Pictures of Fantasia Fairways?

hansel1

hansel1

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I live in Arkansas where there are many beautiful golf courses, so I was really excited to learn that Fantasia Fairways is more of a shrunken golf course than your average mini-golf course.

My question is does anyone have photos of the course? Have any of you played recently? Is it really as cool as I think it will be?

I have googled the heck out of this topic and only come up with 2 pictures, one was at night and you couldn't really see anything.

Thank you!

hans
 
Yoop33

Yoop33

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This probably won't help at all but you can see it when you drive by. Looks pretty cool I guess. When you planning on going?
 
hansel1

hansel1

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I am going in january for my honeymoon, 8th-15th. I have checked out allears, but they only have the one small picture of Fairways, the other pictures are of Fantasia Gardens mini-golf.

I did manage to pull up the pics from disneytrivia through googleimage search and those are the ones i found.

For the most part i understand that this course is a grass course with par 3s and 4s. I was just wondering if disney kept them nice or they let them run down like most mini-golf attractions.

hans
 
e4ymod

e4ymod

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hansel1 said:
I was really excited to learn that Fantasia Fairways is more of a shrunken golf course than your average mini-golf course.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but Fantasia Gardens IS a miniature golf course. However, Disney does own 5 18-hole Golf Courses: the Magnolia, the Palm, Lake Buena Vista, Eagle Pines, and Osprey Ridge.
 
tigsmom

tigsmom

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hansel1 said:
I am going in january for my honeymoon, 8th-15th. I have checked out allears, but they only have the one small picture of Fairways, the other pictures are of Fantasia Gardens mini-golf.

I did manage to pull up the pics from disneytrivia through googleimage search and those are the ones i found.

For the most part i understand that this course is a grass course with par 3s and 4s. I was just wondering if disney kept them nice or they let them run down like most mini-golf attractions.

hans
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The mini golf course are well kept, we have never found them to be run down at all!
 
tigsmom

tigsmom

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e4ymod said:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Fantasia Gardens IS a miniature golf course. However, Disney does own 5 18-hole Golf Courses: the Magnolia, the Palm, Lake Buena Vista, Eagle Pines, and Osprey Ridge.
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Each mini golf venue has 2 courses... [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fantasia Gardens is paired with [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fantasia Fairways - [/FONT]one set up like a typical mini-golf course with the traps, windmills etc...but Disney themed. The other course is like a regular golf course, just miniaturized... one course is pure fun and the other takes a little more skill. In essence, there are four mini-golf courses. :wave:
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e4ymod

e4ymod

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tigsmom said:
Each mini golf venue has 2 courses... [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fantasia Gardens is paired with [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fantasia Fairways - [/FONT]one set up like a typical mini-golf course with the traps, windmills etc...but Disney themed. The other course is like a regular golf course, just miniaturized... one course is pure fun and the other takes a little more skill. In essence, there are four mini-golf courses. :wave:
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Cool... I totally missed that last time... Will check it out when I go back.
 
tracyandalex

tracyandalex

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related question

we are interested in mini golf too. does anyone have a preference between the 2? what is the best way to get to the mini golf courses (we're staying at the poly, but necessarily going from there)?

thanks in advance,

tracy & alex :wave:
 
tigsmom

tigsmom

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tracyandalex said:
we are interested in mini golf too. does anyone have a preference between the 2? what is the best way to get to the mini golf courses (we're staying at the poly, but necessarily going from there)?

thanks in advance,

tracy & alex :wave:
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We usually go to Fantasia Gardens because we then head over to the Boardwalk for the evening. Check the links below for all sorts of info on both locations. :wave:

Fantasia Gardens Directions

Winter Summerland directions
 
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sliberatore

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You need to understand that the Fantasia Fairways course is NOT your typical miniature golf course. Fantasia Gardens and the Winterland/Summerland courses are what you normally expect from miniature golf--fun and zany hole layouts with various obstacles and themes, but with at least a calculable chance to make a hole-in-one on just about every hole. A foursome can play each of these courses in about an hour (barring slow-moving players in front of you).

But the Fairways course plays like "real" golf--sand traps, rough, out-of-bounds areas, and other challenges of the game--all dealt with only with a putter and, of course, patience. It is LOTS of fun, but plan to spend more time than the other courses require. We played last year and our foursome took nearly 3 hours to play the course. You need to calculate speed and curves to avoid sand traps and the other hazards. Forget about holes-in-one: Making par is a challenge, but gets easier the longer you play and the more you approach the game as golf and not just as miniature golf.

If I remember correctly, the Fairways Course is one of only 7 such courses in the world, and after playing it I could not help but wonder why there aren't more.

Have fun!

P.S. Report back after your trip and let everyone know what you think.
 
TimeTrip

TimeTrip

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sliberatore said:
If I remember correctly, the Fairways Course is one of only 7 such courses in the world, and after playing it I could not help but wonder why there aren't more.
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Well, from my POV, i found it extremely frustrating. That course was really hard for everyone in my party, it was hard for us to get it in the hole in a reasonable number of strokes. I expected something more difficult, but the jump caught me off-guard. I'd think that it would have the same effect on your average mini-golf player. Maybe that's why there aren't more :)
 
hansel1

hansel1

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sliberatore said:
You need to understand that the Fantasia Fairways course is NOT your typical miniature golf course. Fantasia Gardens and the Winterland/Summerland courses are what you normally expect from miniature golf--fun and zany hole layouts with various obstacles and themes, but with at least a calculable chance to make a hole-in-one on just about every hole. A foursome can play each of these courses in about an hour (barring slow-moving players in front of you).

But the Fairways course plays like "real" golf--sand traps, rough, out-of-bounds areas, and other challenges of the game--all dealt with only with a putter and, of course, patience. It is LOTS of fun, but plan to spend more time than the other courses require. We played last year and our foursome took nearly 3 hours to play the course. You need to calculate speed and curves to avoid sand traps and the other hazards. Forget about holes-in-one: Making par is a challenge, but gets easier the longer you play and the more you approach the game as golf and not just as miniature golf.

If I remember correctly, the Fairways Course is one of only 7 such courses in the world, and after playing it I could not help but wonder why there aren't more.

Have fun!

P.S. Report back after your trip and let everyone know what you think.
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I watched a travel channel segment on these types of "miniature" golf courses and I though that Fantasia Fairways was one of them. I will take pictures when I'm there and report back after my trip.

hans
 
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rmp_king

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The fairways at Fantasia are so much fun. Such a good challenge. When my family and I stayed at the Boardwalk we would walk over almost every night to play mini golf (both courses) hehe. They're open late... I think 11pm or so? Nice time to play golf, it's cooler and not as busy. Let us know if you enjoyed them!!!
 

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