The Daily Disney is reporting on the Florida Court decision that ruled that parents did not have the authority to sign away their children’s rights before participating in potentially dangerous activities.
Fourteen months ago, the highest court in Florida ruled that parents did not have the authority to sign away their children’s civil-lawsuit rights before participating in potentially dangerous commercial activities — a decision that outraged the state’s tourism industry and prompted warnings that businesses would begin to drop children from certain programs.
The fallout so far, however, has been more ripple than wave.
A handful of small dive shops say they no longer offer junior scuba certification. An open-cockpit biplane operator at Fantasy of Flight in Polk County stopped taking children on flights — only to see business plummet, so now it accepts kids again but fears sharply higher insurance premiums. Orlando’s Gatorland says it has halted plans for a new, $1 million attraction because it would require participants to sign legal waivers.
But others appear unfazed. Neither Walt Disney World nor SeaWorld Orlando, both of which have publicly decried the court ruling, have imposed new restrictions on activities that require parental waivers. The Richard Petty Driving Experience, which operates a racetrack at Disney World, has even lowered the minimum age for teens who want to ride along in a stock car that speeds around a track at up to 165 mph.
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