. No, Jenn, he’s being a normal toddler who doesn’t want to be strapped in a friggin stroller all day!!It's a nightmarish thing they've constructed out of a lemon and coins. It's slowly rotting in their kitchen.
...and now it's in a retention pond in Lake Nona.
And what was the purpose of this thing? I'm assuming it was supposed to bring them prosperity or something?
Yeah it's like a New Year's Eve/Day tradition some people do. You turn a lemon into a pig, and put a penny for each person in the household in the mouth. You dispose of it when all the pennies fall and it's supposed to bring you prosperity for the year.
Florida is dotted with ponds, waterways, and a very high water level (when the weather is proper). The retention ponds are man made ponds used to divert the moisture and keep water from flooding the neighborhoods as the areas are filled in for construction.
So Tim wanted to come up with some traditions, so they googled some ideas. They came up with this stupid pig thing last year. So last year, Tim decided, on his own as it has nothing to do with the prosperity pig, that they would throw the pig into a lake after the pennies fell out. Well, they didn't last year, so the world was infested with COVID-19 because of it. So this year, they made a promise to the world that they would take it to a lake the second the pennies fell out. Thank GOD for the Trackers! Now 2021 will be a prosperous year!
I've seen a baby gator over in Fort Wilderness and someone said there's a rather large one living in the retention pond behind Space Mountain, although it was probably removed with all the others they could find after the incident with the little boy.Probably slightly off topic, but the idea of retention ponds just popped it into head
Those of you who live in the Orlando area, I’ve been for about seven holidays staying in a villa / at Disney and I’ve never seen a gator. Is that bad luck (because the kids are desperate!) or are they really not that prevalent near the parks?
I really thought I saw one in the car park of magic kingdom once... but it was a log
If you see water of decent depth (i.e. even ankle deep like ditches or thigh deep like small channels), just think there might be gators or snakes in them or near them (babies or otherwise) - virtually anywhere in Fla.Probably slightly off topic, but the idea of retention ponds just popped it into head
Those of you who live in the Orlando area, I’ve been for about seven holidays staying in a villa / at Disney and I’ve never seen a gator. Is that bad luck (because the kids are desperate!) or are they really not that prevalent near the parks?
I really thought I saw one in the car park of magic kingdom once... but it was a log
Indeed. And some retention ponds are quite lovely. You'd never know they were manmade!
Hi Ellen, thanks for the shout out. I know that you will see this comment. You say that you are a retired 57 year old living in NC.
I lived in Florida for years and went to Disney frequently. I don't think we ever saw one at the hotels or the parks. Other than AK. If they want to see gators Gator Land is a great place to go. They can even feed them. Which I would never recommend someone do in the wild.Probably slightly off topic, but the idea of retention ponds just popped it into head
Those of you who live in the Orlando area, I’ve been for about seven holidays staying in a villa / at Disney and I’ve never seen a gator. Is that bad luck (because the kids are desperate!) or are they really not that prevalent near the parks?
I really thought I saw one in the car park of magic kingdom once... but it was a log
we went to Gatorland and they did they feeding them with the fishing poles.. the only wild one anyone has ever seen was my husband on the golf course at Grand Lakes. I do not want to take up golf but the kids look out for them everywhere to see a wild one. All we have here are foxes that get in the bins
those pouches are definitely designed for kids to do themselves. I can’t believe they’re putting on a spoon!
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We have a lot near our home close to Disney, they're pretty good at removing them at resorts before they get too largeProbably slightly off topic, but the idea of retention ponds just popped it into head
Those of you who live in the Orlando area, I’ve been for about seven holidays staying in a villa / at Disney and I’ve never seen a gator. Is that bad luck (because the kids are desperate!) or are they really not that prevalent near the parks?
I really thought I saw one in the car park of magic kingdom once... but it was a log
For in the wild there are Everglades airboat tours that you can take. They are fun and you can not only see gators, but other Florida wildlife. We used to drive to the Everglades in the citey where we lived and would shine our car lights out into the water and you could see their eyes glowing. LOL!we went to Gatorland and they did they feeding them with the fishing poles.. the only wild one anyone has ever seen was my husband on the golf course at Grand Lakes. I do not want to take up golf but the kids look out for them everywhere to see a wild one. All we have here are foxes that get in the bins
those pouches are definitely designed for kids to do themselves. I can’t believe they’re putting on a spoon!
