why do they even have a "white sand beach" to a body of water they don't want people entering?
That may actually be a valid legal argument. That's not a "natural beach". Disney built that beach. You can put up all the disclaimers and warnings you want, but they made it look like an area that was meant to used for swimming. I don't blame Disney for being unable to "gator-proof" the lake, but putting up swimming areas and then saying "no swimming".....hmmmm
I stayed on that lake with little kids 4 times now. We never went near the lake other than to board the boats, but never really gave it much thought. We talked with the boat staff several times about gators, and they all said "Its Florida - there's gators in the lake". If anyone spots one, they call it in and have people come remove them (if they can find it).
I remember when the "Electrical Water Pageant" came through at night, a bunch of people ran down to the water's edge to watch. Now that I think about it, one of my boys even went down there. I literally shudder when I think that there could have been a gator a few feet away. It never even occurred to me at the time. I would not have let him swim, but stand by the water's edge to watch the light show - why not?
And to another poster's point - it's not a "fenced off resort area". This is a huge area of land and water that could not possibly be constantly monitored and restricted from wildlife.
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