Doesn't sound like a fun life for that gator.
I don't know, it seemed pretty chill and I imagine since it was staying at a local zoo at night, and lives in a zoo in Orlando, on top of the fact that the person running that display was doing the educational thing and in full control of the holding of the different creatures they had, it might not be so bad [yes, I thought about it, but like the macaw and parrot didn't have clipped wings [and one liked to groom hair when doing the photos with people.]
Felt more like a very controlled educational experience than exploiting the critters.
Like, the birds with non-clipped wings, weren't in cages, but on perches - they never tried to leave, either.