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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are signs in the Lake that says "no swimming"[/quote]

Yup. And they're spaced pretty closely apart - like 20 feet? You can see 2 signs in this picture.

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/15/13/354D82C300000578-3642167-The_child_had_been_paddling_with_his_parents_and_four_year_old_s-a-14_1465992068960.jpg[/img][/quote]

How hard would it have been to add "Alligators" to that list.  Or say "stay out of water" instead of "no swimming."  I've been to that beach and kids are regularly wading and splashing in the water with resort staff around and never seen any of them intervene to stop it. It is quite reasonable to assume based on that sign that "swimming" = swimming.  Not wading.[/quote]

I don't know, because parents are supposed to be watching their kids? And the steep drop off is warning against wading, because both done by walking in.

I don't understand how some people can't draw simple conclusions by themselves. [/quote]

The fact that kids DO routinely wade and splash in that water and the resort staff does not stop them tells me as a visitor that it is OK.  Disney's signage and staff were not adequately communicating that being in the water in any way is dangerous.  I agree, I wouldn't send my 2 yr old over to a "steep drop off" to wade if that sign was my only info but if I'd been seeing kids wade there throughout the day, then I'd probably be fine walking next to him while he wades and it does sound like the dad was very, very close to the child since he immediately tried to fight off the animal.[/quote]

I would think that it would be a big cost to have staff police this area. That's what the signs are for. Common sense and personal accountability need to eventually kick in. [/quote]

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