more children lose their lives in private pools than on a beach at a resort hotel.
oh, and don't forget that alligators and other wildlife love private pools.
Now if you want a perfectly safe environment, don't let children (even when they're grown ups) go to bars and clubs ... so sad for the mothers and fathers of 49 people in Orlando lately ...
nearly 6000 people were killed by a firearm since the beginning of the year, but senate has rejected the gun control law. That's 1000 lives wasted each and every month. Yet we consider gun possession as a freedom. how many guests at disney conceal carry despite it being forbidden .... well it should stop with the metal detectors, but what about disney springs and resort hotels (wait, I'm not starting a gun control thread, so please don't pick it up, I'm just stating the fact that the guest next to you could carry a weapon of some sort, and you can never be sure that person has all of their marbles where they should be.
And you face the same issue at Publix, Target, Walmart or safeway (ain't that ironic)
don't let your children ever drive a car ... 32,765 people lost their lives to the blacktop. Despite the highway pattrols, despite the buckle up signs, despite the speed limit, despite speed traps, ...
death by unintentional fall : 30,208 (2013)
death by unintentional poisonning : 38,851 (2013)
sources : CDC
deaths by alligator attack in 2016 : 1 (and a 0 in 2013 for comparison)
and this goes on forever.
Compared to the risks we take, on an everyday basis, WDW is what could be called "safe".
this doesn't lessen the grief, shcok and horror felt by the little boy's family, but that's just a way to say that people overreact