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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the parents thought no swimming meant no swimming, but wading is okay.[/quote]

I'd probably be this way.  I'd think, "Oh, the signs are there b/c it's too dangerous to swim, but wading does not count as swimming."  [/quote]

We were there last year and that's exactly what I thought.  I let my kids wade and fill their bucket from the water.  Now I think it was a bad decision, but at the time I didn't.  I wish the signs had said "no going in the water" or something more than "no swimming," which is all they said.[/quote]

I agree.  I saw a photo of the signs in a news article - it clearly states that there is a steep drop off, no swimming.  To me, that implies, wading at the edge would be ok but don't swim.  Swim =/= wade.  Nothing about bacteria in the water or alligators that would suggest STAY AWAY FROM THIS WATER.[/quote]

When you go to a pool, even in the zero entry of water, it's considered swimming.  If a lifeguard would say "no swimming for 15 mins while we add chemicals to the pool", you wouldn't go in the water at all, would you?  So that's the logic I apply to "no swimming", it means no entry into the water.  No wading, no nothing.

That said, I don't blame the parents, I don't blame Disney, or even the alligator.  This was a freak, freak accident.  My heart breaks for them.
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Yeah, I'm not saying my interpretation (that wading was okay with a "no swimming" sign) was right -- I'm just pointing out that I didn't equate wading with swimming at the time, and I bet a lot of other parents at Disney did the same.  Clearer signs would have helped me get the right message about not going in the water.[/quote]

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