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[GinaMo76]

GO or NOGO? Have some extra time before cruise, already done KSC. If NOGO any suggestions? Doing Universal after cruise. Not enough time for WDW only half a day.

[Julian]

I've been there (a few years ago now) it's somewhere reasonably interesting to kill a few hours - if you're into aligators obviously!

There were a few activities which were fun and there are loads of aligators there, although unless they're "performing" (which kind of meant leaping out of the water to catch dead chickens!) they didn't actually do much!

I tried "aligator nuggets" while I was there, and yes they DO taste like chicken!!! Just a little bit tougher!!!

[Julian]

Did I mention all the sleepy aligators?

[Sue M.]

I passed it on the way to WDW in Jan! It looked a bit hokey from the road. I'd go to the outlet malls

[scottjs]

I would go to The Wonder Works. But then I may be the only person around who likes upside down Science buildings.

[GinaMo76]

We did Wonder Works in Gatlinburg, my kids loved it. Are they all the same? Ripley's is another one they would love to try.

Thanks for all the info.

[home4us123]

We are thinking of doing Wonder Works this time to

[alisonhinsley]

We have done Gatorland a couple of times now. They do have shows with the gators and other reptiles. We paid extra and fed the gators. You are feet away from them and there is no barrier between you.

We went to Gatorland, as gators are not the norm in the UK and the people we went with, wanted to see gators.

[lkmom]

We enjoyed Gatorland last week. There were 3 shows, feeding Gators, a train ride and some great opportunities for the kids (and adults) to sit on a Gator. Your best bet is to purchase discount tickets before you leave home.

As others have said, its about where yuor interest lies. Wonder Works sounds like fun too! I worked in the Museum of Science here in Boston, so we wanted something different.

Here's a pic from the Gator Jumperoo show:

[dahlizyx]

I see the thread is from Feb, so this reply might be to late, but I ALWAYS recommend seeing some pre-Disney Florida attractions if you have the time and/or budget for it. I went to Gatorland years ago and had loads of fun.

[FriendAim]

We went to Gatorland when we were there in March. My uncle is a bigwig at the Orlando airport so we had free admission and we could do all of the extra stuff. I really liked the walkway through the mating area. It's not called that but it's a neat boardwalk that goes through this area where the herons have their nests up above the aligators.

My uncle told us a few years ago they had a fire in the main building and the flames were so big that they were shooting out of the fake aligator's mouth out front. That would have been a sight to see.

[scottjs]

I was thinking next trip of maybe doing The Holy Land Experience. Not sure how that would be for a family.