2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a random lagoon out in the Everglades. It is at a family resort. Of course there should be a sign.

Well there were signs saying don't swim. For about 10 reasons one of which was gators but if you're not in the water gators aren't an issue so the no swimming sign should have taken care of that.

I don't blame the parents at all. Terrible thing to happen. But I can't fault Disney either. A prehistoric animal who hunts at night got in and spotted easy prey in the water. Not Disney's fault. They'll still pay out though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have got to be complete IDIOTS to have your child in water, in Florida, at night.

I DON'T GIVE A S**T ABOUT SIGNAGE.

There should be a sign for ignorant parents - hanging around their necks.

Humans are not in charge here...welcome to our jungle.

You know, if there's one positive thing about this tragedy, it's that people like the mouthbreathing idiot above can finally, FINALLY be able to feel superior about something. They knew about the dangers of gators in Florida! And these other people didn't know about the dangers of gators in Florida! And, thankfully, now those "ignorant parents" are paying for that in the most unimaginably horrific way possible! Yay, time to pat yourself on the back for having known about gators! You win!

No kidding. This is so random and so sad. People love to judge and feel superior when we should all be saying our prayers for this poor family - there lives have been destroyed. Not to mention - the child could have been a couple feet from the shore line and still be dragged in by the croc. They do come out of the water, you know.

Croc? Wrong reptile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a random lagoon out in the Everglades. It is at a family resort. Of course there should be a sign.

Well there were signs saying don't swim. For about 10 reasons one of which was gators but if you're not in the water gators aren't an issue so the no swimming sign should have taken care of that.

I don't blame the parents at all. Terrible thing to happen. But I can't fault Disney either. A prehistoric animal who hunts at night got in and spotted easy prey in the water. Not Disney's fault. They'll still pay out though.

Nailed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a random lagoon out in the Everglades. It is at a family resort. Of course there should be a sign.

Well there were signs saying don't swim. For about 10 reasons one of which was gators but if you're not in the water gators aren't an issue so the no swimming sign should have taken care of that.

I don't blame the parents at all. Terrible thing to happen. But I can't fault Disney either. A prehistoric animal who hunts at night got in and spotted easy prey in the water. Not Disney's fault. They'll still pay out though.

Agree completely.a tragic accident.

[Anonymous]

100% Disney is responsible here.

I am a very educated person, not to mention I was born in Florida and lived there until kindergarten. We have a vacation house in Florida. We also have Disney annual passes and go there a minimum of 4-5 times per year.

And I swear to God I had no idea about alligators being prevalent in water at night. I just had no clue. I know that there are alligators in Florida, but I didn't know they hide in swimming pools like a PP posted, or in lakes, etc. Jesus at our vacation house we are a block from a lake - which is right next to the ocean too - and we walk around the lake at night all the time after dark. It is a very safe community and I never in a million years thought I'd have to worry about an ALLIGATOR!

This past summer, we attended one of those evening beachfront events after dark (it was fireworks, not a movie) while staying at the Polynesian with our 3 year old. I am a germ freak so would never have let her get in the water, but I also had NO idea that alligators could have been present. Just no clue. I would never ever ever in ten million years have been hanging out with my guard down watching fireworks with my kid two feet from the water if I had known that.

It makes me wonder about other potential concerns now with Disney. I just feel so shaken up- this really could have happened to anyone. Those poor parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100% Disney is responsible here.

I am a very educated person, not to mention I was born in Florida and lived there until kindergarten. We have a vacation house in Florida. We also have Disney annual passes and go there a minimum of 4-5 times per year.

And I swear to God I had no idea about alligators being prevalent in water at night. I just had no clue. I know that there are alligators in Florida, but I didn't know they hide in swimming pools like a PP posted, or in lakes, etc. Jesus at our vacation house we are a block from a lake - which is right next to the ocean too - and we walk around the lake at night all the time after dark. It is a very safe community and I never in a million years thought I'd have to worry about an ALLIGATOR!

This past summer, we attended one of those evening beachfront events after dark (it was fireworks, not a movie) while staying at the Polynesian with our 3 year old. I am a germ freak so would never have let her get in the water, but I also had NO idea that alligators could have been present. Just no clue. I would never ever ever in ten million years have been hanging out with my guard down watching fireworks with my kid two feet from the water if I had known that.

It makes me wonder about other potential concerns now with Disney. I just feel so shaken up- this really could have happened to anyone. Those poor parents.

You're kidding...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100% Disney is responsible here.

I am a very educated person, not to mention I was born in Florida and lived there until kindergarten. We have a vacation house in Florida. We also have Disney annual passes and go there a minimum of 4-5 times per year.

And I swear to God I had no idea about alligators being prevalent in water at night. I just had no clue. I know that there are alligators in Florida, but I didn't know they hide in swimming pools like a PP posted, or in lakes, etc. Jesus at our vacation house we are a block from a lake - which is right next to the ocean too - and we walk around the lake at night all the time after dark. It is a very safe community and I never in a million years thought I'd have to worry about an ALLIGATOR!

This past summer, we attended one of those evening beachfront events after dark (it was fireworks, not a movie) while staying at the Polynesian with our 3 year old. I am a germ freak so would never have let her get in the water, but I also had NO idea that alligators could have been present. Just no clue. I would never ever ever in ten million years have been hanging out with my guard down watching fireworks with my kid two feet from the water if I had known that.

It makes me wonder about other potential concerns now with Disney. I just feel so shaken up- this really could have happened to anyone. Those poor parents.

You just demonstrated you are not very educated,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100% Disney is responsible here.

I am a very educated person, not to mention I was born in Florida and lived there until kindergarten. We have a vacation house in Florida. We also have Disney annual passes and go there a minimum of 4-5 times per year.

And I swear to God I had no idea about alligators being prevalent in water at night. I just had no clue. I know that there are alligators in Florida, but I didn't know they hide in swimming pools like a PP posted, or in lakes, etc. Jesus at our vacation house we are a block from a lake - which is right next to the ocean too - and we walk around the lake at night all the time after dark. It is a very safe community and I never in a million years thought I'd have to worry about an ALLIGATOR!

This past summer, we attended one of those evening beachfront events after dark (it was fireworks, not a movie) while staying at the Polynesian with our 3 year old. I am a germ freak so would never have let her get in the water, but I also had NO idea that alligators could have been present. Just no clue. I would never ever ever in ten million years have been hanging out with my guard down watching fireworks with my kid two feet from the water if I had known that.

It makes me wonder about other potential concerns now with Disney. I just feel so shaken up- this really could have happened to anyone. Those poor parents.

You just demonstrated you are not very educated,

That's the thing. As another PP said, you can't expect any random person to know everything about everything. I am actually very well educated and could tell you way more than you need to know about my field of work and graduate study. And yet, I don't know the first thing about alligators. This is not information that every random Joe off the street visiting Disney would know about - well educated or not.

[Anonymous]

It's a terrible tragedy and my heart aches for them, but if says "no swimming" then, well, don't swim there!

[Anonymous]

Didn't Disney pull like 5 gators out of that water today?? So it was not just one and they probably were on notice that there were alligators in there. It's one thing to assume alligators are in swamp out in a national park (sorry to have gotten the precise nature of the bodies of water wrong above with my lagoon reference), and still also entirely reasonable to assume that the owner of private property who invited guests onto the property will warn the guests about known dangers. This is pretty basic law-type stuff we are dealing with here. Disney knew about the gators and is going to be on the hook big time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a terrible tragedy and my heart aches for them, but if says "no swimming" then, well, don't swim there!

+1 common sense is not so common

[Anonymous]

Also it's not a shark. You don't have to be in the water to be attacked. So, "no swimming" is insufficient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also it's not a shark. You don't have to be in the water to be attacked. So, "no swimming" is insufficient.

+a million!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow you bitchy parents blaming the parents for being on the lagoon beach are a piece of work, especially the ones from FL that claim EVERYONE should know better. If gators are such a threat, signs other than "no swimming" should have been posted warning people about the danger of alligators, even on the beach. Get back to us when you loose a child for not wearing a seat belt or diving in the shallow end, so we can blame you for your shitty parenting.

I'm in Florida (a transplant) and I wouldn't have expected a gator in that water. I do think that people need to pay attention to those signs. Those signs aren't there to wreck people's fun, they are there for safety reasons.

It is quite possible that there is a pump or some such thing that could suck a small child right into it. Or a very steep drop off. Or snapping turtles. Or harmful bacteria. When it says no swimming - that really does mean no swimming.

But wading into the water up to your knees isn't really swimming. It's wading. I sort of doubt that the primary reason for those signs had anything to do with alligators. I can see why someone would have felt safe wading out that deep. I can also see why Disney wasn't cracking down on people wading in that water - they weren't anticipating an alligator attack either. It was a freak thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Disney pull like 5 gators out of that water today?? So it was not just one and they probably were on notice that there were alligators in there. It's one thing to assume alligators are in swamp out in a national park (sorry to have gotten the precise nature of the bodies of water wrong above with my lagoon reference), and still also entirely reasonable to assume that the owner of private property who invited guests onto the property will warn the guests about known dangers. This is pretty basic law-type stuff we are dealing with here. Disney knew about the gators and is going to be on the hook big time.

Alligators can be in any type water and move from place to place. They can go into pools, saltwater, Ect and end up in people's front yards. Even with removal, more gators will find their way in. They don't stay in the swamp in some marked off area.