It used to be shakey puddin
Posted on 06/16/2016 10:18:58 AM PDT by C19fan
Bambi/Gator/? cults love their critters more than humans.
Great. We are not cat haters, they don’t like us except when we are allergic to them.
If we could find some to do the same attacks on our Coastal Deer population problem, I would get a couple.
It is odd isn’t it...at Disney, there isn’t a blade of grass out of place, yet they’ve got gators in the lagoon. Seems if nothing else their insurance company would be worried about it.
If you ask the average Florida gator he will tell you democrats are tastier and easier to chomp onto and drag into lakes and canals.
It's a lot more than that. Disney loads their "beaches" on this lagoon/lake with lawn chairs and recliners as if it is a safe place to sit during the day or at night watching the fireworks. We've done it numerous times. This set up might cause me to let my guard down, especially if I'm from Nebraska and don't fully understand the threat gators can pose, and let my kid wade in the edge of the water. That's not "swimming."
Just a week earlier, a family was chased off their lounge chairs at the next resort over (Polynesian) by a large alligator that came flying out of the water after their young daughter. They reported the event to Disney and they did nothing. There are no warnings when you check into these hotels and a simple sign telling you not to swim is hardly adequate. This tragedy could have easily been prevented. Every park in Florida has signs warning people that there are gators in the water and to keep a safe distance. Disney does not do this and should absolutely be held liable. This horrific event will, no doubt, bring about different policies. Too bad it took the grisly death of a 2 year old to make them do what should have been done lone ago, if not at least a week ago.
Florida has a gator problem. And a Burmese python problem. And a Nile monitor problem.
Gators got to eat, too.
Seriously, it’s time to stop protectung gators. There should be gator free zones...populated places, retirement communities, theme parks, etc. if my neighbor attacks me and I defend myself, that’s self defense. A gator comes after me while I’m fishing and I shoot it, I go to jail. “Up north” people wouldn’t understand..but I’m looking at a 10 foot gator about 10 feet up on my yard as I write this....about 30 feet from my back door. It just doesn’t belong there. These things “stroll” at night... With that kind of an animal, (times 1000), loose in a senior development, you don’t dare go in your yard at night. We can legally shoot pigs anytime...but we must “save” the damned gators. Time to rethink.
Well, great, then, let’s sue Disney out of business!
Which is going to happen anyway.
You know, when I vacation in Maine every year, occasionally there are signs “No Swimming.” I take that to mean keep out of the water. There’s generally a good reason those signs are posted.
I know an older Gent that owns some land up near 3 Rivers TX which is (despite the name) a pretty dry place. He had a Tank (which is what the locals call a Pond). Youngster informed him he had a Gator in his Tank.
Old Gent and his Wife went out to investigate, he left the spouse in the car with the AC running and walked over the berm to have a looksee ... 20 minutes passed, the Wife went to go see what was raking so long.
She found her Husband slowly crawling back to the car, he had his leg sliced by a Boar Hog that he surprised. He said he never saw a Gator.
He let me hunt all the Hogs I wanted that Summer.
That’s ridiculous! Go out there and blast its ugly head off!
Had their been a sign warning people of the danger of alligators, on a "beach" covered with lounge chairs where people gather every day to nap and at night to watch fireworks, this unfortunate child would be alive today and the lives of his parents wouldn't have been destroyed. You know, the same kind of sign that is in place next to fresh water in ever single state and county park in Florida. We have lots of tourists here in Florida and many of them are just like we were when we moved here 22 years ago and are oblivious to the potential danger in any fresh water.
Disney certainly had a duty to make their guests, from all over the world, aware of this potential danger. That duty is even more obvious after a family from France almost lost their young daughter a week earlier to a gator attack in the same area. From what I read, Disney if finally going to do what it should have done a long time ago....or at least a week ago. I'm sure that won't stop smug comments from those with profound superiority complexes who don't know the difference between wading and swimming. Meanwhile, it's too little, too late for that poor kid and his parents who will never be normal again.
It used to be shakey puddin
“You know, the same kind of sign that is in place next to fresh water in ever single state and county park in Florida. “
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After reading your post I find it astonishing that Orlando didn’t monitor Disney better and require the necessary signage.
An unnecessary tragedy.
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Look...I have lived in Florida for over twenty years, and am well aware to be mindful of alligators on the roam in their natural habitat!!! The problem with this terrible, devastating, heartbreaking incident that is not the alligators in Florida’s fault, but the Disney failure to notify guests properly, of the impending danger to human life.. First, Disney, with all their money, technical, environmental and brains expertise.......should have had a rigid policy to inform guests checking in two ways that dangerous alligators inhabited their man made lakes as nature demands, first, when they check-in and second with literature placed in their room, and a pictorial placard poster clearly on the back of the hotel room door. Lastly all the man made lakes should have been clearly marked...all over with signage stating “Danger, Deadly alligators at large...Take caution with yourselves and your small children”.
And...finally although these devastated, grieving, parents are really not at fault.....letting a two year old running free in the lake after darkness feel was surely not a prudent safety action!!! Disney will pay through the nose on this one. IMHO...the Chairman & CEO should be relieved of his or her duty...immdiately, becasue this horrible incident would have never happened if someone in the Disney organization was using cautious, common sense procedure and action!!! The top person should go....that is how serious this oversight was!!!
And in Maine, they provide Adirondack chairs while sitting near the No Swimming signs. Here at the Jersey Shore, those signs go up in rough tides.
But you are allowed to WADE in ankle deep water when the signs are up.
No. The lifeguards - if they’re there - will force you out. The signs are posted so that no one - even somebody wading - won’t get pulled by the strong under tow.
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