You should able to get lots of information from the Port Orleans thread. In regards to the gator question; one should assume there are gators in/around EVERY body of freshwater in the state. I never personally saw one in the lakes/etc aronud Disney, but now that we live in florida I see them in our retention pond, etc frequently. That said, gators are generally NOT aggressive and as long as you don't go in the water, they aren't likely to impact you (and much worse than gators is the bacteria in the water).