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In reply to the discussion: "It could have happened to anyone." Mom shares photos of son in spot where gator killed [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)9. I couldn't disagree more. This isn't the Ding Darling Preserve on Sanibel
or the Everglades.
All Disney had to do was post signs saying there are alligators in the lagoons, don't feed them and don't wade.
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pnwmom
Jun 2016
OP
They were in Disneyland. The only 'gator you expect is a 'croc with a clock' inside . . .
Journeyman
Jun 2016
#1
The only time I've been in Florida, the mobile home park I was in had a lake in the middle. . . .
Journeyman
Jun 2016
#11
don't forget they also truckedin a sandy beach and enticed people to use it with events, like
hollysmom
Jun 2016
#103
An alligator warning sign would have prevented this, because the parents would not have
tblue37
Jun 2016
#19
And then the snakes, spiders, bears, birds, crocodiles invading the Everglades, poisonous plants,
RKP5637
Jun 2016
#68
and mud instead of the nice sandy beach they put in would have kept the kids out of the water.
hollysmom
Jun 2016
#104
It was a family resort with a manmade lake and an inviting manmade white sand beach
tblue37
Jun 2016
#96
Signs only work if people actually bother to read them and even then it's a coin toss
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#35
Disney failed in its legal obligation to warn them of a risk that wasn't obvious
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#27
So does this mean that a resort located right on the beach in Hawaii with its
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#37
So Disney is at fault for people not educating themselves that Florida has alligators?
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#55
I agree, in a theme park like Disney, signage should have been there because many people are naive
RKP5637
Jun 2016
#70
No, merely pointing out that Disney does have a potential defense under the law itself
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#125
That argument only works if Disney specifically made a claim to keep out alligators
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#53
Well we will just have to wait and see then, my money is on disney prevailing in the end
cstanleytech
Jun 2016
#61
Lots of people are naive. Posting signs that spelled out that there are alligators
cali
Jun 2016
#23
And the fact that people were warning them shows that it was something many did not expect to see
JI7
Jun 2016
#32
But the state parks and national forests in Florida DO post alligator warning signs.
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#44
Disney apparently already had signs posted. They just didn't say anything about alligators.
fishwax
Jun 2016
#91
Damn right. I don't understand -- at all -- the self-righteous victim blaming going on here ...
Hekate
Jun 2016
#39
so much self satisfaction going on here. Most people when they go on vacationare trusting the place
hollysmom
Jun 2016
#105
Your reasoning is the kind used by people who wanted to ban warnings on cigarettes. n/t
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#31
pointing out the logical fallacies of others, how do you rationalize the two you've made in this on
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#99
It's just horrible. They went there to have a good time and instead it was a tragedy. Yes, they will
RKP5637
Jun 2016
#72
Same here. Every time I think of it I get unnerved. Also, whenever I'm in Florida, I take a
RKP5637
Jun 2016
#73
Same here. I can't stop thinking about it. It is so sad and so horrifyingly awful.
tblue37
Jun 2016
#102