Anonymous wrote:

We stayed at the Polynesian a few years ago. It's on the same lagoon and everyone was swimming, in broad daylight and full view of Disney employees. I didn't see it as a natural body of water at all -- I thought it was a fake lagoon the way everything else at Disney is fake. This family will win and win big.

Yeah, this is a piece of the puzzle that hasn't really been reported on but was suggested by the presence of the lifeguard. If indeed Disney de facto allowed swimming all day, you can see why the parents would interpret the signs not to forbid wading - and/or think that the animating concern behind the sign was risk of drowning, not fear of being eaten.

Anonymous wrote:And of all you clamor inch about the signs, how many get pissed when your 47.5 inch child is denied the ability to go on a ride they need to be 48 inches tall to ride? Complaining the risk is negligible.

Never satisfied.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We stayed at the Polynesian a few years ago. It's on the same lagoon and everyone was swimming, in broad daylight and full view of Disney employees. I didn't see it as a natural body of water at all -- I thought it was a fake lagoon the way everything else at Disney is fake. This family will win and win big.

Yeah, this is a piece of the puzzle that hasn't really been reported on but was suggested by the presence of the lifeguard. If indeed Disney de facto allowed swimming all day, you can see why the parents would interpret the signs not to forbid wading - and/or think that the animating concern behind the sign was risk of drowning, not fear of being eaten.

Many have explained the lifeguard was at the pool, nearby but not right there and not responsible for the shoreline.

Anonymous wrote:I went kayaking in Myakka River Park and did not see any detailed warning signs against gators, though we did happen upon a 6-footer sunning itself in a narrow bend of the river and we had to paddle within 20 feet of it. As the statistics bore out, they're not an active danger to humans.

What happened was truly a freaky accident. I don't believe anyone is to blame, least of all the parents. In their shoes I'd also be lulled into a false sense of safety b/c it's Disney, the most magical place in the world! More signs, especially about gator presence in the lagoon, would be helpful, but this is all after the fact and we'd never know if it could have prevented a similar tragedy from happening.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Anonymous wrote:Look, even if the kid was snatched by a gator inside a grocery store, the assholes in this thread would find a way to blame the parents.

Anonymous wrote:
This is why Disney is culpable, because they cannot guarantee that the environment is safe, but they give the illusion that it is safe. There should have been alligator warning signs.

Anonymous wrote:Would it make you happier if Disney required you to read 4000 pages of potential dangers that lurk in the park? Sign a waiver after reading it? Oh. By then it's time to go home. Hope you had a nice visit!

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Anonymous wrote:even a fence won't contain these beasts

Scary shit.

Anonymous wrote:

We stayed at the Polynesian a few years ago. It's on the same lagoon and everyone was swimming, in broad daylight and full view of Disney employees. I didn't see it as a natural body of water at all -- I thought it was a fake lagoon the way everything else at Disney is fake. This family will win and win big.

Yeah, this is a piece of the puzzle that hasn't really been reported on but was suggested by the presence of the lifeguard. If indeed Disney de facto allowed swimming all day, you can see why the parents would interpret the signs not to forbid wading - and/or think that the animating concern behind the sign was risk of drowning, not fear of being eaten.

Anonymous wrote:Look, even if the kid was snatched by a gator inside a grocery store, the assholes in this thread would find a way to blame the parents.

We stayed at the Polynesian a few years ago. It's on the same lagoon and everyone was swimming, in broad daylight and full view of Disney employees. I didn't see it as a natural body of water at all -- I thought it was a fake lagoon the way everything else at Disney is fake. This family will win and win big.

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I'm from Georgia, not Orlando. My point was EVEN PEOPLE NOT FROM FLORIDA know to not go near brackish water like that. In Florida. I'm sure I could similarly detect a not safe environment in Nebraska because shit that's not safe doesn't look safe!

You're local to gator country, that was my point. And no, you won't "detect" an unsafe environment that is beyond your experience. Don't kid yourself.