Orange Blossom Premium Pool
 

Now that the restaurant is closed for renovations, can you still get a drink by the pool?


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I'm thinking no, unless you bring your own.

Are all residents allowed to use that pool or do you have to pay some sort of fee?

It's one of the Priority pools and there is a fee.

http://www.golfthevillages.com/image...pplication.pdf

If you pay for the enhanced pool membership, are you allowed to bring a guest who has a guest pass?

Yes, if you apply for a guest pass, the enhanced pool membership carries over to their pass.

If the owner of the restaurant also owned the two bars (inside and poolside Tiki Bar) then probably not because he has left.

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Right now i beleive you can bring your own drinks like you can at glenview. They don't want any glass however around the pool area. Will check it out tomorrow.

Enhanced pool membership? Are you talking about a priority membership?

Yes...Priority pool membership

Golf The Villages

The Villages Country Club Pools are for the exclusive use of Villages Country Club Priority Members and their guest(s). Priority Pool Membership Enhancements are available to all Villages residents.

For more information on these memberships, please contact the Tee Time/Membership office at 750-4558.

All country club pools are family pools. If you wish a quieter pool setting, you may want to use one of the neighborhood pools.

Country Club Pools / Hours
•Cane Garden Pool / open 9am – dusk
•Evans Prairie Pool / open 9am – dusk
•Glenview Champions Pool & Jacuzzi / open 9am – 9pm
•Hacienda Hills Pool, Tiki Bar & Jacuzzi / open 9am – dusk
•Havana Pool / open 9am – dusk
•Mallory Hill Pool / open 9am – dusk
•Nancy Lopez Legacy Pool & Pool Bar / open 9am – dusk
•Orange Blossom Hills Pool, Tiki Bar & Jacuzzi / open 9am – 9pm
Country Club Pool Guidelines
•Country club pool ambassadors are not lifeguards. Swim at your own risk.
•Please follow all posted pool hours, rules and regulations for your safety as well as for the safety of others.
•Outside food, beverages and personal coolers are not allowed in the pool or surrounding area.
•Pets are not allowed in the pool area.
•Smoking is permitted in designated areas outside the pool.
•For emergencies please call 911. All pools have courtesy phones.
•If a staff member is present, please check in with them. Have your Villages ID with you at all times.
•Guests must have appropriate guest passes and a valid photo ID.
•Guests under the age of 19 must be accompanied by an adult.
•Please be sure children 36 months of age and younger wear protective rubber pants in accordance with Florida health regulations.
•Pools will close during inclement weather.


•Waist Flotation Belts attached to the waist, diving mask, goggles, and infant/toddler flotation devices are the only items allowed in the pool.
•EXERCISE: The use of exercise equipment, is permitted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
•Please be courteous of other pool patrons
•Please be sure you are dry and wearing shoes and shirts when entering the country club buildings.
•Pool lounge chairs and tables are available on a first-come-first-serve basis and cannot be reserved.
•Kindly leave chairs and tables where you found them. If asked, please share your unused chairs with others.
•The Villages Jacuzzi pools are for people 16 years of age and older.
•For emergencies, please call 911. All pools have a courtesy phone.
NON-RESIDENT – a person(s) residing outside The Villages.
GUEST – a non-resident living outside Lake, Marion or Sumter County or the
child/grandchild of a RESIDENT who has applied for a child/ grandchild pass.
The GUEST must obtain an appropriate GUEST pass.

I think the fee is around 250 or so , my wife paid it.

Went to orange blossom pool last week. I was told the only type of floats allowed are the little arm band type for little kids ,all others are banned. I asked why and was told that's what the members voted on. I saw no adults floating around the pool.

To answer my own question, we had a chance to drive by Orange Blossom today. The Tiki Bar was indeed closed and they had a sign out saying that only water may be carried in. The attendant said that it could be closed for between 40 days and 6 months! We drive up the road and I am enjoying a frozen Margarita at HaciendaAttachment 15475
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Tiki Bar take-over
 

Many fellow residetns have been meeting at the Tiki bar for years. Can someone just open the Tiki Bar up with a liquor license until TV Villages figures out what to do with the old resturant?

sure is a big difference between 40 days and 6 months! doesn't sound like we are talkin' cleaning and refurb!

Yikes! 6 MONTHS?!

Hey, its the South. Close only counts in hand grenades and cow pies!

From what I've heard it was privately owned and The Villages came in and told him he had to do 80,000 dollars worth of upgrades, which he did not have, so he had to close it. I guess it will be reopened by someone else after the renovations are complete. Not sure how true that information is.:mmmm:

So, who owns the building now?
BTW where did you hear all of this?

From someone who works for the Villages.

Doesn't sound like they have anybody interested in opening and running a restaurant there, otherwise they could do it much quicker...IMO.

Tiki Bar closed...BYOB and food

I heard the deck furniture in the Tiki Bar area has been removed by the former owner.

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Is this the beginning of the end ??

Or could it be the beginning of the announced renovations?
The cup is half full!

if someone owns this - how can the villages come in and tell him what he has to do with it?

He owns the "business" but leases the space from TV.

Sorry, i know this is meant as a joke but this comment offends me.

Orange Blossom's predicament is a too often senario here in The Villages which I find disturbing. Also after living here for over six years I question the legitimacy of the Priority Programs and believe they fly in the face of the "live like a millionaire on your pension....marketing claims.

thank you perrjojo! so if you lease space from the developer, terms and conditions of that lease probably include the responsibility to operate and maintain the business according to the developer's standards and at the leasee's expense?

The pool chairs are all there. It's a great pool and now no more smoking so you can actually sit on that side of the pool and enjoy !

The bottom line is when it reopens the new operator will pay more for his lease and thus the meals and drinks will cost more than the old operator charged. No more 6.99 omlets on sunday.

obviously the 6.99 omlet's weren't paying the bills now.

Hay days are over
 

The bottom line is TV wants people going to Lake Sumter and Brownwood. There are no new homes to sell on the old side. Its done, over with sorry reality sucks. No more 6.99 omlettes.