The purchasers from TV have enormous clout and they can buy great deals in bulk and they do. They probably buy from the people Disney does. I would rather have them consult Disney who has tremendous knowlege about how things wear with droves of people using them, then us. One of the things I love about the things in TV is the high quality and the perfect style. They know what they are doing.

To me, it is another example of their business acumen. They painted the Odell Center each Spring of the three years we have lived next to it. All of it. The covers for the shuffleboard, the storage house for the pickleball paddles, the shelterhouse. The rec center itself. They regularly trim and deweed the planting areas. They take really good care of stuff. They replace things when they get shabby. THAT is what I have tried to do in the spaces I have occupied and the number one reason I chose The Villages to live. It is clean and VERY well maintained.

I know that I have heard that Spanish Springs was designed by Disney Designers. They may know the people who run Disney. The end result is spectacular.

Better than consulting one of our neighbors who has the whole danged family of trolls in her back yard. AND the bending over lady. She doesn't do computers or I wouldn't say this. DON'T tell her I said this. It was mean.

Every time my picky daughter visits she says it's nicer than most resort hotels

I'm thinking they thought the change was a good thing... I have bought several things I thought were great in a store only to get home and be disappointed in the actual use of the product. In fact, I have a whole closet full of such items up north....Dang it! I went to Hadley yesterday and they are not so bad. No, they are not as comfy as the last set but perhaps when we get the next set the knowledge learned from these will bring great comfort to all of us! I don't come for the chairs for the most part. It is still a wonderful place to be.
I still enjoy the pool and all the Hadley-ites.

The problem is the loungers are very light and lower than the old mesh loungers and you now don't have chair arms to help you get up. So you plant your hands on the edge of the seat area and if you're not careful, or don't have good balance, you can flip the chair over.

If you slightly "non-mobile" you need someone to help you rise from the chair.

Well that isn't good being that most of us are not as graceful as we used to be.

I have no point of reference except for the experience I had while my parents lived in Del Webb's Sun City West, AZ. The furniture around the pool was "top shelf" in the beginning. During the 20 some years they were there, those chairs and lounges were NEVER replaced once. What was once "top shelf" certainly looked pretty darn shabby after several years. It's nice that I'm going to be living in a place where the owners keep an eye on everything and keep it up...rather than letting things look old and shabby.

2 things I agree with -
 

Lighten up and Thank You.

You know what they say: "some people would BITCH if you hung them with a new rope."

Just got back from the Poinciana pool and the furniture there is the original furniture. I was expecting to see the new and "impoved" furniture.

John

The "original" style pool furniture is in place at the St. James pool - just got back from there a bit ago.

Bill :)

People are not "bitching because they are being hanged with an old rope." People have opinions and they have the right to express them. Just because they live in The Villages doesn't mean they've given up their right to express opinions. Village residents are still human beings and can voice their opinions about what they like and dislike.

Some people like the new furniture. Others find it to be a problem. The pools are not a "gift" from the Villages. They are paid for by the amenity fees. People have the right to have an opinion.

I don't subscribe to the premise that "if the Villages decides it's good for me, then by God I'm gonna accept it regardless of how I might feel." Everybody paid a lot of money to live here.

That's my opinion.

:agree: Everyone should be entitled to voice their opinions without feeling like they will be belittled because they chose to share how they feel!

I agree. These new ones look cheap and I don't like them as well as the other ones. I like the arms on the older ones.

I'm anxious to see what you come up with. Don't we get any input on these things?

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You know what they say about opinions.

They work for deisney
 

They might work at disney ,,,,,,,we we are not built like minney or micky....more like goofy or dumbo!,,,
I still want to know where the old ones are being kept!!!