Although Milt Franklyn is credited for musical direction, part of the score was by an uncredited Carl Stalling, according to the cue sheet at the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers.
Bugs not only sports an old fashioned bathing costume, he's wearing water wings, a flotation device popular at the time for non-swimmers.
Miami Beach had long been a fashionable resort, but gained new popularity in the postwar years as Florida's beaches grew as a popular family vacation spot.
Although the desert location is never clearly revealed, a sign inside the fort says "For rent or lease, call MOrocco 41311."
Daffy Duck makes a cameo appearance at the end of this short.