Most all of the resorts that sustained damage came back or are on the verge of doing so, some almost immediately and a few never really seemed to skip a beat. The Towers’ issues mostly all stemmed from poor management and many of us might be inclined to think total mismanagement on the part of people who were clueless when it came to dealing with construction issues and should never have been allowed to be in charge - Kind of like asking the dishwasher in a French restaurant to be in charge of making the dessert soufflés. And in all honesty, the dishwasher quite possibly knew more about soufflés from seeing them done every day. And in fairness, much as it kills me to say this, in the very beginning Mr. Derby had my sympathy because he was like a fish out of water. That sympathy didn’t last too long..

Like you, we were pre-construction owners and we absolutely loved our units and our weeks. We gave one unit back pre-Irma because the timing wasn’t working anymore for us but we did end up losing the other three weeks which really broke my heart.

Other resorts such as LaVista and Royal Islander came back well and fast while other resorts seemed to make this the perfect opportunity to revamp and completely up-date their properties as the Royal Palm and Flamingo Resorts did. I am not very knowledgeable about any of the other properties beyond the Ocean Club and the Summit which were totally destroyed.

The only really good thing that came out of Irma’s devastation for me was finding another island location I’ve come to love as much and in all honesty perhaps even more than I loved our Towers #709 and it’s actually more flexible to book and not as time sensitive.

Respectfully,

pat



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