{"id":289378,"date":"2026-05-29T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289378\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:23:11","slug":"fake-dragonflies-also-being-used-on-disney-worlds-saratoga-springs-resort-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289378\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Dragonflies Also Being Used on Disney World&#8217;s Saratoga Springs Resort Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After first being spotted at the EPCOT and Riviera Resort Disney Skyliner stations, fake dragonflies are also being tested on the boats at <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/resorts\/saratoga-springs-resort-and-spa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Saratoga Springs Resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fake Dragonflies at Saratoga Springs Resort<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-saratoga-springs-resort-dock-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-saratoga-springs-resort-dock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Saratoga Springs Resort boat dock.\" class=\"wp-image-1435287\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cast members told us previously that yellow flies are a problem every summer. Commonly found near water, these insects are known for their painful bites that leave itchy welts. <\/p>\n<p>Dragonflies are predators of the insects, and just a fake dragonfly on a wire can deter the yellow flies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-saratoga-springs-resort-boat-fake-dragonfly-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-saratoga-springs-resort-boat-fake-dragonfly-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Fake red dragonfly on a boat at Saratoga Springs Resort.\" class=\"wp-image-1435288\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While at the Saratoga Springs Resort dock, we spotted a fake red dragonfly clipped near the ceiling of the boat.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-skyliner-fake-dragonflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wdw-skyliner-fake-dragonflies.jpg\" alt=\"Fake green dragonfly on at the Disney Skyliner\" class=\"wp-image-1435289\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We first noticed that fake dragonflies were being used for the <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/05\/disney-skyliner-using-fake-dragonflies-to-scare-away-real-yellow-flies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Disney Skyliner<\/a> a week ago. If found effective, we may find fake dragonflies being used in more locations at Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever encountered a yellow fly while visiting Disney? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After first being spotted at the EPCOT and Riviera Resort Disney Skyliner stations, fake dragonflies are also being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[88765,122387,139,141,140,91940,122388,122389,88766,30128,122390],"class_list":["post-289378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa","tag-dragonflies","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-saratoga-springs","tag-saratoga-springs-boat","tag-saratoga-springs-boat-dock","tag-saratoga-springs-resort","tag-walt-disney-world-resort","tag-yellow-fly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}