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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought I remembered seeing signs about alligators when we were there earlier this year (near Port Orleans, not where the attack happened). The news I was watching this morning seemed to confirm that this particular location just had "no swimming" signs, but a quick minute on google found several pictures of signs at Disney about alligators:

Video where a sign (and a gator) appears:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTGlE56v6hE

http://temporarytourist.com/my-first-alligator-at-walt-disney-world/

Those both seem to be at Shades of Green--so maybe they have them because they are semi-separate from the rest of Disney World.[/quote]

There are lots of gators by shades of green- they sun themselves by the lake.  You can easily see them from the sidewalk that you use to get to the monorail at Polynesian.

[b]It is an armed forces resort though, so there are probably different decision makers about signage.[/b]

This is terrible.  But it is true that there are basically alligators and snakes in every body of water to in Florida.  And they can come up out of the water really quickly to grab animals or small people.  You can watch the gators follow pedestrians with dogs while they walk along most lakes in Florida.

I am so sorry for this family.  Removing all of the Gators will basically be impossible on Disney property.  I do think they should have more signs and a specific warning on check in about the lakes.

We saw gators at Coronado springs too.  Not surprising, but definitely a risk for little ones.[/quote]

Disney doesn't own Shades of Green. The DOD owns it. [/quote]

I'm guessing that the gators don't know that-or if they do, they don't care![/quote]

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