Disney quietly removing alligator references after young boy’s death

DISNEY has been quietly removing alligator-themed characters from its theme parks as the fallout continues from the horror death of a young boy in Orlando.

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.

In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officers search for the body of a young boy Wednesday, June 15, 2016 after the boy was snatched off the shore and dragged underwater by an alligator Tuesday night at Grand Floridian Resort at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via 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 Javier

— 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: Zannaland

— 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 Hallett

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission.