This Is Stupid

[Shell54]

Ok I almost died when I read this article in todays Press of Atlantic City. I don't think I can post links here. But if you go to their website the story is there in today's web edition including a photo of the 4 foot gator who was abandoned on the side of the road (he was someone's pet!) and is now being relocated to Disneyworld He will be released in the waterways surrounding WDW according to the article. Unbelievable. Couldn't they release him in a more remote area?

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Well if you hadn't noticed, it's Florida.
And with Florida you get alligators.
Disneyworld is in Florida.
Hence there will be alligators in Disneyworld, more than the one to be released there.

I'm pretty sure they're not going to release it in commonly used waters like Seven Seas Lagoon...

 

[TagsMissy]

I have no problem with the release there... I think we forget we are impeding on their territory not the other way around. WDW property is so huge; there's a lot of places for Gators to hang out. Anything to conserve these gators is to me!

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

Disney is something like 47 square miles, much of it undeveloped, so there is plenty of room for the gator.

 

[m&pForever]

I have no problem with the release there... I think we forget we are impeding on their territory not the other way around. !

I think WDW was there befoer that 'gator was even born.

 

[Kaler131]

I think WDW was there befoer that 'gator was even born.

True! They should take it to Gatorland!

 

[Lynne M]

There are LOTS of alligators in the waters surrounding WDW.

There is simply no way to keep them out. None. Well, maybe if you put an 8-foot fence around the entire 40+ square miles of property. But that's not going to happen.

One more isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference.

You are not going to be attacked or bitten by an alligator during your stay at WDW. To the best of my knowledge, NO guest has been harmed by an alligator on Disney property in the 30+ years that WDW has been open.

Is it possible? Sure. It's also possible that your plane or your car will crash on the way to WDW. I assume that possibility wouldn't stop you from visiting WDW, and that's more likely to happen than an alligator attack on WDW property.

 

[Married_Him_@_Disney]

Last trip - we were at AK eating at Flame Tree by the water, and there was a gator just a few feet below us in the water. A nearby CM told us that the gators are allowed to stay as long as they are under 4.5 feet. Apparently there are many around Disney.

 

[safetymom]

Disney has a wildlife preserve. That is probably where the gator is going not WDW.

 

[Carnator]

I wish someone would take me to WDW and release me.

 

[Brave teacher]

I wish someone would take me to WDW and release me.

 

[DisneyWisher]

Ok I almost died when I read this article in todays Press of Atlantic City. I don't think I can post links here. But if you go to their website the story is there in today's web edition including a photo of the 4 foot gator who was abandoned on the side of the road (he was someone's pet!) and is now being relocated to Disneyworld He will be released in the waterways surrounding WDW according to the article. Unbelievable. Couldn't they release him in a more remote area?

If it was someone's pet they will destroy the alligator. They constantly tell people do not feed alligators because once they lose the fear of humans thats when things can get dangerous. You hear a lot down here that an alligator was caught and they had to destroy it because someone was feeding it. Disney was swampland before Walt bought it 40+ years ago, there are alligators there, they are just afraid of humans and hide. When they associate humans and food together thats when things go wrong.

 

[kimis]

Me too! Every time we leave WDW to come home I remind my dh that I don't want to leave. He says he will leave me if disney would take care of me. LOL Maybe disney needs a home for women in their fifties who just want to run away to disney. Oh yeah they have them---they are called resorts. LOL

 

[mpetti]

Me too! Every time we leave WDW to come home I remind my dh that I don't want to leave. He says he will leave me if disney would take care of me. LOL Maybe disney needs a home for women in their fifties who just want to run away to disney. Oh yeah they have them---they are called resorts. LOL

I totally agree with you. Would love to run away to Disney. Only difference is I am a mother of 2 young DS and I'm in my early 40's. LOL.

 

[imthatgirl]

is it that youre scared that the alligator will hurt someone?
there are alligators in the waters at disney. one year we were there watching what used to be the parade where they were all in snow globes. we were sitting in fronteirland right in front of the libertybelle, and by golly there was a gator hanging out with us.
it was actually pretty cool.

 

[Shell54]

is it that youre scared that the alligator will hurt someone?
there are alligators in the waters at disney. one year we were there watching what used to be the parade where they were all in snow globes. we were sitting in fronteirland right in front of the libertybelle, and by golly there was a gator hanging out with us.
it was actually pretty cool.

I guess I was just surprised when I read the article that they would release the gator near WDW..especially since he's from NJ (like me.. ). I'm not really afraid of seeing gators when I visit..I just don't want to have an encounter with one. I live in a part of northern NJ where people share their habitat with black bears, foxes, coyotes and deer...but living with gators around seems very exotic and un nerving to me.I'm sure to folks in Florida it's just a part of daily life. Believe me my DH would LOVE to see a gator when we visit WDW next month..me....not so much.

 

[ms_missy66]

Ok I almost died when I read this article in todays Press of Atlantic City. I don't think I can post links here. But if you go to their website the story is there in today's web edition including a photo of the 4 foot gator who was abandoned on the side of the road (he was someone's pet!) and is now being relocated to Disneyworld He will be released in the waterways surrounding WDW according to the article. Unbelievable. Couldn't they release him in a more remote area?

I'm sorry everyone, but I have to agree with the OP. While it's Florida and there are loads of gators there, there's just something about thinking about my sweet cherub-like children in the happiest place on earth mingling with a gator. It's an odd combo.

We live in a gator-populated area and I still get uneasy when I see one.

 

[summertime_girl]

Last time we went to Disney, I saw a coupe alligators walking around the grounds of the airport as we drove away.

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

I'm sorry everyone, but I have to agree with the OP. While it's Florida and there are loads of gators there, there's just something about thinking about my sweet cherub-like children in the happiest place on earth mingling with a gator. It's an odd combo.

We live in a gator-populated area and I still get uneasy when I see one.

Sorry to tell you, but, even if this gator is not relocated to Disney, you and you children would still be "mingling" with gators.

As was said before Disney is very large and the amount of developed area is relativly small. Disney has gators and even poisonous snakes, because it is an open area in a swampy part of the country. Disney has people to keep these wild "guests" away from the paying ones and they are pretty good at it. Gators under a certain size are left alone, larger ones are trapped and relocated to areas that are still wild. Truley wild(not adapted to human contact) animals are generally more afraid of us then we are of them, so they will stay away from human noise and commotion.

 

[nascarcheshirecat]

Last trip - we were at AK eating at Flame Tree by the water, and there was a gator just a few feet below us in the water. A nearby CM told us that the gators are allowed to stay as long as they are under 4.5 feet. Apparently there are many around Disney.

yeah, we saw one. it was about 3 feet long.
almost died when i saw it, but yeah, it was real.
lots of folks took photos. it was under one of the bridge areas headed into africa at ak.