Aliens, big ol’ bugs and a creepy capybara have joined the lineup of Gators, Ghosts and Goblins , the Halloween proceedings that start Saturday at Gatorland .

It’s the seventh year for the family-friendly spookiness event, which has become increasingly elaborate. Character interactions are flanked with effects created with 3-D printing and 3-D bit mapping, pretty modern stuff for an old-school Florida attraction.

“You’re definitely going to notice some more animations going on,” Brandon Fisher , director of media relations, said during a preview of the event.

“New this year we have big, giant bugs overtaking Gatorland,” he said, standing near an elaborate webbed stage and dangling (artificial) arachnids, which all play into a storyline involving competing exterminators, including

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