Walt Disney World Resort faces a $50,000 lawsuit from a guest who slipped near a swimming pool at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Kidani Village. The plaintiff alleges Disney neglected to maintain safe premises at the Deluxe Resort hotel, leading to her March 2025 fall on what she describes as a wet poolside surface.
March Incident at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Kidani Village
December 2025 brought legal action from Luisa Hanfling, a Broward County, Florida resident, against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Her complaint filed in the Florida Circuit Court in Orange County details falling on “a wet substance, believed to be water, near the edge of the Samawati Springs Pool” on March 9, 2025, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Kidani Village.
As a self-identified business invitee, Hanfling contends that Disney failed to provide a “reasonably safe premise” and “knew or should have known about” dangerous pool area conditions. Her lawsuit characterizes the fall as occurring “suddenly and without warning.”
Extensive Injury Claims
The complaint alleges permanent bodily harm stemming from the poolside fall. Hanfling’s $50,000 lawsuit enumerates multiple claimed damages:
- Bodily and terminal injury including a permanent injury to her body as a whole
- Pain and suffering of both a physical and mental nature
- Disability, physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish, inconvenience
- Loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life
- Aggravation of an existing condition
- Expense of hospitalization, medical, and nursing care and treatment
- Past lost wages, loss of earning power, diminished earning capacity
- Loss of ability to lead and enjoy a normal life
Hanfling’s legal filing asserts her losses, which are “are permanent or continuing,” with the expectation that she “will suffer in the future” due to the incident at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Kidani Village.
Walt Disney World Resort has not publicly addressed the lawsuit.
Another Claim at Walt Disney World Resort
Hanfling’s case represents the second $50,000 lawsuit filed against Walt Disney World Resort in recent weeks. Kentucky resident Rhonda Smith also sued Walt Disney Parks and Resorts after falling on the trolley tracks on Main Street, U.S.A., at Magic Kingdom Park. Smith’s complaint also alleges permanent physical and mental injuries from Walt Disney World Resort’s alleged failure to maintain safe conditions.
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