Oh no, Not Gatorland!

[Erik Johnson]

There was a serious fire at Orlando's/Kissimmee's Gatorland this morning. I looks like most of the damage occured in the front section of the park where the gift shop is located. If I rememeber correctly it is also where the iconic gator doorway is located as well...

 

http://www.wesh.com/news/10249357/detail.html?treets=orl&tml=orl_break&ts=T&tmi=orl_break_1_05490111062006

 

edit Awww....The Gator-mouthway entrance was engulfed with flames...

[verticalzero]

It's sad news to have a fire at any park esp with animals.

 

The main thing is no "Woodies" or Dark Rides were effected.

[mcjaco]

Ahhhh, flaming gators!

[DerekRx]

mmmm, smoked and charred gator, tastes like chicken!

 

Sad that another classic Florida attraction is now hurting a little bit more. I used to drive by Gatorland on my way to work every day, sure beat the traffic on I-4!

[SharkTums]

Yeah, they just confirmed that some animals did die. Pretty sad. Hopefully it was reptiles and not the stockpile of rodents that they eat!

 

There's a pretty crazy picture of the giant gators mouth with flames all around it!

[arrowfanman]

This sucks pretty badly.

 

I remember that gator-entrance more than any of the mulit-thousand dollar WDW-expirences from my 1994 Florida trip. Best of luck in their recovery efforts.

 

-Jahan