Gatorland

Don’t try this one at home folks. Gatorland is a wildlife preserve and theme park offering visitors the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and wrestle an alligator. If you’re not quite up for that, try the Screamin’ Gator Zip Line instead—30mph ride high over the park’s Nile crocodiles, or the Trainer-for-a-Day program, which includes time spent feeding baby alligators. Failing that, simply join one of the frequent tours of the 110-acre park—home to thousands of reptiles—or sit back and enjoy one of the Up Close Encounter shows. Just don’t get too up close.