Disney quietly removing alligator references after young boy’s death
DISNEY, in the wake of this month’s deadly alligator attack at one of its Florida resorts, is quickly removing alligator references — even cartoon depictions — from park shows and displays, according to published reports.
A two-year-old Nebraska boy was snatched and killed by a gator at the Seven Seas Lagoon at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on June 14, prompting the new anti-alligator policy, employees told the Miami Herald.
Search crews look for the body of a young boy taken by an alligator in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, Florida. Picture: Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via APSource:AP
The New York Post reports that so far the following alligators have been written off at Disney’s Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida:
— Louis, the trumpet-playing gator from The Princess and the Frog, is no longer part of the Friendship Faire Castle show.
Louis has been given the chop. Picture: Loren JavierSource:Flickr
— The Tic Toc Croc, who chases bad guy Captain Hook in Peter Pan, has been yanked from the Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom.
See ya round, Tic Toc Croc. Picture: ZannalandSource:Flickr
— And the Jungle Cruise boat ride no longer includes a corny one-liner from the captain telling parents to “watch your children, or the crocodiles will,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Disney deemed the Jungle Cruise joke to be inappropriate, given the circumstances. Picture: Josh HallettSource:Flickr