

http://www.floridaconservation.org/gators/faq/lwa.htm

Don't let your worries spoil your holiday, we have stayed at Rotonda backing onto a canal and never saw one even though we wished we had!