Posted on 06/16/2016 12:43:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Lane Graves was not the first youngster to be attacked by an alligator at Disney World.
In 1986, 8-year-old Paul Santamaria was bit on the leg by a 7-foot-4 inch long female, which had been lurking in the shallows of a pond that was also located at one of the park’s famous resorts — and his parents later sued, charging the “Happiest Place on Earth” with negligence.
In the suit, they claimed that Disney had failed to warn visitors about the gator,
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I was in Disney 2 weeks ago. Couple of incredible things to consider at Disney.
1.) At the resorts and in the parks, they have managed to almost remove bugs. At night, you don’t see swarms of bugs in the lights. Sure, now and then you will see bugs. But it’s the middle of Florida and Disney has removed the annoyance of insects. No mosquitoes? HOW?
2.) There are no bees visible in the Disney Parks, even there there are plants everywhere that must be pollinated. Where are the bees? I looked for bees for a week and did not see a single one in the park or at our resort.
3.) If Disney wanted to get rid of Alligators, they could and now probably will. Next year, I predict, there will be NO ALLIGATORS anywhere on Disney property.
It doesn't sound like the parents were negligent. Heck, they tried to pull the toddler away from the alligator.
This does seem to be a case of "given enough time and opportunity, anything that can happen will happen"
This is nothing like the gorilla case where there was a fence so the parent should've understood their obligation to hold the child's hand so he wouldn't try to breech it.
JMHO
Attractive nuisance .
Why Disney did not fence in those beach a decorative fence .
This is so true. Next time you are at Disney, take notice about where there are benches and shade. It is strategic. There are places they want people to be able to sit and relax now and then and there are places they want them moving. I haven't figured out what the formula is. But whenever there was an area where people could shop, I couldn't find a cool place to sit down and wait. But around the rides and near food carts and ice cream? Always a place to sit in the shade.
My husband taught water skiing lessons at Disney World and and was never told about the alligators. That was many, many years ago.
I was just there. At Frontier and at a couple resorts (including the one this happened at), they have beaches. Check it out on Google Earth.
Disney World is ridiculously expensive.
Getting rid of bugs in FL is quite a feat. Just walking across the yard in the morning raises a cloud of insects.
The Peter Pan attraction has been greatly improved in the pre-ride area.
Darwin’s theory does work.
Whilst in FL on a scuba club freshwater springs dive trip we camped by a pool above an underground spring. I met and talked with divers with 3 tanks each and over a mile of line who were going down to chart further into the underground river. When they went under ~1am, I decided to take a walk barefoot in shorts to see the actual river in the moonlight.
After about 50 - 100 steps I heard crashing through the brush and a belly flop to my right. Then I heard several more crashing and belly flops to my right followed by many more in front of me. Then I realized GATORS!!!! I did an about face and ran back to camp and my tent - the ONLY direction from which I did NOT hear gators...
When I saw the Pres. of the club the nest morning, I asked why he didn’t mention the gators? Charlie’s answer - everyone knows there are gators in FL...
Paging Amos Moses!
The whole place is built on a swamp. The water has to be allowed to collect somewhere.
Waterskiing in FL and didn’t know about gators. Uh huh.
Reminds me of the guy in Orange, Texas. The sign said:
“No Swimming Alligators” with no comma. Apparently a guy thought it meant the alligators didn’t know how to swim so he jumped in. Immediately eaten by a gator.
I just googled it. There are some answers to the control of pests at Disney.
-PJ
If he was a minor at the time of the settlement, and any potential NDA signed by his parents, then he's not bound by it at all.
It's called Capitalism.
Lots of the money paid comes from foreigners. That's a good thing.
If you don't like that, buy Disney stock. Anybody can buy their stock and share in their profits.
I saw the sign posted at the lagoon where the little boy was snatched by the alligator. It said, “Steep drop off. No swimming.” Nothing about alligators. If there was the kind of sign you posted I’ll bet the boy and his father would have have been no where near that water.
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