# Does anyone know if Disney is temporarily closing/modifying some alligator-themed rides? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552 "2016-06-16T19:16:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/1 "2016-06-16T19:16:15Z")
I’ve been to Disney a bunch of times, and I can think of several rides that have some alligator element to them. Jungle Cruise has some animatronic alligators. Splash Mountain has a bunch, one that has Brer Fox by the tail. Then there’s Peter Pan’s Flight (and, yes, I know it’s a crocodile). I’m just wondering how they handle this. It seems to me that all of these rides would bring up negative connotations right now, and Disney wouldn’t want that. On the other hand, maybe changing them would only serve in calling more attention to it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/2 "2016-06-16T20:01:32Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > I’ve been to Disney a bunch of times, and I can think of several rides that have some alligator element to them. Jungle Cruise has some animatronic alligators. Splash Mountain has a bunch, one that has Brer Fox by the tail. Then there’s Peter Pan’s Flight (and, yes, I know it’s a crocodile). > > I’m just wondering how they handle this. It seems to me that all of these rides would bring up negative connotations right now, and Disney wouldn’t want that. On the other hand, maybe changing them would only serve in calling more attention to it. They’re not closed - my Disney app shows all of them open with about 1 hr wait times. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/3 "2016-06-16T20:07:18Z")
The Jungle Cruise skippers had a joke something along the lines of “Mind your kids, or the crocodiles will mind them for you,” which I’ve heard they’ve been instructed not to say. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/4 "2016-06-16T20:40:42Z")
Now I want to see the boat come around the corner and there’s an animatronic alligator with an animatronic kid in its mouth. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/5 "2016-06-16T22:00:48Z")
The ultimate knee-jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/6 "2016-06-17T00:14:57Z")
Disney has instituted a temporary dress code - [certain](http://www.guyharveysportswear.com/scart/public/database/product/images_sets/pr872img1.jpg) [T-shirts](http://skreened.com/render-product/c/a/u/cauoyqhpihemaonauoge/image.skreened-t-shirt.white.w1001h1001b3z1.jpg) are [banned](http://www.tshirtsandthings.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/17942D0-2BigAlligatorFace.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/7 "2016-06-17T03:39:53Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > The ultimate knee-jerk. Can you imagine what a PITA it would have been if some poor bastard had caught the Hantavirus? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/8 "2016-06-17T04:01:59Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > They’re not closed - my Disney app shows all of them open with about 1 hr wait times. Is this a big jump above the usual wait times? If so, they could double the price. * * * Some state parks charge admission to get in. Some parks have signs warning of mountain lions out on the hiking trails. I always wanted to ask a ranger: If I get eaten by a mountain lion, do I get my money back? (The correct answer: If you get eaten by a mountain lion, we charge you double.) ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/9 "2016-06-17T13:01:07Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Disney has instituted a temporary dress code - [certain](http://www.guyharveysportswear.com/scart/public/database/product/images_sets/pr872img1.jpg) [T-shirts](http://skreened.com/render-product/c/a/u/cauoyqhpihemaonauoge/image.skreened-t-shirt.white.w1001h1001b3z1.jpg) are [banned](http://www.tshirtsandthings.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/17942D0-2BigAlligatorFace.jpg). And don’t even try to get in while wearing Crocs. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/10 "2016-06-17T13:04:42Z")
> [@Meltdown](#): > > I’ve been to Disney a bunch of times, and I can think of several rides that have some alligator element to them. Jungle Cruise has some animatronic alligators. Splash Mountain has a bunch, one that has Brer Fox by the tail. Then there’s Peter Pan’s Flight (and, yes, I know it’s a crocodile). > > I’m just wondering how they handle this. It seems to me that all of these rides would bring up negative connotations right now, and Disney wouldn’t want that. On the other hand, maybe changing them would only serve in calling more attention to it. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > They’re not closed - my Disney app shows all of them open with about 1 hr wait times. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Is this a big jump above the usual wait times? Not sure about the wait times on a weekday, but typical 2 pm wait times for the above rides on a weekend is at least an hour. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/11 "2016-06-17T13:06:58Z")
> [@Azeotrope](#): > > And don’t even try to get in while wearing Crocs. Lacoste shirts either. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/12 "2016-06-17T18:27:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Disney has instituted a temporary dress code - [certain](http://www.guyharveysportswear.com/scart/public/database/product/images_sets/pr872img1.jpg) [T-shirts](http://skreened.com/render-product/c/a/u/cauoyqhpihemaonauoge/image.skreened-t-shirt.white.w1001h1001b3z1.jpg) are [banned](http://www.tshirtsandthings.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/17942D0-2BigAlligatorFace.jpg). So if a guest comes in wearing that shirt, what, they have to go change? Get steered toward a souvenir shop? ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/13 "2016-06-17T21:08:06Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Lacoste shirts either. Ironically, Lacoste opened their Disney Springs (ex-Downtown Disney) store this week. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-disney-is-temporarily-closing-modifying-some-alligator-themed-rides/757552/14 "2016-06-17T21:39:14Z")
> [@dzeiger](#): > > Ironically, Lacoste opened their Disney Springs (ex-Downtown Disney) store this week. Do they sell [blankets…?](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/20/f5/57/20f5578fa3ac0b56b42059de09031d3b.jpg)