"Swampy is big -- big enough to contain the gift shop, ticket counter and offices of Jungle Adventures, in the holiday season-themed town of Christmas, Florida," the Roadside America reports.

"Swampy was built in the 1980s as the home of Jungle Adventures founder Hermon Brooks. He'd planned to use Swampy's open mouth as the entrance to his attraction, which was then called Gator Jungle. But a lawsuit from nearby Gatorland, famous for its gator mouth entrance, foiled Hermon's plan. Ironically, a subsequent fire at Gatorland permanently disconnected its gator mouth from its gift shop, so now neither giant gator mouth is used as an entrance.

"Behind Swampy, the 10-acre Jungle Adventures park offers a tour of a Native Village, electric boat rides and boardwalks through the swamp, and a home for injured or thrown-away exotic pets as well as hundreds of alligators. The gift shop sells frozen alligator meat for your barbecuing pleasure, and visitors can pet a tarantula."

"Jungle Adventures, a Real Florida Animal Park, is the natural habitat jungle home of the famous 200-foot-long roadside wonder, Swampy, the world’s largest alligator, and a popular photo opportunity for everyone," the Visit Florida reports.

"Throughout our park guests experience live guided wildlife encounters with rare Florida panthers, primates, gray wolves, white-tailed deer, tropical birds, reptiles and mammals. Our Jungle Swamp Cruise is on a beautiful private river that is inhabited by more than 200 alligators!

"While cruising, you'll be surrounded by natural Florida flora and fauna that provide many unique photo opportunities. On and off throughout the day, guests can choose to join in with the very popular Jumpin’ Gator Jamboree Gator Feeding. We also offer several Live Guided Adventures, including educational expeditions to the Native American Indian Village Replica, where guests learn about how Native Americans lived in Florida centuries ago, as well as, the replica of a 16th-century Spanish Fort, which demonstrates how Spanish Conquistadors lived at that time. Jungle Adventures is located between Orlando and Kennedy Space Center and is open 9:30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. every day of the year.

"Live Guided Adventures are scheduled three times a day, with no overlapping times. Also, guests can come after hours for Night Adventures in The Jungle, available Friday, Saturday or Sunday evenings all year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve and New Years Day.

"Behind the Scenes VIP Adventure Tours and Live Guided Educational Field Trips may also be scheduled. Jungle Adventures discounts are available for Florida Residents, Groups of 15 or more, Seniors, Teachers, Active Military and children, Please visit www.JungleAdventures.com to find out more."

"Not much to say about this place, other than it is a building shaped like a giant Alligator. It is a fun roadside attraction worth stopping to take photos of. The Mouth of the Alligator is the entrance to the gator park, which is highly overpriced considering all of the other gator attractions we had been to in the past week in Central Florida. This makes for some great photos of a fun roadside attraction, but that is about all."

"This place is awesome! It is a small zoo with many cool animals and also has at least 150 alligators and they were everywhere! My husband and I got to hold a baby alligator, a parrot and a snake. I highly recommend this place! Give yourself at least 3 hours here. We went at about 3:30 in the afternoon and it closes at 5;30. We got to see all of the animals but I could have stayed much longer."

"This is old time Florida at it's best. The gators are in the wild, in a duckweed-filled, sulfur-water smelling, natural swamp, just like you would see them in the wild. There are other animals here as well, ranging from a Florida black bear, to a Florida panther, to more exotic animals like ring-tailed lemurs and a variety of snakes."

"This place is a cross between a jungle excursion, an alligator farm, and a zoo. They have a bit of everything, live alligator feeding, zoo animals, live shows, even a Native history lesson. We were very pleased, and our children had a wonderful time. The staff here are outstanding. They are fantastic and welcoming, and very caring for their animals. Thank you so much for a wonderful experience!"