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[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]

We've been there and I never in a million years would have thought that would happen.

We also have vacationed in Florida at the ocean near lakes and lagoons that have gator warnings posted.
No incidents. I assume they have plenty to eat off the coast in a more natural, less populated area (this is gulf coast).

This is a rare, unexpected incident where many stars must have unfortunately aligned - hungry gator, maybe splashing around during feeding time:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/m/#publication?id=UW230

That article gives some clues as to where its prey might have been taken.

When we visit the beaches in Florida they warn you not to do things like go out very far in the ocean during shark feeding time (dusk), not to wear sparkly jewelry, not to go out when bleeding - so as to not be mistaken for a meal.
It seems like Disney should have had some warnings up and taken greater precautions during alligator feeding times - it says that they lay motionless in the water in the dark waiting to pounce on prey? With little gator sized morsels running about and playing on the beach and in the shallow end? Seems like the beach should have been closed to barriers should have been up (10-20 feet out?). 
If there weren't signs up I would have assumed that Disney had taken care of things somehow.
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