Fantasia Gardens
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The Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf complex is a miniature golf course located at the Walt Disney World Resort
. Located across from the Swan
and Dolphin
resorts, it offers two 18-hole courses themed after the movie Fantasia
. It is opened from 10am - 11pm daily. A small selection of beverages (water, soda, juice & beer) & snacks (chips & candy), as well as golf-related merchandise are available for purchase. Small lockers are available and there is a refund when the key is returned.
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
. Located across from the Swan
Walt Disney World Swan
The Walt Disney World Swan is a resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios behind Disney's BoardWalk Resort and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin...
and Dolphin
Walt Disney World Dolphin
The Walt Disney World Dolphin is a resort hotel designed by architect Michael Graves located between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, next to Disney's BoardWalk Resort area...
resorts, it offers two 18-hole courses themed after the movie Fantasia
Fantasia (film)
Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. The third feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are...
. It is opened from 10am - 11pm daily. A small selection of beverages (water, soda, juice & beer) & snacks (chips & candy), as well as golf-related merchandise are available for purchase. Small lockers are available and there is a refund when the key is returned.
- The miniature golf course opened in May 1996.
- Fantasia Gardens, is easier, as well as more kid-friendly (it features characters and objects from the movie integrated in each hole).
- Fantasia Fairways, the more difficult of the two, is designed with hazards of a real golf course such as sand traps and rough terrain. Fantasia Fairways was recently voted the longest and most challenging mini golf course in the world by Golf Digest. Par is 72 for the fairways course. Confirmed by Disney, the course record is 46 (26 under par) and was achieved by two people, Orlando natives Neil Candelora and Bob Ferrera in 2008.
- There are two pavilions next to Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf (The Dancing Hippo & The Sorcerer's Apprentice) which are used for various conventions and are not related to the Miniature Golf complex itself.