Ok another question about CBR

[mom2girlsn1boy]

This may be dumb so I apologize ahead of time, can you swim on the beach area? We live in Kansas and my daughter has always wanted to go to the beach, we have lakes, but are so far from a beach in my opinion. They say you can relax but never swim, so just wondering.

 

[Crazy4Disney06]

I don't think there is swiming in the water at CBR.

 

[mom2girlsn1boy]

thanks

 

[Seahunt]

Crazy4Disney06 is correct - due to health reasons (especially during the hot summer months when water temp is 80+), there is no lake/pond swimming at WDW from beaches. Here's more info:

ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Something in the lakes around Orlando, Florida, has claimed the lives of three boys this summer.

"This thing is just there. It's lurking like some deadly thing in the water which can take our children's lives and we all have to be aware," said Orange County Health Department Director Dr. Kevin Sherin.

The "thing" isn't a fish or alligator. It is so small it cannot be seen with the naked eye. The killer that lives in the hot, fresh water is a single cell amoeba that once exposed to the human brain through the nasal passages is almost always fatal.

At first people exposed to the amoeba, naegleria fowleri, suffer from flu-like symptoms. Very quickly, in from one to 14 days, the symptoms worsen, Sherin said. "There's a downhill course. Folks lapse into a coma; there are abnormal movements of the eyes and a terrible cascade of events leading to the actual death of parts of the brain."

Sherin said exposure to the amoeba can be detected by an MRI and it can be treated with antibiotics if caught early enough, but Sherin said he believes medical personnel are not in the habit of looking for the disease.

That is because the amoeba is very rare. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, has documented 24 cases in the United States since 1989.

Health officials do not know what caused three cases in Orlando in one summer. Theories range from warmer temperatures to a drought that has lowered lake levels. Sherin said officials considered closing access to the lakes, but concluded they did not have the authority. Even if public lakes had been closed, private lakes would have remained open.

So, at 15 parks and lakes around the city, warnings about the amoeba have been posted. The signs urge bathers to wear nose clips or stay out of water warmer than 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which can be a breeding ground for the amoeba.

 

[CleveRocks]

This may be dumb so I apologize ahead of time, can you swim on the beach area? We live in Kansas and my daughter has always wanted to go to the beach, we have lakes, but are so far from a beach in my opinion. They say you can relax but never swim, so just wondering.

I live at the beach and I've never been to Kansas!

The "beaches" at CBR are nothing different than being at a lake, because the water IS a lake ... and a small, artificial lake to boot.

Don't get me wrong ... I lovd CBR. It's a wonderful place. But the beaches won't really give you a beach experience. There's a lake with some patches of white sand, and on the sand is some chairs and a hammock. The kids can play in the sand, and you can maybe get your toes wet if you really must, but you CAN'T swim or play in the water.

If a beach experience is important to you, you could rent a car and take a day and drive to a real beach.

To me, a beach is so much more than sand on water. It's the cool fresh air breeze, it's the view of nothing on the horizon, it's the sound of the surf pounding or lapping the shore, it's the smell of the salt air, it's the feeling that you're at the end (or the beginning) of the continent, it's the majesty of Nature's strength and beauty ....

Anyway, that's "the beach" to me. Now you can see why I moved here from Ohio!

 

[catbertdave99]

To me, a beach is so much more than sand on water. It's the cool fresh air breeze, it's the view of nothing on the horizon, it's the sound of the surf pounding or lapping the shore, it's the smell of the salt air, it's the feeling that you're at the end (or the beginning) of the continent, it's the majesty of Nature's strength and beauty ....

Anyway, that's "the beach" to me. Now you can see why I moved here from Ohio!

Awesome description! Makes ME want to move from Ohio!!

 

[mom2girlsn1boy]

thanks, we are driving from Kansas, so maybe before we get there we can stop at the beach for a little bit, I never thought of that

 

[84disney]

LONG ago when we had only 2 little children, we drove to the beach one day. It was so lovely. We just found a public access beach and spent several hours, then loaded back up for the drive to Disney. I would highly recommend it