It doesn't matter WHY it says no swimming. It isn't up to you to decided whether it is justified or not. if the park tells you not to swim in a certain area, you don't do it.

 

It's really that simple.

I'm sayin'...

 

People just absolutely refuse to accept responsibility.

 

It's not even just failing to accept responsibility, it's the ever present need to hold someone else responsible. It has to be Disney's fault that the parents made a tragic horrible mistake.

Surely you're not saying that people expected saltwater in a lake in Orlando?

The no swimming signs are irrelevant; the child wasn't swimming.

The no swimming signs are irrelevant; the child wasn't swimming.

 

He was in the water. The rest is semantics.

You didn't answer his question, so I'm going to assume you would let your kids into the water. Which makes sense considering your stance here.

No I did not let me kids go in the water. Yes I did respond.

Here is my response:

 

No. I would not let my kids go IN the water. Why? Because I'm a rule follower and I was afraid of getting reprimanded by the BEACH resort staff. NOT because I was concerned about gators. I'm a stupid Wisconsin person who learned how to swim in lakes. It was not at the forefront of my mind that there are gators is

Yes I did. Here is my response:

 

Again, the reason they posted the No Swimming signs is irrelevant. You're not to be in the water.

The no swimming signs are irrelevant; the child wasn't swimming.

 

Really? That's the direction this is gonna go? Defining what is and isn't considered swimming. :ohbrother:

Really? That's the direction this is gonna go? Defining what is and isn't considered swimming. :ohbrother:

 

I already killed that earlier by saying I could be in five feet of water and not technically "swimming."

You didn't answer his question, so I'm going to assume you would let your kids into the water. Which makes sense considering your stance here.

 

No. I would not let my kids go IN the water. Why? Because I'm a rule follower and I would have been afraid of getting reprimanded by the BEACH resort staff. NOT because I was concerned about gators. I'm a stupid Wisconsin person who learned how to swim in lakes. It was not at the forefront of my mind that there are gators is

 

Again, the reason they posted the No Swimming signs is irrelevant. You're not to be in the water.

I meant to say that I DID NOT allow my children to go in the water and I DID respond to his post already.

No swimming means just that; don't swim. It doesn't mean you can't walk along with beach with your feet in the water. You aren't really in the water when you do that. Some reports I've read say he wasn't in the water at all; only playing at the edge. They were doing what every family who visits this Disney park do. They thought they were in a safe and secure place. This isn't a national park where you are likely to encounter bears and other wildlife. This is the happiest place on earth where the only thing you would expect to come out of the water is maybe the Little Mermaid. Disney will pay and I bet right now they are discussing what type of signs to put up warning future guests of the alligators that they knew were there but no one else did.

No swimming means just that; don't swim. It doesn't mean you can't walk along with beach with your feet in the water. You aren't really in the water when you do that. Some reports I've read say he wasn't in the water at all; only playing at the edge. They were doing what every family who visits this Disney park do. They thought they were in a safe and secure place. This isn't a national park where you are likely to encounter bears and other wildlife. This is the happiest place on earth where the only thing you would expect to come out of the water is maybe the Little Mermaid. Disney will pay and I bet right now they are discussing what type of signs to put up warning future guests of the alligators that they knew were there but no one else did.

 

It's Florida. Any time you spend time in that part of Florida, you're likely to encounter alligators.

Again, the reason they posted the No Swimming signs is irrelevant. You're not to be in the water.

 

Why can't they have a sign with a picture of an alligator? And maybe one of those pictures with a person swimming and a red circle with a line through it?

 

People from all over the world visit Disney, with it's beautiful sandy beaches a few yards from their luxurious hotel. Even people from Nebraska. Even people who grew up swimming in fresh water lakes in Wisconsin.

 

Disney has benefitted financially from all the naïve people like me from northern states or all the people from foreign countries who just may not have gators on the brain.

 

We are stupid. But we are also the guests paying for the resort.

Why can't they have a sign with a picture of an alligator? And maybe one of those pictures with a person swimming and a red circle with a line through it?

 

People from all over the world visit Disney, with it's beautiful sandy beaches a few yards from their luxurious hotel. Even people from Nebraska. Even people who grew up swimming in fresh water lakes in Wisconsin.

 

Disney would never survive financially without all the naïve people like me from northern states or all the people from foreign countries who just may not have gators on the brain.

 

If there was a picture of an alligator, people would still fault Disney. Fact. Probably the same people that are doing it now.

 

To the bolded, that is the exact same thing as a No Swimming sign.

 

If you go to Florida and don't know about alligators (either prior or very soon after you arrive), you just aren't paying attention. It is virtually impossible to go to Florida and not be alerted to the presence of alligators.

No swimming means just that; don't swim. It doesn't mean you can't walk along with beach with your feet in the water. You aren't really in the water when you do that. Some reports I've read say he wasn't in the water at all; only playing at the edge. They were doing what every family who visits this Disney park do. They thought they were in a safe and secure place. This isn't a national park where you are likely to encounter bears and other wildlife. This is the happiest place on earth where the only thing you would expect to come out of the water is maybe the Little Mermaid. Disney will pay and I bet right now they are discussing what type of signs to put up warning future guests of the alligators that they knew were there but no one else did.

 

Did you really just post that you're not really in the water, when your feet are in the water?