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Really sad, but I also hope the family sues the butt off Disney. You go to a theme park and pay as much money as people do today, and your 2 year old is killed by one of the attractions?
they did not follow the rules. stay out of the water- I posted in the other thread-- alligators walk- dig, climb and and are very strong - so gonna put an iron 5 ft barrier all around Disney parks? I am heartbroken for the family- but I do not blame Disney -
Disney encourages adults and kids to play on the beach - they put out beach chairs and have a lifeguard. The child and his father were wading - getting their feet wet.
The signs say No Swimming - Steep Drop Off - not No Swimming - Alligators.
He wasn't swimming. He was wading in ankle-deep water along the lake's edge. Not a safe place to be, certainly, but it's not common knowledge among tourists that alligators live in waterways even in highly developed areas like the Disney properties nor that they can move extremely fast and will seize small animals and children who are on the shore, dragging their prey back into the water to incapacitate it by drowning before typically swallowing it whole. People think these attacks happen IN the water, but they're wrong.
Disney has some explaining to do. That there was a sandy beach and lagoon-side activities in the evenings, making it inviting to walk along the shoreline, is potentially going to come back to haunt them. I'm sure the attorneys are already lining up on both sides. I see a big check in this family's future, along with some major construction around that lagoon. Other lakes/lagoons on the Disney properties have raised and fenced boardwalks to keep people out of the water, and there should have been one here, too.
Disney encourages adults and kids to play on the beach - they put out beach chairs and have a lifeguard. The child and his father were wading - getting their feet wet.
The signs say No Swimming - Steep Drop Off - not No Swimming - Alligators.
Correct it does not- but you never know - if you put watch for GATORS be no tourist anywhere near there- what I am saying the "beach" is not only area alligators lurk---when we go to DW, on the boat, my first thought is bacteria and chemicals in that water. If they have trappers, no way to know if got them all or if others came looking for mates- it is Florida. This is the first incident of this nature that I am aware of at DW - I believe DW will try to compensate somehow to this family-- cant fix it but Im sure will help financially in what they can or accommodate them during this hard time-
There are no words that I have as a Parent and a grandparent. I cannot imagine the pain and even guilt the family must be facing. What do you say at a time of such sorrow. I feel so sorry and upset for the parents, this is something they will never ever forget. My heart does go out to them in this time of such sorrow.
I am glad he was found intact, for the sake of the Parent's, what little comfort does this give them. I cannot imagine their pain, and I ache for this family.
Yes. Very tragic. Heartbreaking.
I realize warning visitors about the presence of alligators in the "lagoon" (which has actual Disney-made SAND BEACHES, for pete's sake) doesn't fit the 'happiness and fairy dust' image Disney wishes to promote, but they DO have a responsibility to their visitors. People visit Disney World/Epcot from all over the U.S. and all over the world, many of whom have NO knowledge of the habits and dangers of alligators. This family was from Nebraska. They had NO clue, and Disney didn't warn them.
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Disney gator attack: 2-year-old boy found dead
