{"id":2686,"date":"2023-12-19T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2023-12-28T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T12:58:03","slug":"tranquility-lakes-rv-resort-holds-ribbon-cutting-in-cape-coral-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/tranquility-lakes-rv-resort-holds-ribbon-cutting-in-cape-coral-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"Tranquility Lakes RV Resort Holds Ribbon Cutting  in Cape Coral, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/images\/2023\/12\/15001800\/Tranquility-Lakes-121223-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Encore Tranquility Lakes to host ribbon-cutting open house Dec. 16 | News, Sports, Jobs - Cape Coral Breeze\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Encore Tranquility Lakes RV resort in northwest Cape Coral.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The newest luxury RV resort in Southwest Florida held its ribbon cutting in Cape Coral on Saturday to signify it is ready for business.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Although stormy conditions forced a toned-down event as Encore Tranquility Lakes at 4100 Burnt Store Road celebrated the opening in the resort\u2019s clubhouse, it\u2019s a project that has been years in the making and there still was plenty of excitement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Scott Warmbein, general manager of Tranquility Lakes, said the event was an opportunity to introduce the resort to the community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">We\u2019ve been open since October, but we finally opened our clubhouse and we\u2019re using local vendors to allow them to showcase what Cape Coral has to offer,\u201d Warmbein said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A luxury RV resort has been talked about at the site at Cape Coral City Council meetings since 2012. After several starts and stops, ground was finally broken in 2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The RV resort took four years to complete because of COVID and later, Hurricane Ian, which delayed the opening, Warmbein said. The soft opening was in October. On Saturday there were 40 to 50 RVs on the site.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The new 200-acre development \u2014 90% of which are the two picturesque lakes on which the resort is located \u2014 will feature 500 full hookup RV sites when fully completed and will provide RV guests with more than 180 RV sites facing the water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Currently, only 145 slots are open as part of the first phase of construction. Phase two will build late next summer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Each site will feature concrete pads with 50-amp Marine Grade pedestals, along with individual concrete picnic areas. Tranquility Lakes amenities include a 10,000-square-foot clubhouse that contains a fitness center overlooking the lake, a billiards room, card room, kitchen, more than 2,000 square feet of covered outdoor space for dining and relaxing, as well as a gathering space overlooking the pool.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Along with the state-of-the-art clubhouse, the resort offers a dog park and is highlighted by its recreational activities including a swimming pool, lap pool, hot tub, a bocce court and 10 pickleball courts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">RVs have a maximum occupancy time of six months. Rates depend on the time of season. From Oct. 1 to April 1, rates will be $3,000 per month with everything included such as power, trash pickup, etc\u2026. Off-season rates are $1,100 per month. Tranquility Lake is running a special for discounted rates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s a beautiful resort. We\u2019re up and running and have a lot of amenities. A lot of work went into the design of this resort,\u201d Warmbein said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate with plans to give tours of the resort or hold an open house. Rather, most gathered in the clubhouse to play pool and eat some of the goodies they had for their guests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">David Palmer, of Punta Gorda, decided to take a test trip before heading out next week in their new RV they bought a few months ago. They like the new resort, though they haven\u2019t been able to enjoy much of it because of the weather.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s beautiful. We haven\u2019t been able to utilize it because of the terrible weather, but the pool looks lovely, the parking is great,\u201d Palmer said, who was with his neighbor and wanted to do an RV Christmas. \u201cWe came up with this on the fly and stayed for the weekend, but we\u2019ve just been sitting around playing board games.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Jeff McNett and his wife, Cindy, from Ohio, wanted to find a place to go, as they have family in St. James City and Fort Myers on Cindy\u2019s side of the family.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ve watched this being built over the last two years. We\u2019re down here all the time and we helped my brother-in-law rebuild after Ian,\u201d McNett said. \u201cWe\u2019ll ultimately find a place down here, but for now, this is nice. It\u2019s a nice place to go.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Warmbein said they plan to hold another event in January, hopefully when the weather is better, so people who couldn\u2019t attend Saturday can come and enjoy themselves. They also plan to hold a fishing tournament in July for the kids along with the Cape Coral Police Department.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/news\/business\/2023\/12\/19\/tranquility-lakes-rv-resort-holds-ribbon-cutting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newest luxury RV resort in Southwest Florida held its ribbon cutting in Cape Coral on Saturday to signify it is ready for business. Although stormy conditions forced a toned-down event as Encore Tranquility Lakes at 4100 Burnt Store Road celebrated the opening in the resort\u2019s clubhouse, it\u2019s a project that has been years in the making and there still was plenty of excitement. Scott Warmbein, general manager of Tranquility Lakes, said the event was an opportunity to introduce the resort to the community. \u201cWe\u2019ve been open since October, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2689,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions\/2689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}