Crocs at Magic Kingdom!?!

[MKingdom25]

Originally posted by MrPromey


You aren’t the first one in this thread to refer to them as crocodiles. It’s not like it’s offensive to the people of Florida or anything. It’s just that they are two different animals from two different parts of the world with two very different behavior patterns which is signifigant. That Australian guy’s show would have a lot less action on it if he were the gator hunter.

I am glad someone mentioned The Crocodile Hunter. That guy (and his wife and team) rock!

 

[Erika]

I don't live anywhere near FL but I too was always under the impression that they had alligators and no crocodiles. I guess you learn something new every day.

 

[CowGirlJessie]

Originally posted by gjpjtj


Can we feed the gators?:lol:

ha ha ha. I was so going to post the same question once i got done reading all the responses....but you beat me to it!!!! We must have the same sense of humor!!!!! :lol:

 

[tmstern]

When I was at the Magic Kingdom over the Fourth of July in 2001, there was an alligator in the water between Frontierland and Davy Crocket Island...Disney brought in animal handlers and they actually ended up removing the alligator from the water!

 

[DisJosh]

Originally posted by tmstern
When I was at the Magic Kingdom over the Fourth of July in 2001, there was an alligator in the water between Frontierland and Davy Crocket Island...Disney brought in animal handlers and they actually ended up removing the alligator from the water!

They removed it? That's odd they normally let them be.

BTW it's Tom Sawyer Island.

 

[tmstern]

Sorry...I meant to say Tom Sawyer island...not Davy Crocket island...where is my mind today...

 

[jeffs10]

THis might be off subject but i also saw an alligator At Coronodo Spring in the Main Lake By one of the bridges It just stuck its head out and was staring at everyone that crossed the bridge. And there was nothing keeping it from walking up on the path that everyone else was using.

 

[One Lil Spark]

If tourists want a first hand experience of gators when they go to Orlando, then they can head to that high class theme park a few miles out of town called "GATOR LAND". All the floridians know what I mean!

 

[MrPromey]

Originally posted by One Lil Spark
If tourists want a first hand experience of gators when they go to Orlando, then they can head to that high class theme park a few miles out of town called "GATOR LAND". All the floridians know what I mean!

Anyone who has every seen the movie "Joe Dirt" has an idea of what this park is like as well... What can I say? I have cable and had nothing better to do for the past month.

 

[jeffs10]

Yes I love gator land. That place is the best viewing place for gator i try to make it there every visit to Disney.

 

[kdibattista]

My husband and I saw one up close last year on the Osprey Ridge Golf Course - it was really neat. And.... our tour guide on the fireworks cruise also pointed some out to us as we rode around what was discovery island.

 

[gjpjtj]

Originally posted by CowGirlJessie



ha ha ha. I was so going to post the same question once i got done reading all the responses....but you beat me to it!!!! We must have the same sense of humor!!!!! :lol:

You poor thing! :hammer: :lookaroun

 

[kaos]

Originally posted by gjpjtj


You poor thing! :hammer: :lookaroun

I have to toss myself into that equation also...

 

[Married@WDW]

We were a little freaked ourselves about the alligators last week in the waterways next to Frontierland. There were two that we saw together, but we think there are three total -- we saw one that was about 2 1/2 feet long and the other was about 4 feet long -- but people were talking about a third one as well. People were feeding them, which is the main reason they're staying in the park areas. Alligators do not USUALLY stay in the park areas because of all the people -- and there's usually only one that sort of "gets lost" in the park -- but if they stay long enough to get used to being fed, it's hard for Disney to get them out and they tend not to leave on their own. And it is somewhat unusual to have several out and visible at the same time with all the guests around.

We have family in security and retail management at MK and both said the same thing -- Disney doesn't want to try getting them out during the day when guests are in the parks, and at night, they can't seem to find them, so unless they see them as a danger, they're just leaving them alone. We did watch the bigger one following the raft back and forth to the island. It was a little creepy.

And just to clarify (or actually to ask), someone stated earlier that all of the waterways at Disney are connected in someway. I didn't think this was the case. The ones by MK are connected and the ones by Epcot/MGM are connected, but those two sets never come together. Is that right?

 

[tmm7899]

American Crocodile

Well there is one American Crocodile on property and its about 12.5 feet long. You can find him in dinoland across from the dig site playground. I spent 6 months there telling people all kinds of facts about the american croc.

 

[MrPromey]

Re: American Crocodile

Originally posted by tmm7899
Well there is one American Crocodile on property and its about 12.5 feet long. You can find him in dinoland across from the dig site playground. I spent 6 months there telling people all kinds of facts about the american croc.

Do people try feeding him?

 

[One Lil Spark]

Re: Re: American Crocodile

Originally posted by MrPromey


Do people try feeding him?

That CAN'T be safe! :hammer:

Croc or Gator, I watch the Discovery Channel and it doesn't matter which it is, they BOTH scare the begeesus out of me!

 

[MrPromey]

Re: Re: Re: American Crocodile

Originally posted by One Lil Spark


That CAN'T be safe! :hammer:

Croc or Gator, I watch the Discovery Channel and it doesn't matter which it is, they BOTH scare the begeesus out of me!

Well, the one that tmm7899 is talking about is in captivity. I think they talk about it as a real “living dinosaur” or something to that effect. In any event, you don’t get to pet this one like you do the not so real, “real living” dinosaur that you find in Jurassic park.

 

[lynnkatherine]

Okay.....I just booked parasailing....now I'm thinking....

 

[One Lil Spark]

Re: Re: Re: Re: American Crocodile

Originally posted by MrPromey


Well, the one that tmm7899 is talking about is in captivity. I think they talk about it as a real “living dinosaur” or something to that effect. In any event, you don’t get to pet this one like you do the not so real, “real living” dinosaur that you find in Jurassic park.

There is NO petting to it! I'm partial to my extremeties! OUCH!

I have never seen this! Maybe, in October I'll go check it out... then again, Maybe NOT! Everytime I have looked at the "animals" in AK, they seem to have issues and never let me get a clear look at them.