Located on Epcot Resorts Boulevard just west of the Swan and Dolphin
As you arrive, you're offered a chance to get a nice grand opening t-
shirt for $16 with the logo of a hippo and Ben Ali Gator with clubs
on it.  A Mickey sorceror's apprentice topiary greets you while
holding a golf club with a little grass ball seemingly floating off
of his up-pointed finger.  The bathrooms have centaurs and centaurettes
on them.
With the soundtrack to "Fantasia" playing through speakers all around
the 18-hole double course, you go to each hole and discover a rhyme
on a placard that helps you to figure out the best path to aim for.
Some involve clever gimmicks that have never before been used on a
miniature golf course!
At hole 3, the plaque reads:
"Before our little fugue concludes,
 the music swells and changes mood
 avoid the rests and you will hear
 chimes a-ringin' sweet and clear"
When you putt your ball up the hill, it will come down on a series of
bells that sound a tune for you depending on your aim.
Other holes re-create scenes from the film, like the ice-skating pond
fairies or the dance of the mushrooms, with Hop Low popping out of
the ground to catch your ball.  Hole 8 takes you inside Mt. Olympus
and the theme of the hole is the Pastoral Symphony.
This has also got to mark the first time you risk getting wet as you
follow your ball because on hole 16 you putt through a curve,
underneath a gauntlet of brooms carrying buckets.  Mickey is on the
other side of the fairway conducting and....well, when you putt your
ball, take the walkway instead of walking along the "fairway" unless
you want to get splooshed and cooled off!  :-)
Now, if anyone in the family feels silly with those greens that are
covered in mushrooms and ostriches, then go to the Fantasia
Fairways!  This is a miniature putting course with traditional style
obstacles like sand traps, dog legs, roughs and water hazards.
There are two huge picnic areas on one side of the facility bordering
a small lake and the gardens are open from 10:00 a.m. to midnight
every day!  Something fun to do after the parks close!  Prices are:
                              Adults     Children (3-9)
        Fantasia Gardens      $7.50      $6.50
        Fantasia Fairway      $8.00      $7.00
For tickets and more info, call (407) 560-8760
-Rich Koster ()_()  ()~() FDC Mickey, Mickey on EntertainMuck & FDCMuck ()_()
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