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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2229933" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://nypost.com/2016/06/17/disney-ignored-gator-problem-to-keep-high-end-guests-happy-report/" target="_blank">Rich guests were in charge of Disney’s gator policy</a></p><p></p><p>Disney World was warned about the alligator problem in its Seven Seas Lagoon but looked the other way because high-paying guests enjoyed feeding the creatures, a report has claimed.</p><p></p><p>Management had been warned by park staff that guests at the $2,000-a-night waterfront Bora Bora Bungalows were feeding the alligators, but ignored requests to build protective fences, a park insider said, <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/gator-attack-disney-knew-of-problems-staffer-asked-for-fence-at-lagoon-exclusive/" target="_blank">according to TheWrap.</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://nypost.com/2016/06/16/gators-routinely-removed-from-lagoon-where-toddler-was-attacked/" target="_blank">“Disney has known about the problem</a> of guests feeding the alligators well prior to the opening of the bungalows,” the insider told the news site.</p><p></p><p>“With the opening of the bungalows, it brought the guests that much closer to wildlife. Or, the wildlife that much closer to the guests.”</p><p></p><p>A San Diego man told CBS News on Thursday that managers dismissed him when he reported seeing a gator go after his 5-year-old son at the park last year.“It was, ‘Those are resident pets, and we’ve known about them for years. And they’re harmless, they’re not going to attack anybody.’</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2229933, member: 12952"] [URL="http://nypost.com/2016/06/17/disney-ignored-gator-problem-to-keep-high-end-guests-happy-report/"]Rich guests were in charge of Disney’s gator policy[/URL] Disney World was warned about the alligator problem in its Seven Seas Lagoon but looked the other way because high-paying guests enjoyed feeding the creatures, a report has claimed. Management had been warned by park staff that guests at the $2,000-a-night waterfront Bora Bora Bungalows were feeding the alligators, but ignored requests to build protective fences, a park insider said, [URL='http://www.thewrap.com/gator-attack-disney-knew-of-problems-staffer-asked-for-fence-at-lagoon-exclusive/']according to TheWrap.[/URL] [URL='http://nypost.com/2016/06/16/gators-routinely-removed-from-lagoon-where-toddler-was-attacked/']“Disney has known about the problem[/URL] of guests feeding the alligators well prior to the opening of the bungalows,” the insider told the news site. “With the opening of the bungalows, it brought the guests that much closer to wildlife. Or, the wildlife that much closer to the guests.” A San Diego man told CBS News on Thursday that managers dismissed him when he reported seeing a gator go after his 5-year-old son at the park last year.“It was, ‘Those are resident pets, and we’ve known about them for years. And they’re harmless, they’re not going to attack anybody.’ [/QUOTE]
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