Meh.
Not a great…read moretime was had at Fantasia Gardens, but it's only mostly their fault.
One, Orlando is mercilessly hot in August, so trying to mini golf in this weather is just putting things off on the wrong foot immediately. Fortunately there are actually a few spots of respite from the heat here, including one hole that is like inside of a cave, so you get to get all the way out of the sun, which is very much welcome.
The course is showing some wear, especially on the "tee boxes." The starting point for every hole is a golf ball sized indent where you place the ball, effectively sinking your ball below the surface for your first stroke. So, when you put your initial shot, it has to "hop out" of the hole, causing all manner of whacky movements. I guess people kept putting their ball down and then stomping it into place to stop it from rolling around.
On the 4th or 5th hole, there is a little animated mushroom that you are supposed to putt into. I putt into the mushroom hole annnnnnnd.....no ball came out. I walk all the way back to the front, in satan level heat, and tell them about this, to which they say, "it happens sometimes...." Well then....fix it! Anywho, I get back, and the Misses says that HER ball went in the mushroom hole too, never to return, so I had to walk BACK back to the front to get a ball for HER. We wound up just skipping the hole.
This dance is actually a common threat here. The prospect of losing a ball is ever present. There are a few holes where you actually NEED to put a little ass on your shot. Not enough, and it rolls back. Too much and it jumps the course, which is surrounded by water and unretrievable terrain. We got lucky on a few other holes that I didn't have to walk back, back BACK to the front to get a new ball.
They have a second half of the course where it's basically a tiny golf course that you putt on, replete with sand traps and hazards, and that looked cool, but it was just WAY too hot to bother with that noise.
It was a free excursion for us, so I don't know about pricing, but if you have a heat tolerant group of adults, you might have an alright time. The Misses said SHE really enjoyed it. Our 7 year old was checked out by the 3rd hole. *shoulder shrug emoji*