To finish up our Disney Series, we wanted to talk about a few things you can do that don’t involve the four main parks. Putt Putt and Water Parks!
Winter Summerland Mini Golf
It’s festive, holiday-themed mini-golf, featuring two unique 18-hole courses (Winter & Summer) that tell the story of Santa and his elves building a Florida vacation spot, with wintry, snowy obstacles on the Winter course and tropical, beachy elements on the Summer course, offering year-round Christmas fun for all ages.
Key Features:
- Two Courses: You can choose between the snowy, North Pole-themed Winter Course or the sandy, tropical Summer Course, both celebrating Christmas.
- Immersive Theming: Expect festive decorations like snow-covered pine trees, melting snowmen, Santa's RV, palm trees, and even Squirty the Snowman, who sprays water.
Fantasia Gardens and Fairways Mini Golf
Disney World miniature golf complex near the Swan & Dolphin Resort, featuring two distinct 18-hole courses: Fantasia Gardens, a whimsical, family-friendly course themed to the movie Fantasia with characters and obstacles, and Fantasia Fairways, a more challenging, scaled-down traditional golf course with bunkers, water hazards, and sloping greens. Guests can play either course for a different experience, with the Gardens course focusing on fun and the Fairways course on skill.
Typhoon Lagoon
Typhoon Lagoon is a typhoon-themed water park. It opened in 1989. The park's theme is based on a storm that destroyed a tropical paradise, featuring a 60-foot-tall man-made volcano, "Mount Mayday," with a shipwrecked shrimp boat, "Miss Tilly," on top.
- Key features: The park is home to one of the world's largest outdoor wave pools, generating 6-foot swells every 90 seconds.
- Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool: A massive wave pool.
- Castaway Creek: A lazy river that circles the park.
- Slides: Including Humunga Kowabunga (three dark speed slides), Storm Slides (body slides), and Missadventure Falls (a family raft ride).
- Crush 'n' Gusher: A water coaster with two-person rafts.
- Ketchakiddee Creek: A water play area designed for children 48 inches and shorter.
- Fun Fact: The park's mascot is Lagoona Gator, who is related to the mascot of the nearby Blizzard Beach water park
Blizzard Beach
Blizzard Beach is a unique, ski resort-themed water park built around the whimsical backstory of a freak Florida blizzard that created a melted ski resort.
Key Features:
- Theme: A melting ski resort with a "snowy" vibe, complete with ski patrol theming and icy-looking structures.
- Attractions: Includes extreme slides (Summit Plummet, Downhill Double Dipper), family raft rides, a lazy river, and kids' areas.
- Summit Plummet: a 120-foot-tall (12 stories) freefall body slide that plunges riders at speeds up to 60 mph down a near-vertical slope, mimicking a ski jump for an intense, quick thrill.
- Mount Gushmore: The central mountain structure that houses many of the slides, accessible by a ski lift.
- Melt-Away Bay: A large wave pool.
- Heated Water: The water is kept warm, making it enjoyable year-round
