Caribbean Lagoon coming to The Villages

[tghoul]

Lagoons coming to 5 Central Florida Counties (https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/on-the-town/2021/06/08/tropical-lagoons-coming-to-5-central-florida-counties?fbclid=IwAR0Nx09kij2yoUsoR7moj9fyRGlLxxIY BDq0KlkdY4iHW9IlFm9x_Qm5sv4)

[Bjeanj]

Cool.

[Papa_lecki]

If you watch video, opening 2023. Need wingmannut to let us know where.

[Goldwingnut]

I haven't heard of this company before, but I did do some research. They have a lot of "pie in the sky" targets listed on their webpages, TV isn't one of them. I'm uncertain also of a possible location in TV or Sumter County for this and it would be very uncharacteristic for the developer to outsource a major amenity item such as this.

Understanding what this facility really is is also important, it is a heat sink for rejected heat for an industrial process or major air conditioning facility (mall, data center, etc). It utilizes this waste heat to create a heated pool (you can do this with your own pool and heat pump with a product I found) for entertainment purposes. Currently there isn't a major heat source located or planned that I know of that would be suitable. But I could be wrong all together on this, we'll just have to keep watching.

This is a huge expense and would require a significant customer base to support, something I don't think they'll find in TV or Sumter County. Many villagers are cheap and won't want to spend a dime to go to a place like this, especially in the cooler months.

I'm definitely going to do some more digging on this one.

[Altavia]

I haven't heard of this company before, but I did do some research. They have a lot of "pie in the sky" targets listed on their webpages, TV isn't one of them. I'm uncertain also of a possible location in TV or Sumter County for this and it would be very uncharacteristic for the developer to outsource a major amenity item such as this.

Understanding what this facility really is is also important, it is a heat sink for rejected heat for an industrial process or major air conditioning facility (mall, data center, etc). It utilizes this waste heat to create a heated pool (you can do this with your own pool and heat pump with a product I found) for entertainment purposes. Currently there isn't a major heat source located or planned that I know of that would be suitable. But I could be wrong all together on this, we'll just have to keep watching.

This is a huge expense and would require a significant customer base to support, something I don't think they'll find in TV or Sumter County. Many villagers are cheap and won't want to spend a dime to go to a place like this, especially in the cooler months.

I'm definitely going to do some more digging on this one.

Very interesting, may be fishing for investors.

Latest developer video hinted at a Top Golf like facility which may make more economic sense for here.

[Papa_lecki]

Very interesting, may be fishing for investors.

Latest developer video hinted at a Top Golf like facility which may make more economic sense for here.

Great points Don. It seems like a place Villagers would go occasionally when grandkids visit.
It would be uncharacteristic for “the Developer” to outsource so much amenity real estate.
This is something that wouldn’t be built for 2 to 4 years, so the location would be way down south.
In the interview at the link, the executive of the company specifically says The Villages, BUT, as you say in your videos, the developer is good at keeping secrets - this could be something that wasn’t supposed to get out.

[Two Bills]

""The ones planned for Central Florida will be public, meaning anyone can pay and go.""

Imagine the traffic on a hot day in school holidays, if it was in TV!:ohdear:

[elevatorman]

Cool a Gator farm

[Papa_lecki]

Here’s there web site. It looks like a resort in Orlando is putting in one of their lagoons.

Don gives a good summary of their industrial cooling technology - there are more details on the web site.

Crystal Lagoons | Transform any location into an idyllic beach paradise (https://www.crystal-lagoons.com/)

[JMintzer]

""The ones planned for Central Florida will be public, meaning anyone can pay and go.""

Imagine the traffic on a hot day in school holidays, if it was in TV!:ohdear:

The man in the video says one of them WILL be in TV...

[Stu from NYC]

The man in the video says one of them WILL be in TV...

Talk is cheap lets see if they make the investment.

[Altavia]

...

Understanding what this facility really is is also important, it is a heat sink for rejected heat for an industrial process or major air conditioning facility (mall, data center, etc). It utilizes this waste heat to create a heated pool (you can do this with your own pool and heat pump with a product I found) for entertainment purposes. Currently there isn't a major heat source located or planned that I know of that would be suitable. But I could be wrong all together on this, we'll just have to keep watching.

I'm definitely going to do some more digging on this one.

Hmmm, there are rumors of a huge prefab concrete plant planned to pre-cast home walls - replacing CCB construction...

[wisbad1]

I haven't heard of this company before, but I did do some research. They have a lot of "pie in the sky" targets listed on their webpages, TV isn't one of them. I'm uncertain also of a possible location in TV or Sumter County for this and it would be very uncharacteristic for the developer to outsource a major amenity item such as this.

Understanding what this facility really is is also important, it is a heat sink for rejected heat for an industrial process or major air conditioning facility (mall, data center, etc). It utilizes this waste heat to create a heated pool (you can do this with your own pool and heat pump with a product I found) for entertainment purposes. Currently there isn't a major heat source located or planned that I know of that would be suitable. But I could be wrong all together on this, we'll just have to keep watching.

This is a huge expense and would require a significant customer base to support, something I don't think they'll find in TV or Sumter County. Many villagers are cheap and won't want to spend a dime to go to a place like this, especially in the cooler months.

I'm definitely going to do some more digging on this one.
Please what is product info for heating pool?

[Goldwingnut]

Please what is product info for heating pool?

This is what I was looking at.
Heat Recovery Pool Heater | Compare To Solar Pool Heater | HotSpot Energy LLC (https://www.hotspotenergy.com/pool-heater/)
Instead of rejecting your home's heat to the air in the outside condensing unit, an alternate condensing unit is installed with a control valve to capture the waste heat and use it for heating a pool. Once the pool is at the control temperature, the valve would shift back to using the original condensing unit.

In theory, the heat rejection to the water would be more efficient for your home heat pump and there would be some energy savings. An advantage over solar is that with solar, the pump speed must be increased to provide sufficient head to move the water through the panels on the roof, the heat is free, but it takes more power to move the water. With this system a slower pump speed can be used saving more energy, combined with the increased efficiency the savings could be significant, in theory.

[John41]

Lagoons coming to 5 Central Florida Counties (https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/on-the-town/2021/06/08/tropical-lagoons-coming-to-5-central-florida-counties?fbclid=IwAR0Nx09kij2yoUsoR7moj9fyRGlLxxIY BDq0KlkdY4iHW9IlFm9x_Qm5sv4)

The one in Arizona looks amazing and more like a small theme park than something The Villages would be investing in.

[Ben Franklin]

A public recreation area within TV? I don't see it, unless it's outside of TV.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

I’ve been to the one north of Tampa and loved it! Can’t wait till it comes to the Villages or nearby. They really are astounding. Imagine a massive pool the size of a lake with crystal clear water, boating and a water park. It’ll be a huge hit here!

[Stu from NYC]

Driving along 466A there are quite a few large fields for sale. Wondering if they would be large enough.

[JMintzer]

Talk is cheap lets see if they make the investment.

Irrelevant to the point I was making...

[kathyspear]

I’ve been to the one north of Tampa and loved it! Can’t wait till it comes to the Villages or nearby. They really are astounding. Imagine a massive pool the size of a lake with crystal clear water, boating and a water park. It’ll be a huge hit here!

Where is the one north of Tampa? Thx.

kathy

[Joe V.]

I’ve been to the one north of Tampa and loved it! Can’t wait till it comes to the Villages or nearby. They really are astounding. Imagine a massive pool the size of a lake with crystal clear water, boating and a water park. It’ll be a huge hit here!

At 35 bucks or more for a day pass. no way.

[photo1902]

Where is the one north of Tampa? Thx.

kathy

It's actually Crystal Lagoon, not Caribbean Lagoon.

Here is the location north of Tampa

Crystal Lagoon at Epperson - Fun 4 Tampa Kids (https://fun4tampakids.com/Fun-Around-Town/Day-Trips/Crystal-Lagoon-at-Epperson/View-details)

[tvbound]

Hard to imagine anything needing that much acreage being built on developer land (thus making it cart accessible). Way too many houses could be built, on the footprint of a place like that. With that said, it would be nice to have one close by to take visitors, but with so many cart accessible neighborhood pools already in place (not to mention private pools), I wonder if it could ever survive around here. Now put a Costco next to it - and who knows? LOL

[Papa_lecki]

At 35 bucks or more for a day pass. no way.

Only $35 a day, what a bargain.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Wesley Chapel. But there are at least three others in Florida - Wimauma (near the legendary Sun City Center) another in southwest Florida and one under contract in San Antonio. Metro Lagoons – Welcome to Paradise (https://lagooninformation.com/)

[NatureBoy]

There is at least one in Texas, too, attached to a planned community. It seems one of the company’s targets are big housing developers - like TV. Their website is very marketing heavy and reads like a venture capital investment scam. But they have legitimately built several.

There is the Lifestyle Center and Central Lake. Could Central Lake be made into one of these? And there are water features in the Community Support District plans. A lagoon could be a good draw for TV support families.

[PugMom]

maybe that's what will happen to the Coleman prison-it would have enough space

[Goldwingnut]

After giving this some more though, I'm intrigued by the possibilities, the technical aspects of such a place is an easy fit for our area as it grows. Let me explain.

As I said in the previous post, the pool is little more than a heat sink for a facility that produces a lot of heat. Many large facilities and campuses use a Central Energy Plant (CEP) to produce chill water (for air conditioning and humidity control), hot water (domestic use and heating), and backup electrical power. Most CEPs use an array of cooling towers to reject the produced heat, these are commonly seen on large building rooftops and set aside locations around a group of buildings. Some uninformed see the steam plume coming from the towers and assume it to be air pollution, it's simply water vapor.

Currently in Sumter County there are few large heat loads that would require the sizable CEP that would be needed for one of these lagoons. As I said, currently. Look ahead just a few years and the picture is different. The proposed medical complex that is in the planning stages is a prime candidate for a CEP since it is all greenfield work and the distribution infrastructure can be economically laid in at the initial stages of the development. Hospitals are HUGE energy users, and many use the CEP concept to help control energy costs. All this being said, it seems technically feasible for our area to have such a lagoon location.

Looking at the other side of the coin, economics, is a necessary evil. The addition of such a heat sink would be additional cost, conventional cooling towers sufficient to handle the CEP full load would still need to be built on-site to handle the facilities needs in case something happened to the lagoon heat sink (a sink hole opens up and drains the lagoon, it is Florida after all).

One has to look also at the marketability of a lagoon location in or around The Villages. This would be a tourist attraction, it would have to have its own local draw as it's too far from the Orlando attractions to attract customers and would have to compete with Wet-n-Wild, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizard Beach, and the other area water parks. Other "attractions" and businesses would need to exist to be successful. For the locals/resident the novelty will wear off quickly so you must continuously pull in new customers. Sure, it would be nice to take the grandkids to when down for a visit, but regular use by Villages residents, not very likely. It's been my experience over the last 7 years living here that most residents here are cheap and have forgotten how the real-world works (businesses have to make money), any cost increase and they cry poor with indignation and condemnation, blaming it all on the developer for being greedy.

Who would operate such a location? The developer, maybe but doubtful, amusement parks (for lack of a better label) are not their specialty. The local government/CDD, not likely. A 3rd party, this is the most likely, but they would be focused on their own profitability and not necessarily the image and reputation of The Villages/developer putting them at odds with the developer. Only one person gets to drive the bus and I doubt the developer will give up control of the future and planning of The Villages.

This would also require a large swath of land within or adjacent to current development. This would take away from home/golf course/amenity development.

So, technically feasible, absolutely, but likely improbable for coming here. I know, the guy in the interview said The Villages as a location, but more likely it is in the early stages of consideration, and it will probably wither and die on the vine.

(Before retiring I worked for Johnson Controls and was involved with the CEPs at St. Jude, FedEx World Hqtrs, Shands hospital, and Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, as well as several others.)

I'm going to continue to dig into this one, it's an interesting concept, but I think unlikely to come to fruition.

[PugMom]

wow, thank you for sharing this info-we are lucky to have you here to explain it! i look forward to any future comments re: this subject, thx for doing what you do

[Debra Freeman]

According to WESH news, TV will be one location. Read on…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Get this: Central Florida's inland counties won't have to head to the coast to enjoy the beach. Wait, what?!

Yep, five of counties are getting Caribbean-like lagoons.

The destinations are called Crystal Lagoons. “[They're] an idyllic beach life just steps away from people's homes,” says Iván Manzur, Crystal Lagoons' corporate senior VP of sales.

Thanks to patented technology, five Central Florida counties are getting Caribbean-like lagoons with crystal clear waters, tiki huts, white sandy beaches, and room for all kinds of water sports, from paddle boarding to kayaking.

The five counties are Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Sumter. “The first 3 projects will be located in Kissimmee, the Villages and Orlando,” Manzur says.

[J1ceasar]

Ha ha . April fool's? Nothing guaranteed . Why would they invest here when the community has dozens of pools? More likely Clermont with young families .Or as some say a name dropper for investors . Lake/ Sumter has no tourism nexus

[bluecenturian]

If you look on their website they list Lake Panasoffkee as an in development site. They have already opened a beautiful facility in Wesley Chapel.

It looks like their high expense options are for heated waters and weather domes, 2 things not a big need for in Florida.

The Wesley Chapel location is $35pp general entry, hardly a budget breaker and they are sold out regularly.

[bluecenturian]

Crystal Lagoon lists Lake Panasoffkee as in development stage. This is less than 7 miles from the villages. The project is more than likely being advertised as “The Villages” because no one knows where Lake Panasoffkee is but everyone knows where TV is.

Like Tampa Bay baseball team that don’t play in the City of Tampa Bay.

It will be very close to TV but not on property. Easy exit fro I75 and Turnpike.

[bluecenturian]

Already done. 2 homes in Oxford Oakes going up with pre fab walls.

[DeirdreFoster]

Hope it's Lake Opkahumpka (spelling?) I've been wondering how we are going to enjoy paddle boarding and other water sports there.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Lagoons coming to 5 Central Florida Counties (https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/on-the-town/2021/06/08/tropical-lagoons-coming-to-5-central-florida-counties?fbclid=IwAR0Nx09kij2yoUsoR7moj9fyRGlLxxIY BDq0KlkdY4iHW9IlFm9x_Qm5sv4)

No thanks!

[Joe C.]

Right.....No Thanks!

Just what we need in TV. Another public place for noise, mayhem and chaos.
What we need is a nice place to eat, relax, and have some nice conversation without any intrusion.

[Lisanp@aol.com]

I haven't heard of this company before, but I did do some research. They have a lot of "pie in the sky" targets listed on their webpages, TV isn't one of them. I'm uncertain also of a possible location in TV or Sumter County for this and it would be very uncharacteristic for the developer to outsource a major amenity item such as this.

Understanding what this facility really is is also important, it is a heat sink for rejected heat for an industrial process or major air conditioning facility (mall, data center, etc). It utilizes this waste heat to create a heated pool (you can do this with your own pool and heat pump with a product I found) for entertainment purposes. Currently there isn't a major heat source located or planned that I know of that would be suitable. But I could be wrong all together on this, we'll just have to keep watching.

This is a huge expense and would require a significant customer base to support, something I don't think they'll find in TV or Sumter County. Many villagers are cheap and won't want to spend a dime to go to a place like this, especially in the cooler months.

I'm definitely going to do some more digging on this one.

The large retention pond on the county line near the new power substation? Could the substation be cooled by water? No idea on technology in this area, but I do know that the blue lagoon in Iceland is waste water from a power plant...

[NatureBoy]

As I said in the previous post, the pool is little more than a heat sink for a facility that produces a lot of heat.

I think you're being confused by their web page. The heatsink is an OPTIONAL use of a lagoon; it's not a requirement. It's one way to provide heating to a section of a larger lagoon.

The big technology break through they claim to have is mass desalination and purification of the water.


One has to look also at the marketability of a lagoon location in or around The Villages. This would be a tourist attraction, it would have to have its own local draw as it's too far from the Orlando attractions to attract customers and would have to compete with Wet-n-Wild, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizard Beach, and the other area water parks. Other "attractions" and businesses would need to exist to be successful. For the locals/resident the novelty will wear off quickly so you must continuously pull in new customers. Sure, it would be nice to take the grandkids to when down for a visit, but regular use by Villages residents, not very likely. It's been my experience over the last 7 years living here that most residents here are cheap and have forgotten how the real-world works (businesses have to make money), any cost increase and they cry poor with indignation and condemnation, blaming it all on the developer for being greedy.


If you do some digging on their web site and a bit of web searching, you'll see that several of these are installed in planned communities as part of the community amenities - and the public is allowed in for a fee.

So my speculation is:

"Central Lake" shown in the recent Continuing the Dream (https://www.thevillages.com/whatsnew/continuing-the-dream/looking-ahead-at-2021-beyond) booklet is one of these Lagoons.
The new "Community Support District" gets one of these with residents getting access as part of their HOA/amenity fee, and the public being charged access.
It's installed adjacent to the Wellness Village and used for cooling.

[MandoMan]

After giving this some more though, I'm intrigued by the possibilities, the technical aspects of such a place is an easy fit for our area as it grows. Let me explain.

As I said in the previous post, the pool is little more than a heat sink for a facility that produces a lot of heat. Many large facilities and campuses use a Central Energy Plant (CEP) to produce chill water (for air conditioning and humidity control), hot water (domestic use and heating), and backup electrical power. Most CEPs use an array of cooling towers to reject the produced heat, these are commonly seen on large building rooftops and set aside locations around a group of buildings. Some uninformed see the steam plume coming from the towers and assume it to be air pollution, it's simply water vapor.

Currently in Sumter County there are few large heat loads that would require the sizable CEP that would be needed for one of these lagoons. As I said, currently. Look ahead just a few years and the picture is different. The proposed medical complex that is in the planning stages is a prime candidate for a CEP since it is all greenfield work and the distribution infrastructure can be economically laid in at the initial stages of the development. Hospitals are HUGE energy users, and many use the CEP concept to help control energy costs. All this being said, it seems technically feasible for our area to have such a lagoon location.

Looking at the other side of the coin, economics, is a necessary evil. The addition of such a heat sink would be additional cost, conventional cooling towers sufficient to handle the CEP full load would still need to be built on-site to handle the facilities needs in case something happened to the lagoon heat sink (a sink hole opens up and drains the lagoon, it is Florida after all).

One has to look also at the marketability of a lagoon location in or around The Villages. This would be a tourist attraction, it would have to have its own local draw as it's too far from the Orlando attractions to attract customers and would have to compete with Wet-n-Wild, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizard Beach, and the other area water parks. Other "attractions" and businesses would need to exist to be successful. For the locals/resident the novelty will wear off quickly so you must continuously pull in new customers. Sure, it would be nice to take the grandkids to when down for a visit, but regular use by Villages residents, not very likely. It's been my experience over the last 7 years living here that most residents here are cheap and have forgotten how the real-world works (businesses have to make money), any cost increase and they cry poor with indignation and condemnation, blaming it all on the developer for being greedy.

Who would operate such a location? The developer, maybe but doubtful, amusement parks (for lack of a better label) are not their specialty. The local government/CDD, not likely. A 3rd party, this is the most likely, but they would be focused on their own profitability and not necessarily the image and reputation of The Villages/developer putting them at odds with the developer. Only one person gets to drive the bus and I doubt the developer will give up control of the future and planning of The Villages.

This would also require a large swath of land within or adjacent to current development. This would take away from home/golf course/amenity development.

So, technically feasible, absolutely, but likely improbable for coming here. I know, the guy in the interview said The Villages as a location, but more likely it is in the early stages of consideration, and it will probably wither and die on the vine.

(Before retiring I worked for Johnson Controls and was involved with the CEPs at St. Jude, FedEx World Hqtrs, Shands hospital, and Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, as well as several others.)

I'm going to continue to dig into this one, it's an interesting concept, but I think unlikely to come to fruition.

One type of facility with heavy AC needs is a Cloud Computing Facility. They may have thousands of computer servers running at once, and they have to be kept cool. These places cost millions to build—often over $20 million—and they are being built in a number of locations around the world. They look a lot like a shipping warehouse. I could see a large one including a Crystal Lagoon from the beginning. It might even become common. Maybe one will be built in Sumter County. Maybe down near the interstate.

The original article says it can use 100 times fewer chemicals. That always confuses me. 100 times should be MORE, not LESS. It should be “one hundredth as much.”

[SusanStCatherine]

I looked at the pictures on their website. Mostly an enormous pool. There are a few kayaks and a few inflatables. If they want my continued business they would have to have at least a large solid corkscrew slide or a lazy river.

[mulligan]

The heat sink idea makes sense. I heard seco is planning a new nuclear power generation station next to the prison at coleman.

[jimkerr]

This would be a great addition to the area and 35 bucks a person is a bargain compared to the price of a water park.

I’ve been to the one @ Epperson in Wesley Chapel and it’s amazing. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth the drive to check it out.

[Gator_Girl]

Jacksonville already has this concept:
The Exurbs Are Growing Faster Than Jacksonville Itself | WJCT NEWS (https://news.wjct.org/post/exurbs-are-growing-faster-jacksonville-itself)

[Velvet]

I can’t think of a person I know who’d be interested in this monstrosity, maybe grand kids? Please don’t come anywhere near Lake Sumter with it!

[NatureBoy]

I can’t think of a person I know who’d be interested in this monstrosity, maybe grand kids? Please don’t come anywhere near Lake Sumter with it!

As a 50-something year-old planning to move to TV in a couple years, I'd LOVE to have access to an amenity like this. The pictures I've seen show people kayaking, wind surfing, paddle boarding, sailing. Those are all activities I enjoy and would like to have a nice venue to do them without worrying about alligators, weeds, snakes, bacteria, and all the other nasty things a "real" body of water has.

[Goldwingnut]

The large retention pond on the county line near the new power substation? Could the substation be cooled by water? No idea on technology in this area, but I do know that the blue lagoon in Iceland is waste water from a power plant...
The pond is a part of the old water treatment facility run by Leesburg. It’s been cleaned up significantly in the last 2 years since the villages acquired the property. No clue to its future use. Substation is only about 3 years old and air cooled.

[Velvet]

As a 50-something year-old planning to move to TV in a couple years, I'd LOVE to have access to an amenity like this. The pictures I've seen show people kayaking, wind surfing, paddle boarding, sailing. Those are all activities I enjoy and would like to have a nice venue to do them without worrying about alligators, weeds, snakes, bacteria, and all the other nasty things a "real" body of water has.

I believe you, at your age I would have thought the same. But near Lake Sumter we are talking about a small space in unswimable water to put something like this in. Noisy stuff near already built homes. Now if you’d like it in one of those swampy areas far south, I’d be ok with it.

[NatureBoy]

Someone is claiming the TV install is news to the Morses.

At approximately 10 am today, straight from the mouth morse, in person. "We didn't know either. ... We found out the same as you, when it showed up on that news channel.”

So this person appears to be claiming to have spoken to one of the Morses. I have no link to an "official" source.

It could be the Lagoon representative used The Villages incorrectly to identify the one that's being put in near by.

[almondz]

Personally, I would love to see a 'senior' water park where there are escalators to the top of the slides. Weeeee

[wisbad1]

This is what I was looking at.
Heat Recovery Pool Heater | Compare To Solar Pool Heater | HotSpot Energy LLC (https://www.hotspotenergy.com/pool-heater/)
Instead of rejecting your home's heat to the air in the outside condensing unit, an alternate condensing unit is installed with a control valve to capture the waste heat and use it for heating a pool. Once the pool is at the control temperature, the valve would shift back to using the original condensing unit.

In theory, the heat rejection to the water would be more efficient for your home heat pump and there would be some energy savings. An advantage over solar is that with solar, the pump speed must be increased to provide sufficient head to move the water through the panels on the roof, the heat is free, but it takes more power to move the water. With this system a slower pump speed can be used saving more energy, combined with the increased efficiency the savings could be significant, in theory.
Thanks

[SusanStCatherine]

Personally, I would love to see a 'senior' water park where there are escalators to the top of the slides. Weeeee

That would be awesome! Even better would be glass elevators!

[VApeople]

The pond is a part of the old water treatment facility run by Leesburg. It’s been cleaned up significantly in the last 2 years since the villages acquired the property. No clue to its future use.

On Sundays, we ride our bikes thru St. Catherine and Citrus Grove. We usually ride thru the neighborhood just south of the new Homestead Rec Center and north of the Substation.

Some of the new lots look directly onto the nasty-looking pond you referred to. It has a tall chain-link fence around it with barbed wire on the top, and I think it is ugly.

I bet The Villages will remove that pond before they start building homes.

[petiteone]

Lagoons coming to 5 Central Florida Counties (https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/on-the-town/2021/06/08/tropical-lagoons-coming-to-5-central-florida-counties?fbclid=IwAR0Nx09kij2yoUsoR7moj9fyRGlLxxIY BDq0KlkdY4iHW9IlFm9x_Qm5sv4)

Do you know where it will be located in The Villages?

[Bogie Shooter]

Do you know where it will be located in The Villages?
See post 1 thru 53.

[thelegges]

Once build out is complete the website states the facility will no longer be offered to the public. So if they have acquired property anywhere near that the developers of TV doesn’t own I wonder if the same could happen.

So if you buy a home in the Lagoon development, it could be open to the public, until all homes are sold. Then could be private. At 2000 tickets per day some days are sold out near their facility near Tampa. That a pretty impressive number of tickets.

[Velvet]

Once build out is complete the website states the facility will no longer be offered to the public. So if they have acquired property anywhere near that the developers of TV doesn’t own I wonder if the same could happen.

So if you buy a home in the Lagoon development, it could be open to the public, until all homes are sold. Then could be private. At 2000 tickets per day some days are sold out near their facility near Tampa. That a pretty impressive number of tickets.

Now THAT’S something to look forwards to… especially if the glass elevator is included for the slide.

[graciegirl]

I would be astonished if the developers would be at ALL involved with this independent and separate commercial entity.

I read a bit about it this week as I could not post, I was banned for a week. It appears that they have a lot of plans, as Goldwingnut pointed out, and not much actual STUFF.

WHO would want to have it close to them??? Not really many Villagers who get unhappy with the sounds of children in swimming pools and the sound of pickle balls bouncing.

It appears to be a commercial money making business geared to the younger crowd, but I could be wrong. I was apparently wrong on this forum and had to sit in the bad chair for a week.

I will try to follow the rules. I don't like being on the outside looking in.

I don't think this water park has ANYTHING to do with the developer and The Villages at all.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

See post 1 thru 53.

I'm gonna steal that idea!

[asianthree]

So location is in Sumter, that could be anywhere the developers don’t own property. Or maybe this is a big secret that got out, who cares. I am so happy to kayak, and paddleboard to fall in the water and not worry about a gator or a snake. I know many use the lakes here, but I am not comfortable with the lakes here.
Wherever this is, it will be popular and have many sold out days. I am guess there will be a pass holder option like the parks. Since there has been an a public statement, property has already been acquired, (like Disney acquired property quietly) or otherwise shooting them selves in the foot.

[graciegirl]

So location is in Sumter, that could be anywhere the developers don’t own property. Or maybe this is a big secret that got out, who cares. I am so happy to kayak, and paddleboard to fall in the water and not worry about a gator or a snake. I know many use the lakes here, but I am not comfortable with the lakes here.
Wherever this is, it will be popular and have many sold out days. I am guess there will be a pass holder option like the parks. Since there has been an a public statement, property has already been acquired, (like Disney acquired property quietly) or otherwise shooting them selves in the foot.

It sounds to me like this company is trying to sell franchises. There is one in Wesley Chapel.
Here is another article, but not a lot "official".

Crystal Lagoons Florida, the largest pool in the US (https://www.floridasmart.com/articles/crystal-lagoons-if-you-havent-heard-it-you-will)

Wesley Chapel is near Tampa. Looks like it requires a little over seven acres to have a Lagoon;

Metro Lagoons – Welcome to Paradise (https://lagooninformation.com/)

[asianthree]

It sounds to me like this company is trying to sell franchises. There is one in Wesley Chapel.
Here is another article, but not a lot "official".

Crystal Lagoons Florida, the largest pool in the US (https://www.floridasmart.com/articles/crystal-lagoons-if-you-havent-heard-it-you-will)

Wesley Chapel is near Tampa. Looks like it requires a little over seven acres to have a Lagoon;

Metro Lagoons – Welcome to Paradise (https://lagooninformation.com/)

Our dear friends sold their home in St Charles, some time ago, and moved to the Lagoons in the early stages of building, in Wesley Chapel. Little know fact Wesley Chapel has the largest Indian retirement community in the US.

They love the Lagoon area, the homes built by the developer, and as they said, the lake is gorgeous. They use it pretty much everyday. Bonus for them its close to Tampa, which is important to them. They always send photos of them paddle boarding, sitting in a cabana, and swimming with their granddaughter.

They do miss friends, but didn’t play golf, or attend any clubs, or classes. We were to travel down to spend a week with them in March of 2020, but plans had to change. So we have known for awhile, about the development, didn’t have to read online. We travel to WC for restaurants and shopping, we have loved the area since 07.
The Lagoon will go private soon as most of the homes are sold in the final phase. We hope to travel down early fall.

We are Lake people, from day one, so it is the one thing we miss more than anything, in TV. We travel north in the summer to the lake cottage, so we can still enjoy the lake, that is crystal clear, sometimes a little chilly, but so worth it. Then zip over the one of the Greats for more fun.