[swimdawg]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

Look on the bright side ,,,,,,,

Your were not mugged .

Cisco....you are toooooooooo much. OMG....I don't like to give the coveted???? Swimdawg Post of the Day Award so early..........but when I'm reading a post and break out in laughter..........and nearly spit my coffee out, that's it! You get the award...........again! SPOTD Award to Cisco!

BTW, I went to din with friends last night. We planned on going to Bonifay....but when we arrived, we were told it would be at least an hour wait. I called Evans Prairie and they said the wait was short. We zipped over there and got seated within a few minutes. A scrumptious dinner was enjoyed by all. Sometimes it pays to give the restaurant a call to check out the waiting time.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I attend three or four regular club meetings each week and have never been turned away. Maybe I don't go to the most popular clubs, but I have never experienced this problem. Of course, I don't play golf or pickleball so I've never experienced the frustration of trying to get times for those. But I think that there are plenty of activities that you can do that you will not be shut out of.

Yes, we are a bit more crowded for a few months. You may have to wait a while for a table at a restaurant. (Personally I don't wait. If I am told the wait is over 10 minutes, I leave. There is no food on earth that's worth waiting an hour for.) There's a little more traffic and you might have to wait a little longer at the cash registers. I don;t like any of this either, but I am trying very hard to simply accept it as a trade off to living in an isolated area or worse, someplace where there is snow.

As far as The Villages not keeping up with it's growth, I think that any of us who have owned businesses understand that you can't staff based on your peak periods. You wouldn't build a restaurant that holds 500 people if you average 200 per day over 12 months. I believe that this is planned for and the Villages planners and business owners accept that they will not be able to handle the crowds for a few months a year. Most would love to be half full in August. Again, it's just another trade off.

I don't recall seeing any posts about us growing too fast in July and August. A few months of peak season and people are ready move away and talk about how bad the planning is and how we're outgrowing everything. As long as you live in Florida, or any other state where people come for the winter, or summer months for that matter. (Cape Cod has the same problem opposite us) you will have a few months where your community has seems to have grown too fast.

[willie72]

We are very disappointed too. We have lived here less than two months and have yet to golf. We tried to get on this coming Tuesday because we have guests coming but were denied our request. VERY DISAPPOINTING!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by willie72

We are very disappointed too. We have lived here less than two months and have yet to golf. We tried to get on this coming Tuesday because we have guests coming but were denied our request. VERY DISAPPOINTING!

I have friends that play golf every day. I don't play anymore and haven't bothered to learn about the tee time system, but is it possible that you don't fully understand how to get a tee time?

[Jayhawk]

We have been back for 14 days and are now permanent and loving it !

In these two weeks, we have been to a neighborhood New Year's Eve party, signed up for PB 101, registered for the newbie Pickleball league, rented a golf car and riding the wheels off it while shopping for one to buy, went out to dinner at one of the Country Clubs with our new friends and neighbors (and had just a 15 minute wait on Friday night at 6:00), hit golf balls at Arnold Palmer, hit the squares (and even danced despite both left feet), breakfast twice at Toojays, had a couple of service calls on the house that were responded to in record time by the warranty department, stocked the kitchen at Publix with all the other recent arrivals, met many new neighbors just by being outside in the driveway (our dog is a friend-maker. Take him out and here they come ), had quiet dinners at home and watched my favorite team (guess who ) play twice on TV.

As we were previously part-time and now full-time, we continue to be thoroughly thrilled with this place. Every experience makes a new memory and we are so fortunate to be able to be here.

Every time we get stuck in traffic or have to wait to be seated at a restaurant (which in the big picture is not really an inconvenience), I remind myself that there was much more stress going to work everyday

Take a breath, look around, and realize this really is about the most awesome place anywhere.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by willie72

We are also very disappointed. We signed up to bring guests golfing on Tuesday and our request was denied. We have not golfed yet as the first time we signed up the courses were closed due to inclement weather. We have lived here less than two months and have paid our trail fees but have not been able to golf.

I am making an assumption you are trying to play an executive course? It is much tougher to get a tee time on an executive course with a guest. You go into the request queue behind all requests that have no guests, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE PLAYERS IN THOSE REQUESTS HAVE PLAYED.

Looking at Tuesday executives, there are tee times available, but NONE between 7:48 AM and 3:26 PM.

Looking at Tuesday championships, there MANY MANY open tee times to be selected...

[rubicon]

It is simple The Villages is over-grown and while it is worse for Jan, Feb, Mar it hs also become crowded for the remainder of the year.

Full time residents do adjust because they are forced to.

I find it perplexing that people who praise The Villages Lifestyle in one breath say in the next that they go off campus in order to eat, golf, etc. Am I the only one who sees this as an oxymoron? And yes I understand some folks go off campus for many other reasons than over crowding

Now I am ready for those villages self appointed protectors to tell me if I don't like it then move. Geezzzzzz I now say my mea culpa's

[gomoho]

I don't think we've seen anything yet!!! I took a drive to the southern parts of The Villages yesterday and was absolutely amazed at the construction going on and the vacant land yet to built on (not even taking Fruitland Park into consideration). My only thought was - where in the world are all these people going to buy groceries???

[Birdie Dreamer]

Originally Posted by willie72

We are also very disappointed. We signed up to bring guests golfing on Tuesday and our request was denied. We have not golfed yet as the first time we signed up the courses were closed due to inclement weather. We have lived here less than two months and have paid our trail fees but have not been able to golf.

May be a good idea to go to the Good Golf school to learn more about the tee time system. Once you understand it better you will find the point system makes it virtually impossible for you not to be able to golf ( maybe not as much as you would like) at least once a week.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by willie72

We are very disappointed too. We have lived here less than two months and have yet to golf. We tried to get on this coming Tuesday because we have guests coming but were denied our request. VERY DISAPPOINTING!

Groups of residents will get a tee time before someone with guests. More difficult with snowbirds here.
Gotta love the snowbirds & renters. They put a lot of money into the Villages. All the stores and restaurants get to make lots of moola. It definitely gets crowded for a few months, but then we get the whole place back in the summer !!
We have all learned to get where ever we want to go a little earlier and not be in a hurry.

[willie72]

We did attend the Good Golf School. We put our request in 6 days in advance for 2 residents and 2 guests with a 5-hour span of time and 3 golf courses.

[Bonny]

Putting in only 3 golf courses will limit you as well. The bigger problem this time of the year is trying to make a tee time with guests with so many residents here.

[784caroline]

Originally Posted by rubicon

It is simple The Villages is over-grown and while it is worse for Jan, Feb, Mar it hs also become crowded for the remainder of the year.

Full time residents do adjust because they are forced to.

I am here full time and I am NOT "Forced" to do anything. I still participate in many activities including card games at Rec Centers but as a full timer you learn how to adjust and how to accomodate the "sno-bird" crowds. Full timers need the sno birds for they help pay the bills and make life easier here in TV for the other 9 months a year.

OH did I say Im going on a cruise later this month to get out of town!!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by rubicon

It is simple The Villages is over-grown and while it is worse for Jan, Feb, Mar it hs also become crowded for the remainder of the year.

Full time residents do adjust because they are forced to.

I find it perplexing that people who praise The Villages Lifestyle in one breath say in the next that they go off campus in order to eat, golf, etc. Am I the only one who sees this as an oxymoron? And yes I understand some folks go off campus for many other reasons than over crowding

Now I am ready for those villages self appointed protectors to tell me if I don't like it then move. Geezzzzzz I now say my mea culpa's

Don't move Rubicon. We love you here.

[Cisco Kid]

Originally Posted by rubicon

It is simple The Villages is over-grown and while it is worse for Jan, Feb, Mar it hs also become crowded for the remainder of the year.

Full time residents do adjust because they are forced to.

I find it perplexing that people who praise The Villages Lifestyle in one breath say in the next that they go off campus in order to eat, golf, etc. Am I the only one who sees this as an oxymoron? And yes I understand some folks go off campus for many other reasons than over crowding

Now I am ready for those villages self appointed protectors to tell me if I don't like it then move. Geezzzzzz I now say my mea culpa's

If you don't like it move !!!!!!

Just kidding