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WINTER
SUMMERLAND FAST FACTS
Winter Summerland Miniature
Golf is located near the entrance to Blizzard Beach and is themed as Santa's
permanent off-season retreat. The elf-sized course is divided into two
18-hole experiences. One course carries the snow-clad Florida look reminiscent
of Blizzard Beach, and the other has a more tropical holiday theme, with
ornaments hanging from palm trees.
OPERATING
HOURS: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily
TRANSPORTATION:
Park your car in the Blizzard Beach lot or take a Disney transportation
bus from your Disney hotel to Blizzard Beach. Bus transportation is available
during Blizzard Beach operating hours. Guests may take Walt Disney World
transportation directly to Blizzard Beach and walk to Winter Summerland.
After Blizzard Beach closes and up until 9 p.m. nightly, guests can take
the new bus route, which includes stops at All-Star Resorts, Blizzard
Beach, and Epcot.
COST:
Effective January 13, 2008, prices are:
$11.75 per round for adults
$9.75 per round for children (ages 3-9)
In addition, guests will receive one Walt Disney World Miniature Golf logo golf ball for each round played.
50 percent off the second same-day round; must show receipt for proof
of purchase.
Annual
Passholders may be entitled to a "Buy One Get One Free"
Pass to play mini-Golf.
You do NOT
have to have a Blizzard Beach admission to play golf. There is a separate
charge for the mini golf.
Birthday
parties at Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf course are also
available. The package is for a two-hour party, with a minimum of 10 guests.
Included are: pizza, soda, cake, party favors (either a goodie bag or
a logo mug) and one round of golf for each participant. The cost is $16.95
plus tax per person. A credit card guarantee is required. Reservations
must be made at least one week prior to birthday party.
Times:
* 10 a.m.
- noon
* noon - 2 p.m.
* 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
* 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
For more
information or to make reservations, call (407) WDW-PLAY.
Karen Alti writes: When
we had finished the round we were just hanging around enjoying the sights
when we heard a family ask if they had today's hole in one. What this
is, is they look at your score card and if you have a hole in one on the
hole number they set for that day you get a free large soda! It is
a different hole for each of the courses. The other thing we had
been told was that the snow course is easier, gravity helps you more on
the holes and it has more "fun" things happening so snow is the better
choice for little kids or kids like us that just wanted to have fun and
see how creative Disney could get. Loved the squirting snowman!!
(6/00)
Excerpts from a Disney Press Release
LAKE BUENA VISTA,
Fla. -- Santa and his elves have joined Walt Disney Imagineering to create
Disney's Winter Summerland, a new 36-hole miniature golf course located
near the entrance to Disney's Blizzard Beach water park.
The wacky,
elf-sized golf course is divided into two 18-hole experiences. One course
(Snow or Winter course) carries the zany, snow-clad Florida look reminiscent
of Blizzard Beach, while the other (Sand or Summer course) takes a more
tropical, holiday theme, with ornaments hanging from palm trees. The Castle
Hole Winter/Snow version is the photo on the left. The Castle Hole Summer/Sand
version is the photo on the right.
Like all Disney
attractions, this miniature golf course has a story behind it. Late one
moonlit Christmas Eve, as Santa was flying over Florida on his way back
to the North Pole, he glanced down and could not believe what he saw.
Santa found snow in a place that is usually hot. After surveying the strange
location, he decided to build a vacation destination for his off-duty
elves -- a Winter Summerland.
The only
thing Winter Summerland lacked was a golf course. So the elves divided
into two camps, one that enjoyed the warm Florida sun and another that
preferred the snow and cold of the North Pole. In this Winter Summerland,
the elves built two distinctly different 18-hole golf experiences -- a
sand course and a snow course.
Both courses
at Winter Summerland are loaded with interactive elements that will entertain
and engage golfers of all ages. On the snow course, Squirty the Snowman
sprays water on unsuspecting guests when their golf balls pass beneath
him. On the sand course, guests putt over a slumbering Santa buried underneath
a tremendous sand mound.
Although the elves were split into different camps, they agreed that the
last couple of holes should converge within an old log campground lodge.
Guests will need pinpoint accuracy to tap the ball between two model trains
that circle below a fully decorated pine tree.
Upon sinking
their last putt on hole 18, guests journey through cyberspace via the
WinterNet as a computer downloads a special greeting from Santa. Winter
Summerland also features Santa's winterbago, a converted travel trailer
that houses the starter booth, and small snack and gift shops.
For a great
photo opportunity guests can sit behind the reins of Santa's sleigh or
gather in front of the surfing Santa statue, an elf-made tribute to jolly
old St. Nick.
Winter Summerland
is the second themed miniature golf course at Walt Disney World Resort.
Fantasia Gardens, Disney's first miniature golf experience, is located
along Buena Vista Drive adjacent to Disney's BoardWalk.
The popularity
of Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf has given us an opportunity to create
the Winter Summerland golf attraction, said Joe Wisner, director for Disney
Sports and Recreation. This incredible addition offers Walt Disney World
guests a totally unique golfing experience.
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