Colonial Crossings Of Williamsburge, Va review: lack of development. 103

I am so sick of colonial crossings...just Jan 4, 2011, I received a letter from a Shawn Porter who is the Director of Guest Relations at CC, inviting us to a meeting to discuss the progress of the resort and the new owners's benefiot package etc, etc...anyone receive a letter like that...I plan on attending this meeting and see what they can tell me!

We were ripped off as well. Still no water park. Maintenance fees keep going up. They can keep raising them and then what if they hit us with a special assessment? Trying to trade with Interval for something in Va beach is nearly impossible. I was thinking of calling them directly to see if I can give ours back. It was paid in full 17, 000, but I don't want to financial responsibility of maintenance fees for the rest of my life on something that is worthless. We live near by so we drive by it all the time and Nothing IS BEING DONE! It's just disgusting. If we can do anything or maybe call Wavy TV 10... any ideas . I would love to file a petition, join a law suit, something.

We have all been duped...sold a a dream of a water park that will never be and the maintenance fees continue to go up! I am contacting the BBB, and maybe seek legal advice.

My husband and I were also duped. the major selling point was the use of the water park even if we weren't staying there. Still NO WATER park and the maintenance fees keep rising. What can we do? I will try BBB and maybe call the resort in person again. At this point I am just consdiering giving it back. Of course I loose $17, 000 on the purchase price, but at least I won't have any more maintenance fees.

Ditto the the vast majority of complaints. The water park would have been perfect, instead I am paying maintenance fees for a resort I'll never use. If there is a class action suit, please let me know by contacting me at mwp1331@aol.com.

I would like a definite answer on to when the waterpark will be built. If they can not give me any information that is substantial then you all can count me in as well I can be reached at kcoles101@aol.com.. I would like a full refund from the time I started making payments.

We bought into colonial crossing with the same idea that a waterpark would be built ...so far nothing...we want out...we also got a call from a company about getting a lawsuit going...we attended a meeting with this company..but so far we have not hear back anything about a lawsuit and would like to know whether anyone has any idea whether this lawsuit is actually taking place...because we would like to be part of it...we want out of colonial crossing and those scams up in that timeshare sued!

we are interested in filing a petition against C.C. of Williamsburg. We have already written a letter to attorney general. We will now write one to C.C. put us on your list for the petition. Dave and Lynne Mitchell, MaryLynneandDave@hughes.net

We are also Charter Member owners and were duped into trading our Land'or property in Paradise Island for this property with all of the unanswered promised stated above. I believe the only way to settle this matter is for a class action lawsuit against Land'or the Holts and Colonial Crossing. On another note, I was recently sent to collection for missing one quarterly payment with Land'or, the only one ever due to an electronic glitch with our direct pay and no one from Land'or or Colonial Crossing ever tried to make contact to let me know I had missed a payment.

I see we as group file a petition against colonial crossings of williamsburg that I believe is the 1st step from talking to my lawyer...ppl that agree or are trying to figure out something please let me know! We also do have to write a letter to colonial crossings and to the state attorney general..please if your interested in filing a petition let me know.

I personally think they are scammers. I evoked the "right to cancel" within 7 days of signing the agreement as stated in Virginia Law. I know under the law they have 45 days to return the deposit and all funds paid under the cancellation but to this date, I still have not received my refund. You would think if they are a legitimate and did not want people to prove negative information about them, then they would honor their promise and information in their contracts. I am on day 36 with 9 days to go.

Can anyone provide the contact information of this "agency" that will file the lawsuit? I am tired of the broken promises and would welcome the opportunity to re-coup some of my losses. Email me at macgowan43@yahoo.com.

Please...if anyone can help us...we also purchased with colonial crossing, in hopes of seeing the reality of promises made. The deciding factor that pushed us over was the water park. We thought it would be great for the kids. Needless to say, we share in the same horror and the sea of breach of contract. So if there is in fact a way to get out of this timeshare, or a class action suit being filed, please let us know and keep us in the loop new developments as to getting rid of colonial crossing. Please feel free to email me Karen-kayjay1196@yahoo.com. We appreciate any help and helpful information. Thank you!

We have been to the same presentations for another travel agency. There is supposed to be a class action lawsuit for those that join the agency, but what about everyone else. My wife and I want our money back and get out. We cannot fairly trade weeks either, since the reviews at CC is subpar. If a class action lawsuit begins, and it will, then count us in for your support.
ebroh001@odu.edu

We should contact a local news station.

How can these people still be conducting business like this? I live close enough to their offices that I could go in and sit down with them. Anyone want to join me? I don't see how they can refuse that? We need to form a professional group, not be emotional and really get our facts straight. What do you guys think?

Same here. Colonial Crossings owners since 2005. Never could use our week to go anywhere else. Never could do anything really except use the week in Williamsburg. No water park, not even a hot tub! Maintenance fees went up and we are stuck with them.
We made a complaint to the FTC, but if any one knows about this law suit that was mentioned please send us the info!
MaryLynneandDave@hughes.net

I to was dupe by CC. I was told there would be a waterpark on the scale of great wolf lodge. This was in 2006. I do not think there was ever a plan to built a water park.I think we have a couple of smart con artist, I have heard about this class action law suit. I would like to be a part of the law suit. But I am not ready to join another traval agency to be a part of the law suit. I am clearly sick of CC . If any one has a way to get help .Please advice me . Ramrus@aol.com

I to was also contacted about a class action suit on CC. We also was told a water park would be built by a certian time which has came and gone. We were also told Disney World would be a part of CC or be built next to CC because The Williamsburg Pottery was being sold to CC for the land. We were also told that consturction was slowed down because the land behind the pool area behind the trees was a burial ground and the graves were being removed and once this told place consturction would resume. Then to top it all off we were denied our stay at CC this year because there was no space from May until Oct . Please some advise is needed.

Maybe ill give the company a call back this afternoon and try and setup an appointment to go sit in with their attorney(s). Keep us updated on what you find out.
Colonial Crossings was flooded with people when we bought our timeshare so I know there has to be more pissed off people than the people on this website.

We also bought into the promise of the water park back in 2008 and were promised the park would be complete in 2009. Towards the end of 2009, we received a phone call from Colonial Crossings apologizing that the park had not yet been built. The excuse? ENDAGERED TURTLES' NESTING GROUNDS on the property that they could not build on! The asked us to come to the resort to meet with them to discuss, we refused. We are absolutely disgusted with the company, the lies, the excuses. We cannot sell (who would want to spend all that money for an overrated 'hotel'!) We have 3 children and were thrilled about the idea of a water park so near by that we were told, as members, we could use year-round at no cost. But now it is as though we are just throwing our money away each month paying our memebership and dues and for absolutely nothing. We had considered the possibility of pursuing suit against Colonial Crossings for breach of contract, but we did not feel we had much of a case. We considered selling, but again, who would buy?
We were contacted by a company last week who claims to be working with nearly 200 families in this same situation and they say that they can help us out of our timeshare due to the breach in the contract. My husband and I are meeting with them this afternoon. We are a little apprehensive after being taken by CC but feel it is worth listening to what they have to say. To get a full refund for all of the money we have put into their pockets would be wonderful! But at this point, we are really only looking to get out of our contract.
If anyone else is taking legal action, please let me know. This is something that absolutely needs to be pursued to the end!

After checking out their website I see that they are booking agents. They probably got shafted as well. If they book Colonial Crossing for thier clients based on the same lies we were told they lost money as well. Plus the client and any referrals that client might would have given them. I'm going to meet with them later on this month. They said they have a attorney on board and they have contacted other families that are interested in the suit. I understand being cautious. I am to because you just don't know who to trust and this new territory. Whatever info they give me when I meet with them I am going to take to another lawyer just to make sure it holds water. I don't want to get screwed twice.

Thats probably the same company that called me. I just dont understand why they are doing what they are doing. What do they get from helping us sue colonial crossings? After buying from colonial crossings im trying to be alot more apprehenisive on where I throw my information and money.

Hi. I was just contacted tonight by a company talking about having 171 clients of CC that are part of a class action lawsuit. Has anyone esle been contacted?

My wife and I are also unhappy cc owners. Hoping to take my nieces and nephews to the waterpark and our future children together we fell into this stupid scam in 09. About a week ago I recieved a letter about anybody that doesnt pay their payments due to the rumors spreading about no building permits will be sent to the credit bureau. Also it said that the rumors were about a colonial crossing (without an s) which is also in virginia. I thought they were full of crap when I read it. Tonight I recieved a call from a company that says they are trying to get 200 owners together to get a lawsuit going because to the breach of contract for the water park. Has anybody else gotten a call about this?

My wife and I have been seriously considering, for over a year now, making some kind of brightly colored 'sandwich board' or beach bag that states, "This is the only "water park" you are ever going to see!" as we purposefully go to lounge by the pool and enjoy our CHARTER membership. They take EVERY potential owner to look at the pool. People would surely be dissuaded. If not, there could also be a URL available on the board or beach bag that points them to this message board. My only question is... can they keep us from doing that? If enough of us took shifts and set up a picket station WHILE we enjoyed our legally purchased amenities, we could have owners on site during every hour that they tour. We could even donate funds to have flyers and business cards printed to distribute to people BEFORE they drive onto the property, warning them of the sales pitch and broken promises that we have all experienced.

I would also like to add that this has been going on a lot longer than 2005. I toured that time share back around the late 1990's whenever the original building was constructed. They were under a different ownership and I avoided a purchase at that time. But in 2006 when I was remarried, my wife and I bought the sales pitch and purchased with hopes of enjoying this great water park and property. We only live in Hampton. I remember asking them at the time WHY there had not been more development of the property since my initial tour. They claimed to be NEW owners and assured me that the water park would be complete in short order.

Now, the economy has forced us into bankruptsy and I had the opportunity to get out of my purchase. I did not take it, only because we do use our Interval exchange and wanted to keep a vacation property. We also owned at Kings Creek but let that one go. I think we made a bad choice in hindsight. So I am on board to help in any way I can.

1. Colonial Crossings has made statements held in the Virginia Gazette made by the CEO at the time, David Shively, John Holt, III and Mr. Ronald Holt, comparing it to the Great Wolf Lodge which by the way only took about 18 months to build instead of the 5 years with the resort, and still counting! If they invested over $1 million into preparations for future amenities, don’t you think you would see more than what you see there now? Whose money is he really referring to? His or yours?
2. The developer will not be finishing the project. So far for the past 5 years, it has proven to be true! If the developer has invested tens of millions of dollars, think about it, would they have at least have furniture in the newest building which is now going on a couple of years old. This is the building that is behind the swimming pool! Wow! Is that the best way to spend millions? Please forgive me if I don’t cry with you about what the down economy has done to bring the progress to a holt when the promises were made in 2005 for completion by 2007, a full year before the bottom fell out on the economy. Try again. Yet, this still does not stop them from pitching it today as if it will be done by the end of this year. Mr. Holt claims with his last sentence in his second point so eloquently that the project hasn’t proceeded at the anticipated pace due to the economic conditions like it only hurt them and not you. Take a look at the new target date for constructing YOUR water park….the earliest possible date. Still no end in site!
3. The definition of insanity is to do the same think over and over and expect different results. The only thing I agree with Mr. Holt on is to look at your options and educate yourself now. Lord knows he didn’t give you that opportunity on the day you made your purchase. Charter Members. Think about this families, how many dollars have you contributed to that tens of millions of dollars and what do you have to show for it? How many nice vacations could you have taken with the money you spent for half of a resort with nothing to give you but excuses? Why did it take a third party, as Mr. Holt likes to refer to, to make him send you this half hearted update? All good questions right? Don’t let him convince you to avoid finding the truth, finally.

This is new information and I know someone that can help us get results. Email me for details at butta_pecan001@yahoo.com

We have already filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. If anyone would like the FTC Confirmation No. to file an addendum to the federal complaint, then please send a copy of your complaint to fraudalert@isonar.org

I am just furious! We have 5 kids and my husband is the only one working right now. We have been late on our payments a few times and always ended up having the rudest person on this face of the earth calling our home and leaving down right rude, and obnoxious messages on our answering machine... LET HIM CALL AGAIN! I just canceled our last monthly payment and have contacted some attorney's tonight to see what we can do legally.

My husband and I have fallen victim to this fraudlent act by Colonial Crossings. We are looking into our legal rights. We are currently drafting a complaint to State's Attorney General's office. Please let us know if there is a class action lawsuit.

Thanks,

G and N Edmonds (nikisha.edmonds@yahoo.com)

Here is the Thing...you people are pretty much stupid for even buying a timeshare...once you are done paying the mortgage for the year...and your fees, you could rent a fricken mansion in the outer banks or somthing...instead of staying in a small "hotel room" with a kitchen. smart move folks...you deserve what you get. Timeshares...lol...dumbest idea ever!

Another "Charter Member" here...July 2005. I would love to get owners together and formulate a plan. Well, now that we know that we want something done, let's get people together and do it!

Another trick that Resort Funding uses when your payment is late, other than 6 rude calls a day & threatening emails, is to "accidentally" leave another threat at the end of the voice messages knowing that you are going to here it. It goes like this "okay send out a field agent." I have had late payments & currently owe maintenance fees & still have not seen a "field agent." I would participate in suing this company for the all of the memories that never happened when my son was small, since he is fifteen-sure he would enjoy an inside water park but we all know & the board knows that it is not going to happen.

Lie, Steal, Cheat. I absolutely hate Colonial Crossing & Resort Funding is even worse. We bought into this time share in April of 2005, we are "CHARTER MEMBERS". We are so mad. We pay $161 per month, every month for 7 years (although we remember being told it would only be 5). At the time, our son was 10, he is now 15. In the past the resort has had to send us 2 FREE WEEKEND VOUCHERS that we have never been able to use due to NO VACANCY. We were also promised 6 passes to the WATER PARK, what water park? I've addressed lie & cheat, now I will address STEAL: after 3 years of paying on automatic withdrawal from our account we requested to be removed from automatic withdrawal & the automatic payments did stop until 1 month they just decided to start helping themselves to our bank account again, yep they sure did so we had to file additional paperwork with the bank to stop them. we continued to make the payments on our own. One month I called Resort Funding to make a payment & the man in Richmond with the northern accent hung up on me & I was calling to make a payment.

FYI FOLKS ACCORDING TO ANOTHER LOCAL RESORT-THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE A WATERPARK NOW. My aunt bought in 2006 & has only exchanged 1 time & then my cousing bought too & has never been so he STOPPED PAYING a year ago & they called 6 times a day every day & then they just went away.

Well, it does seem we have a very big difference of opinion. First I'd like to respond to the people who think there is nothing wrong with paying above any market price for a time share for which many have been unable to use, sell, or trade off for vacationing in another location. That it is ok in their eyes to continue to sell these "deeded properties" to unuspecting, hard working people with yet still...the promises of a water park, that you are admitting they now say they don't even have the financing for. Did they have the financing a year ago? two?three?four?five? I know the the economy is bad, this economy has continued to rape unsuspecting people and steal money right out of our Bank accounts. Maybe you have money to throw out the window to stay at nothing but hotel room to visit Williamsburg once a year for a week. But, we invested...with 3 children and our selling point was the water park. Shame on you and your husband for trying to defend and trying to justify what this company has and is doing to thousands of families. You should find a hole and put your head in it.

I would be happy to attend and participate in a meeting to make demands of the group that is building Colonial Crossings Williamsburg. I still remember the glossy graphic posters of the beautiful waterparks and that was 4 years ago and still NOTHING with no plan for anything. They just keep building more units which doesn't help. That's not why we bought in.

I spent half an hour telling "Bill the Business Manager" about a month ago that we needed some assurance that our investment wasn't a complete mess and could he please send us some kind of information regarding the next phase of the development. Bill promised, but we never got it. Seriously, someone sue these people. There HAS to be a way.

I am also an extremely unhappy duped owner of a timeshare at Colonial Crossings Williamsburg. We are the joke of all of our friends that we got sucked into this mess. I hate this organization and I can't believe they haven't gotten taken down yet. And I agree with an earlier post- they are supposedly having financial trouble but they HARASS US CONSTANTLY if we are late with our payment. It's ridiculous. We've never even used this stupid timeshare. So livid about the LIES they have told us regarding the building of the waterpark. It looks like an apartment complex. We might as well be BURNING the money we send every month because we don't get ANY use of it.

I truely wished that I had investigated these complaints before purchasing a timeshare at Colonial Crossings of Williamsburg... I hate that we have been taken for a timeshare con game... Please, if anyone has a plan to get out of the contracts, you can contact me or add me to the list. My contact information is oncallces@live.com. My name is Michael Smith and they will never get another dime from me...