Very sad occurence ( Archived) (53)

That little boy is gone Berry and his parents are going to have difficult times ahead.

so are we goin to ban alligators now?
whats next.

i was raised SW of this area till 18.
used to go up there and fish. gators
and snakes everywhere.

this area was a swamp before it was
turned into a corporate disneyland.

You really are a hoot. You are going to down high school kids and you as the adult. And I do use the term adult loosely after reading this decided to take the child and ignore the sign. Why did you not take your role as an adult seriously????

the sign said do not swim, but where was the sign located. it was dark, maybe they never saw it. and, isn't it possible that the sign was no where near where the family was enjoying their vacationing time on the beach. this was a resort with a water attraction. what do people usually do when water is present? they go in it. in addition, if you have no idea that alligators are present, do you really think the parents would allow their 2 year old little boy to swim at night if they were aware of the danger the lagoon presented. i think not.

disney is liable. they new that lagoon had gators in it. they had performed sweeps to remove them in the past. that is an admission to knowing of the dangers they were dealing with. their idea of alerting the public about those dangers falls short. the sign was unable to be seen in the dark. maybe there wern't enough signs. perhaps if the sign or signs were lit up with the words danger, alligator residence do not swim, a life may have been saved. perhaps after disney settles the upcoming (i think ) lawsuit they can become more responsible by giving every guest a brochure when checking in at the front desk that goes over the inherent dangers of going down to the lagoon. the front desk clerk is responsible for going over the dangers and asking for a signature from each guest that they have indeed been made aware. disney is responsible for the horrific death of this little boy. the horror the toddler must have felt in his last few moments. and for the parents and the sister to leave that resort without the family being whole, is a tragedy that should have easily been prevented.

Actually they just said on the news the sign was in close proximity. How close that is I do not know. What I do know is there are signs all over that area even some telling people to keep their children close because of wildlife. Not alligators but I would think wild life would cover that If they get a penny for this it would be because Disney does not want to go through the hassle and settle. In a court of law and all those signs and warnings I don't think it would go through a court scrutiny. I myself would of never let my children swim in a dark unfamiliar area. But what one deems as good sense others might see as being overly protective. I was not the perfect parent I don't believe none of us are. And I also have been raised around and raised my children around gators. So I am sure that plays a big reason why I do not. And no I don't fear gators. I respect them. I would of hated to of been those parents. No matter what I don't think that sight will ever leave their eyes. Also not that it matters on many of those sign it says Disney is not responsible for wild life attacks in that area. Quite a few areas have those signs. I wish I could remember word for word how the signs read. I am sure sooner or later if not already they will end up on the internet. (the signs) I think your idea about how to handle and make the situation more safer in the future is very interesting. I can here the cha ching for Florida tax collectors now. They will def go up on the prices for that. Sadly what is a family theme park area most the parks have gotten unaffordable for the average family.

I have not done space mountain. Don't think I would want to. I did the big coaster at Universal a couple of years ago. Never again. Wish someone was there to tell me not to. I succumbed to peer pressure and got on.
Did you know there are over a million alligators in Florida? Yes someone actually got paid good money to find this out. One thing for sure if all gator areas were to be signed we would be one big sign. But then I think my area has more than the Disney area. Gators not signs. I am just unsure how much more is reasonable warnings. We post flags at the beaches here. Big boards with warnings when sharks are migrating and place life guards there and do you know still the life guards will have to go tell people to get out of the water. We also have many swim at own risk beaches. No guards and most times no signs. I think there are many things I would of done differently raising my children if I had been more mature than my young years back then. I know I use to let the kids ride in the back of the pick up truck. Now it is against the law here. But what kind of laws could we introduce to wake parents up enough to the many dangers (not just gators) of Florida water.