Disney Installing Alligator Warning Signs

Orlando, FL — In the wake of 2-year-old Lane Graves’ death after an alligator attack at Walt Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, the entertainment company has announced it is updating its signage.

“We are installing signage and temporary barriers at our resort beach locations and are working on permanent, long-term solutions at our beaches,” Jacquee Wahler, the resorts’ vice president, said in a statement.

Disney’s signage, or lack thereof, came under fire after Graves was snatched by an alligator from the banks of the resort's Seven Seas Lagoon Tuesday evening. The little boy had his feet in the water when the alligator came up and snatched him, his father told the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

"The father hears splashing, sees the alligator grabbing his child," said Rose Silva, sheriff's office spokeswoman. The father "struggles with the alligator (and the) alligator pulls the child into the water and they disappeared."

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Lane’s body was recovered intact late Wednesday afternoon. His parents, Matt and Melissa Graves of Elkhorn, Neb., were informed of the news by Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings. The cause of the child’s death remains under investigation by the county’s medical examiner’s office.

WESH 2 News reported only finding one alligator warning sign at the resort complex following the attack. That sign, which read “Do not feed or go near the alligators,” wasn’t posted at the lagoon, the station reported. It was found near a small pond.

“We continue to evaluate processes and procedures for our entire property, and, as part of this, we are reinforcing training with our cast for reporting sightings and interactions with wildlife and are expanding our communication to guests on this topic,” Wahler said.

Image courtesy of Walt Disney World Resorts/Photo of alligator courtesy of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission