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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don't blame the parents at all, but every time I see that water I'm just amazed people could look at it and think it was safe to play in. Snakes, gators, bugs, etc. Maybe Disney also assumed that everyone understood you don't go in brackish freshwater ponds in Florida, particularly at night? I accept now that many people don't know this but until so many of you said you didn't I thought it was common knowledge, like don't stand under a tree or hold metal in a lightning storm. The no swimming signs if they're updated at all will need to list many reasons besides just gators why you shouldn't be in that water and I just have to think Disney until now held all those to be self evident. [/quote]

Nope. It was a calculated decision by disney to forego posting warning signs.

I posted earlier a link to disney's signs on the beaches at their private island in castaway cay/bahamas. The signs are big, and they include a laundry list of dangerous sea life (sharks, sea lice, etc.). They are posted by every entrance/path to the beach.

If they are warning people about sharks---which is common knowledge---then why not gators? Particularly since nobody would expect to see a gator in a man made resort area or amusement park. [/quote]

An island in the Bahamas is not the same as a brackish trash pond in Florida. Give me a break. You're trying to compare two disparate environments. [/quote]

But Disney created that lagoon to appear to be a beach in the bahamas or some other resort destination. They carted in white sand and palm trees. They put cabanas and lounge areas and volleyball nets  on the beach next to the water. They did not leave it natural native swampland. They created this illusion and led people to believe it as a marketing ploy.[/quote]

I'm going to disagree with this slightly. The Grand Floridian is not designed to look like it's in the Bahamas. It's Victorian-era Florida, in the age of the state's early development, with Henry Flagler taking his fortune from Standard Oil and bringing the railroad down to the sea. [/quote]

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