Lifestyle Visit

[jaj111]

We will be arriving tomorrow June 21st for our 1st visit to TV. I hope its as great as everyone thinks. :pepper2: Any advise or suggestion while we're here will be greatly appreciated.

[A-4 Skyhawk]

We will be arriving tomorrow June 21st for our 1st visit to TV. I hope its as great as everyone thinks. :pepper2: Any advise or suggestion while we're here will be greatly appreciated.

Don't zip yourself inside your golf cart and then go off and get lost. The exhaust fumes will consume you. barf

Other than that, you're going to have a FABULOUS time. On our first visit we bought. It took about 1 day to realize this life style is exactly what we wanted.

Eat breakfast at TooJays and make sure you go dance in the square one evening:beer3:
A-4 Skyhawk

[Posh 08]

We will be arriving tomorrow June 21st for our 1st visit to TV. I hope its as great as everyone thinks. :pepper2: Any advise or suggestion while we're here will be greatly appreciated.

When going to park the cart do the double cart to a spot thing. You'll see what I mean if you observe. Other than that take you pass card to the pool and have a great time.

[Schaumburger]

We will be arriving tomorrow June 21st for our 1st visit to TV. I hope its as great as everyone thinks. :pepper2: Any advise or suggestion while we're here will be greatly appreciated.

Go on the trolley tour from the The Villages sales office at Lake Sumter Landing. It takes about 1 hour, and it is narrated by a Villager. You won't see all of TV, but it will give you an overview of how spread out TV is. Go to some open houses -- both new and preowned homes. There are open houses listed every day in The Daily Sun, and also on The Villages - Florida's Friendliest Retirement Hometown - New Home Sales, Home Resales, Build Your Dream Home (http://www.thevillages.com). As a wannabee, I try to ask Villagers questions while standing in line at stores, or in the squares or in restaurants. Definitely go to Lake Sumter Landing at night and dance or just listen to the music. Don't know how long your visit will be, but the square at Spanish Springs is closed for remodeling. When I was in TV last week, I heard the square at Spanish Springs would be reopening in early July, but that date could have changed since then. The stores, restaurants and movie theater at Spanish Springs are all open, so you can certainly visit, shop and eat at Spanish Springs. Have a wonderful time! Let us know what you think of TV. :wave:

[Posh 08]

Go on the trolley tour from the The Villages sales office at Lake Sumter Landing. It takes about 1 hour, and it is narrated by a Villager. You won't see all of TV, but it will give you an overview of how spread out TV is. Go to some open houses -- both new and preowned homes. There are open houses listed every day in The Daily Sun, and also on The Villages - Florida's Friendliest Retirement Hometown - New Home Sales, Home Resales, Build Your Dream Home (http://www.thevillages.com). As a wannabee, I try to ask Villagers questions while standing in line at stores, or in the squares or in restaurants. Definitely go to Lake Sumter Landing at night and dance or just listen to the music. Don't know how long your visit will be, but the square at Spanish Springs is closed for remodeling. When I was in TV last week, I heard the square at Spanish Springs would be reopening in early July, but that date could have changed since then. The stores, restaurants and movie theater at Spanish Springs are all open, so you can certainly visit, shop and eat at Spanish Springs. Have a wonderful time! Let us know what you think of TV. :wave:

Interesting today on the trolley I suggested to a couple to join TOTV and the nice lady guide said "oh no, they are so negative all the time".

[rjm1cc]

Interesting today on the trolley I suggested to a couple to join TOTV and the nice lady guide said "oh no, they are so negative all the time".
Same for me the day before.

[Schaumburger]

Where does the trolley ride go now that homes are being built south of 466A? When I took the trolley tour in 2010, it was my first visit to TV, so I had no idea where I was, except I remember much of the trolley tour driving through the then brand new areas of Buttonwood and Pennecamp. Now that I am more familiar with TV than I was 2 years ago, I might take the Trolley Tour when I return to TV in October just for the heck of it.

[2BNTV]

Here's a link with suggestions.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/lsv-june-52609/

Be prepared to be blown away by the beauty of TV. Have fun.......

[Posh 08]

Where does the trolley ride go now that homes are being built south of 466A? When I took the trolley tour in 2010, it was my first visit to TV, so I had no idea where I was, except I remember much of the trolley tour driving through the then brand new areas of Buttonwood and Pennecamp. Now that I am more familiar with TV than I was 2 years ago, I might take the Trolley Tour when I return to TV in October just for the heck of it.

They went to the end of the road south of 466A. Turned around by fireand rescue station.

[hotrodgirl]

Definitely take the trolly tour mentioned above and explore on your golf cart! I had a blast driving that around and discovered some nice scenic places, though I couldn't tell you exactly where! Spend at least 2 or 3 evenings in LSL (Lake Sumter Landing) as Spanish Springs likely will still be closed for remodeling.I liked sitting out at the restaurants people watching and asking lots of questions of the villagers! They are eager to point out what they like and are a very friendly bunch! Go out with an agent to see the model homes, go to the pool, play some golf, check out pickle ball, etc etc etc..... And don't forget to bring your checkbook!

[USCGretired]

We arrive for our LSV on Monday, this is a great thread, thanks everyone!

[Cynbod]

How's it going? Great isn't it!!

[Posh 08]

Over in the morning. Sad to leave. So many nice folks. :sad:

[asianthree]

Enjoy your time, and I thought we tried to play nice, soooooo, guess i will watch what i write, or not::popcorn:

[hotrodgirl]

We arrive for our LSV on Monday, this is a great thread, thanks everyone!
Enjoy your visit and be sure to do all the stuff mentioned above! ;)

[jaj111]

Thanks everyone for all the great advice. 1st day driving everywhere in our golf cart. We ate dinner twice. Lol. Only negative is no Internet in our villa. I'm ready to move. Our timeframe was about a year now we want to move that up to now. We even stopped and checked on buying golf. Yes we love it so far.

[jaj111]

It just keeps getting better and better.

[Schaumburger]

It just keeps getting better and better.

Please post your impressions and experiences in TV when you have the time. I have to live vicariously through posts like these until I return to TV in October. :wave:

[eweissenbach]

Interesting today on the trolley I suggested to a couple to join TOTV and the nice lady guide said "oh no, they are so negative all the time".

The tour guides are employees of The Villages. They are told what to say for the most part. The Villages would probably like to discourage people from TOTV because they can't control the message. We all know that this forum is a fabulous way to get information about TV and Villages living, but there are always some naysayers and occasionally, bad information. The Villages does not want any naysayers or bad information, and want to totally control the message, which does not make them evil, but simply a bit overzealous IMO (frankly, any corporate marketing wing attempts to control the message about their company or their product, but most don't have the resourses to do so that TV has). They control most messages that folks are most likely to encounter, the radio and TV stations, the newspaper, the monthly magazine, the website, etc. The trolley tour is fun and informational (we have taken it 3 times), but it is an hour long infomercial to be sure.

[USCGretired]

Enjoy your visit and be sure to do all the stuff mentioned above! ;)

We moved our visit out to July 18-25, no point in coming for a visit with a storm sitting off the coast!

[2BNTV]

Please post your impressions and experiences in TV when you have the time. I have to live vicariously through posts like these until I return to TV in October. :wave:


:agree:

[wendyquat]

Thanks everyone for all the great advice. 1st day driving everywhere in our golf cart. We ate dinner twice. Lol. Only negative is no Internet in our villa. I'm ready to move. Our timeframe was about a year now we want to move that up to now. We even stopped and checked on buying golf. Yes we love it so far.

It's very nice to go to Barnes nd Noble or The Waterfront Inn for wi-fi!

[jaj111]

LOL, I couldn't agree more. I'm sitting here in Barnes & Noble's and my back is killing me. I'll write a detailed report when i get home. Looked at a lot of houses, so many options. What to do?