Disney! be careful!!!

Strabo wrote:
People sugar coat this to justify signs, I'm sure the baby's dad read the no swimming sign. What else is living in the lake, copperheads?

Most likely cottonmouths and possibly along trails a coral snake.

People sugar coat this to justify signs, I'm sure the baby's dad read the no swimming sign. What else is living in the lake, copperheads?

When we were at the Fort a few years ago they had signs everywhere that say "no swimming" I wondered why and looked it up and it was due to a law passed that you could not swim in man made lakes because of the possibility of bacteria in the stagnant water. so we stayed out. didn't even dip a toe in the water. no swimming means no part of the body should be in the water. I do agree that because of the visitors they get from around the country and world, they should have the alligator signs posted also, (which I`m assuming will be up by the weekend)!

We can`t really point a finger here because both sides didn't do enough to avoid this awful attack! Nature is a strange thing, one minute it can be a beautiful thing and the next will make you wish you were never alive! I can`t begin to imagine how the family is feeling! and I never want too!

If you stay at Ft. Wildernesss you can walk over to one of the canals and often see gators there. I have seen them all over Disney property.

Would "NO SWIMMING" imply "NO WADING, ALLIGATORS PRESENT".

I have seen many alligator warning signs in Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina nd Alabama. They are ever present where tourists frequent. Even resorts with much smaller budgets than WDW can afford reminders to warn visitors from northern states about this danger. I would bet that WDW can come up with the money to specifically warn about gators and warn that "No Swimming" also means "No Wading".

Signs are very important. There are and should be "no swimming" signs around sewage lagoons, sewer plant discharge waters and all other contaminated bodies of watrr, but you sure do not expect an alligator to jump out of the water and get you. There obviously lots of people who do not understand anything about alligators. There are cats and dogs eaten by alligators every day and non of them were swimming. There should have been signs in this location and there was not.

edbehnke wrote:
i don't want to get into this but disney is not responsible for this terrible accident. in the south where there is water there are gators.

Especially in Florida one of the first things you know is that if you are near freshwater you are near gators. Almost always you will find signs warning you of gators in the area.

Campfire Time wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Exactly......

The whole complex (Disney Resort) was swamp/marsh land that Disney developed

So what are you saying? That just because it's not spelled out that it's safe? Do you need a sign in addition to "Road Closed" to tell you why it's closed? Of course not, you know proceeding could be bad for you. "No Swimming" is also pretty straight forward. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that there must be a reason for it.

I'll concede that we live in a nanny society now. People don't seem to have the capacity to think and reason for themselves anymore. And then they are quick to blame someone else for their lack of thinking ability. Very sad really.

What am I say.........

Signage is/was inadequate warning of the danger that existed.....known danger to the staff/employees of Disney Resort.
But unknown to -tourists- visitors to resort

Parents were not allowing their 3 yr old to go swimming......he was splashing in the waters edge when gator popped up and snatched him.
Dad was right there but unable to wrestle his child back out of those jaws of death

What am I say.......
Signage was NOT adequate warning of KNOWN danger.

Hyatt Regency (neighboring property sharing same lagoon/lake) signage is an example of adequate signage.
Simple.

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Exactly......

The whole complex (Disney Resort) was swamp/marsh land that Disney developed

So what are you saying? That just because it's not spelled out that it's safe? Do you need a sign in addition to "Road Closed" to tell you why it's closed? Of course not, you know proceeding could be bad for you. "No Swimming" is also pretty straight forward. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that there must be a reason for it.

I'll concede that we live in a nanny society now. People don't seem to have the capacity to think and reason for themselves anymore. And then they are quick to blame someone else for their lack of thinking ability. Very sad really.

imgoin4it wrote:
No signs about alligators at this location, only "no swimming". Disney may be at fault because ,1 no signs, 2 Disney constructed the "lake", and 3 Disney constructed waterways so water could flow from natural sources to their man made lake. I understsnd there are alligator signs in other locations , just not this lake. All this according to FNC.

Exactly......

The whole complex (Disney Resort) was swamp/marsh land that Disney developed

Signage states 'No Swimming'-----nothing 'warning' about alligators which Disney was/is fully aware of---they have staff that monitors location/numbers and can remove alligators at will (which are euthanized not relocated).

Disney's sign (Nothing about alligators)


The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, which neighbors the Walt Disney World resort and shares the lagoon, has signs warning of alligators