Gatorland Fire
Before Universal, Before SeaWorld, Before Disney there were smaller 'road side' attractions. People came to Florida for the beaches and the sunshine. While here they were presented with opportunities to enjoy a little piece of Florida at places like Cypress Gardens and Gatorland.
This morning I saw on The Disney Blog that Gatorland was being ravished by a three-alarm fire. He gives a first hand account of the fire and also offers up a link to a set of photos taken by his wife. Luckily no human life was lost, and only 3 animals, as most of the animals were housed in other parts of the park. It made the news also, of course, and you can find stories here and here.
Here is a link to a slide show that showed the huge gator jaws that were the unique entrance with flames behind it. I feel so sorry for the owners and the employees... although they were saying that they would have the attraction open again, possibly within a week! This is a family owned and run business, and I am glad to see that they are going to reopen.
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Wow, that's awful. And they've been there since 1949? I'm glad they have plans to re-open soon.
That place is classic. I hate it when iconic places like that get destroyed.
Oh, what a shame. That place is iconic!
J~
thank goodness no one was hurt and such a small number of animals lost... i hope it wasn't one of those fires that someone set on purpose.
Oh wow... Thank the Lord no one was hurt and only a small amount of animals were lost. That place was a classic.
~Jaime
www.chasenkids.org
Gosh! I'm sorry to hear animals were killed in the fire but I'm glad no one was hurt. Looks like an interesting place to visit.
My husband and I loved gatorland! I couldn't believe it when I saw the news about the fire. They showed it on our local news and we're in NJ! I am thankful that more animals and reptiles were not killed.
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