My previous posts regarding other hazards (without warning signs up) relate to this. You're overreacting. Insanely. It's tragic this child is dead, and it's no one's fault. You're screeching that Disney (because it has money) should have posted "Warning: Alligators" signs around the lake that's used for fireworks and boat shows. This family is from Nebraska, and many have pointed out they have no idea about alligators. Why is it your assertion that kind of sign would have stopped them from wading in the water? If they know enough about alligators to realize there's a danger, then they don't need the sign.
That is a ludicrous assertion. What are you even talking about? If they know enough about alligators to realize there's a danger, which almost everyone does, then that's all the more reason to think the signs WOULD help, not the other way around. Most people know alligators are dangerous but they just don't know where alligators are found. So if you tell them that they are in the water at the beach, that doesn't lead you to the conclusion that they would ignore the signs. In fact, that leads you to the exact opposite conclusion, that if you tell them that there are alligators here, they will realize alligators are dangerous and be more cautious. Heck, that's probably why Disney didn't tell anyone. They didn't want to scare people and ruin the party.
They have found five alligators in a really huge area, during mating/nesting season. That's actually surprisingly few, which speaks to their wildlife spotters doing a pretty good job overall. They're looking for evidence that one of the ones killed is the offender because if none of them is, then there is 100% for certain another alligator out there, and they need to keep looking. I'm not sure what's hard to understand about that.
Yeah, that seems reasonable, but it's a bit irrelevant to the liability issue.
There are a million and one acts of God and forces of nature that can kill you at any given place. There's no room for signage about all of them, many of which are still way more dangerous than alligators.
This all goes back to the doctrine of reasonable expectation. You can't just wave your hand and say "The world is a dangerous place! Get used to it, ya crybabies!" If you were a friend and you had someone over from out of state to your property with a pond, would you not want them to know about the gators? Would you hold a party on the beach of said pond and not make sure everyone knew there were gators? Would you assume that no swimming signs meant everyone should know it's because of gators and that you don't have to be swimming for a gator to attack you? Jesus, the thick-headedness of some people.
Mind you, most people agree with you, which is why there are signs and warnings on things that simply don't make sense. There can't just be a rip current sign; there has to be an entire essay on what riptides are and how to survive them. You even have warnings based on urban legends and misunderstandings "just in case." Disney will very likely get sued, and they'll put up an eight-foot barrier in that area, and also anywhere along the shore (even where other shows take place). Then they will have to put "do not climb this barrier" signs everywhere, in multiple languages.
There certainly are ridiculous litigations having to do with signs, but that doesn't mean you should just belay all signs and say they're all just for nanny-staters. I think I've made it clear that there was a reasonable expectation for Disney to warn its guests. Everything about this expectation is reasonable. Disney gets guests from all over the world, so it's reasonable to expect that some people don't know about the commonality of alligators in Florida. At the same time, it's reasonable to expect them to know what alligators are and that they are dangerous. It's also very reasonable to expect a host in said alligator-infested location to be wary of their less conscious guests and tell them out of sheer humanity to watch out for alligators because they are dangerous. If I was a friend, that's what I would do for guests on my property. This is made not only a reasonable expectation but downright compulsory when you build a damn beach on a pond on your property which you know has alligators in it, hold a party on that beach and you STILL don't tell anyone. It is absurd to think the property owner wouldn't be the least bit negligent and that this is nobody's fault and shit just happens. Fucking ridiculous, you people.
The heart of the matter for you is how much money they have. The person whose home Suz was staying at did not have a sign, yet there were dangerous gators in the area. You don't seem as angry about that.
Because Suz isn't having guests from all over the world and can easily warn anyone who comes to her property, whom she probably knows personally, to watch out for alligators without needing a sign. A warning in this instance, where there were many visitors to whom the inviting host was not familiar and could not greet individually and tell them, would therefore take on a more crowd-oriented appearance, such as signs or an announcement on a loudspeaker or something like that. Not to mention Suz just mentioned that her brother DID warn her of the gators. So, checkmate on that one.
This is why I mentioned storms and snow. I might also easily have mentioned lightning, which kills/injures A LOT of people in Florida each year, and is way more prone to strike during certain activities. They are natural occurrences that the people who live around them get used to, just like gators are here. Someone coming to your area is not used to those occurrences, and could get injured/killed. It doesn't mean it's their fault for not knowing, but it's certainly not your fault for not thinking to educate them on something that is super common in the area.
Did you really just compare lightning to alligators? Lightning is common everywhere in the world. Literally everywhere. Alligators, not so much. Also, lightning is much less predictable and you have zero chance of reacting a lightning shows itself. That's deliberately incorrect language because I'm emphasizing the fact that alligators are things that you can see coming. They are not immaterial and unpredictable. They can be seen, tracked, known about. They don't strike from the sky at 163,000 miles per second without a moment's notice. You are really reaching into the absurd to pull out these lame excuses as to why we should all just toughen up and stop being a bunch of crybabies who expect people to nanny us. No, we just expect people to be friends towards those who visit their property, because that's what any rational-thinking friend would do.
) but it only takes one horrific accident to ruin a reputation. If I owned that place, I'd put a warning about gators on the sign. Hell, I remember eating at a shit hole restaurant with a playground on the beach in Mobile, Al and they had a warning sign about gators. 
To this day it scares me to see people put their babies in those things.
If I had a toddler and there was not a gator sign I might have let him wade on the beach in one foot of water even if the sign said "No swimming." The sign didn't say "No wading" so I might not have thought we were in any danger. And snakes typically try to get away from you. If there were snakes known to hunt people in Florida then that would probably be a good idea for a sign as well. Really this is a silly argument. If there was no need for a gator sign then there was no need for a "no swimming sign." Hell, Disney should just say "Come to this park at your own risk. We really hope you don't die." They gave the impression that they were a family safe theme park. If what people should know is "This is the equivalent of the Australian outback and your kids might look like snack food to hungry gators" then fine. Disney should say that in its advertising or relocate its theme parks to places like Nebraska.
