Another tragedy in Orlando: Alligator drags 2 year old into the water at Disney World

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175. Most visitors in Florida know that getting struck by lightning

is always possible in a lightning storm, so they take appropriate precautions -- or not, it's their choice.

Good example because it highlights the contrast here.

Most Disney visitors outside of Florida haven't had similar education about alligators. They were dependent on the resort to warn them of the hazard the resort knew about and they didn't.

You cannot say that if there was a posted alligator warning sign that this family would have ignored it. As it is, it was worse than that. This resort (unintentionally) lured people into danger by inviting them to a nighttime "Beach Night." The resort also had tables and chairs set up at the waters' edge. And there was no "danger" sign set up about nearby alligators.

Another guest said that he had observed an alligator earlier that day, and warned a family, and they had quickly left the area. How do you know that the Graves family wouldn't have reacted with caution to a "danger -- alligators" sign? That they would have been on the beach at night -- feeding time for alligators -- if the resort hadn't hosted a party there? Do you think they would have come if the resort had announced: we're having a party but watch out for shining red eyeballs in the dark because this is alligator feeding time?

This family wasn't given a choice -- the opportunity to make their own risk assessment, in light of the knowable risks. Disney purposely took it away from them, a decision driven either by their own carelessness or financial motives. Either way, Disney is at fault.