Thank you all for a healthy discusssion! Many, many good points have been raised. My intial post was based on frustration from two personal experiences...and one that was recently posted here regarding Bingo tickets. (Gracie) I've never been a great writer, so I may not have expressed as clearly as I could have what I was thinking. My thoughts were more directed to the fact that perhaps the Villages is getting too big for the way events are being organized...
There have been many suggestions in how to deal with the crowds this time of year...for the few I hadn't thought of, THANKS!
My main reason for positng was to get people's thoughts on how to improve the event planning here. The only idea I have regarding the Home and Garden show (and a few other "shows" that get over crowded) is to make them a two day event...But I have no idea if that is feasible here. There are certainly other places that deal with large number of people...just two examples, Disney, and the two large Royal Caribbean ships, the Allure, and the Oasis of the Seas. Disney has a central reservation system for dinner venues, and the two ships I mentioned have a reservation system for the many shows and activities on board. The fact that the restaurants here are all individually owned creates some obstacle, but why couldn't there be a website that shows each restaurant and their seating availability..allowing folks to make a reservation..or decide to go elsewhere? This is just one idea from a person who admittedly...first, is not very creative, and second, doesn't have all the info needed to make these kinds of suggestions.
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