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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, how often do you go to the beach?  Are there signs warning you that there is dangerous wildlife in the ocean?  
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NP. I can't believe there are people who are still trying to press this point. There is a distinction between going to the ocean, where everyone understands that they are willingly entering the natural habitat of marine life and calculate risk accordingly, and going to DISNEY WORLD.

Disney is known to be a controlled environment where nothing is left to chance and everything is meticulously planned and run. Disney LIKES this reputation and has purposely cultivated it over its 40 years of operations. That's a major part of its appeal to tourists. No one is suggesting that people should abandon all common sense because "nothing bad can ever happen to you at Disney" but a reasonable person could certainly assume that, given that there aren't even mosquitoes at Disney because they spray so aggressively, there won't be dangerous, child-eating wildlife running around on Disney property without adequate warning.

Like many PP's have said, not everyone is from FL. Not everyone knows basic gator safety or really anything about gators, because they are a complete non-issue where we live. I'm a completely functioning, cautious, and educated person and had no idea prior to this thread that (1) it's a safe assumption that any freshwater in FL = gators; (2) gators feed at night; (3) gators hunt in shallow water and are confident to come up all the way to the shoreline - or pretty much any of the other gator-related information that has come up. I knew that they lived in Florida, but honestly had no idea that they were as common as they are. Without any warning about it, it would literally never occur to me that gators could be in a lagoon on Disney property. If it even did occur to me, I'd assume that Disney either figured out a way of removing/killing them all or blocked them from entering in the first place. Because I have no idea about FL wildlife laws or that this lagoon feeds into other water or that alligators climb through pipes. BECAUSE I'M NOT FROM FL OR ANYWHERE GATORS LIVE.

That's the point. People from all over the country and all over the world come to Disney. I would guess that most of these people are not from places where gators live, and therefore many of these people have little to no knowledge about gators. So putting up a sign for these people's benefit, especially considering that many/most visitors to Disney have young children, is the smart and responsible thing to do.

I'm not sure why this is so hard to understand.
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Because they were at a resort surrounded by miles of natural Florida habitat. They were not in a concrete paved theme park. Duh. [/quote]

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