Just when you thought it was safe to sit on the beach at WDW...

[larryz]

...comes fence-climbing, swimming-pool-seeking alligators...

Alligators caught climbing fences and swimming across roads in Florida

Florida alligators are showing their true flexibility and range -- social media has caught one climbing a fence and another swimming in a flooded road.

edition.cnn.com

 

[drizgirl]

Just wait until they find one in a gondola car.

 

[Mickey5150]

Just wait until they find one in a gondola car.

Now we know why Disney didn't put AC in the gondolas, to make them less attractive to gators.

 

[John park hopper]

Maybe it's time Disney has an up charge event --Gator Hunting" in the lagoon

 

[DryerLintFan]

Well..... I feel like its only ever a matter of time for most animals to figure out the road blocks humans put up. Alligators climbing fences wasn't something I'd ever considered, but it makes sense. Especially those tiny short ones they put up on Disney beaches.

 

[Nemo14]

When my kids were little, I remember hearing about a gator found in one of the tube slides at Wet & Wild. We never went back...

 

[John park hopper]

Gators will go wherever they want. Live in costal SC remember being in my boat (in saltwater) about a mile from shore in the salt marsh creeks. Son said look an alligator sure enough it was about a 7 foot gator. Gators can tolerate salt water for a while, can't live in it for long periods. Had 3 living in a salt water creek not far from the house one day they were gone.

 

[Master Yoda]

This is news to everyone NOT living in the state of Florida or Lousiana.

 

[John park hopper]

Disney Lagoon new mascot

 

[KCheatle]

As a kid, I remember seeing a gater in the water of the jungle cruise. I also remember being really creeped out by the idea that if I walked in the grass at night outside of our room in the wing of the contemporary that I might step on or run into a gator. My brother would go out and watch the Electric Water Pageant sitting in the grass, and I would not leave the "safety" of our concrete patio. However, I would swim at River Country without a second thought! I guess my point is that gators are nothing new to WDW. They have always been there and will always be there. The fact that we have co-existed for decades with extremely limited negative interaction goes to show that, statistically, they aren't really much of a threat at WDW.

 

[Skibum1970]

My sister lives down in Naples and had a decent sized gator climb over her fence just to chill. When she and her husband went outside, he quickly scrambled back over the fence. The fence was a standard four or five foot chain link fence and he had no trouble with it. I don't think that she has a pool but maybe just provided a place for a curious gator to investigate.

 

[mf1972]

adam sandler is on it

 

[larryz]

Well..... I feel like its only ever a matter of time for most animals to figure out the road blocks humans put up. Alligators climbing fences wasn't something I'd ever considered, but it makes sense. Especially those tiny short ones they put up on Disney beaches.

Really. Who thought this...

could stop this... ?

 

[Tuvalu]

Really. Who thought this...
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could stop this... ?

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The fences aren’t to keep the gators out.

The fences are to keep the rocket scientists from going in the water.

 

[Kingtut]

The fences aren’t to keep the gators out.

The fences are to keep the rocket scientists from going in the water.

How are we supposed to get our rockets back then? Answer me that!

 

[The Mom]

Really. Who thought this...
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could stop this... ?

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That's a BIG gator - that fence is at least 8' tall - it's the perimeter fence along the airstrip at NAS Jacksonville.

 

[Beacon Joe]

Maybe it's time Disney has an up charge event --Gator Hunting" in the lagoon

Sponsored by CCI / Landry "Choot 'Em" Mini-Mags...

I'd be down for that.

 

[MrHappy]

Guys, relax. The Jacksonville gator will never tell the Orlando gators how to climb a fence.

 

[Tanna Eros]

Maybe it's time Disney has an up charge event --Gator Hunting" in the lagoon

At least feed them little old fashioned loud clocks, for the IP ambiance.

 

[Kingtut]

At least feed them little old fashioned loud clocks, for the IP ambiance.

It's the attention to detail in the little things like this that make for a wonderful experience

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