Post #589117 by TikiHardBop on Sat, May 14, 2011 3:57 AM

We went to this attraction as kids and it was pretty lame even for back then. And as a Florida-native that grew up pre-Disney, I've seen my share of lame attractions. I had a girlfriend who worked as a waitress when they briefly converted the main building into a bar/special event center during the post-Tropical Wonderland/Snake museum days and they had pretty much stripped it of all the Tropical Wonderland trappings. The big holes for the snake cages where still along the walls, but they didn't serve any other purpose but a convenient place to put your drink.

A little bit down from there, approximately across the street where the ASRC building is now, they had a really big train derailment also when I was a kid. People from miles around came to see the piled up train cars. I think that drew more people than Tropical Wonderland ever did!