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Re: Child Friendly Golf Course Opening At Legoland CA
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Sat, 2 Jul 2005 06:40:38 GMT
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I was able to stop by the park today and play a round of golf and have some
thoughts:
The first thing that stood out was the teens and lady clubs have METAL heads.
Now, what drove them to only use rubber heads on the little kids clubs is beyond
me. Of all the mini-golf places I have gone I have never seen metal heads used.
In fact - while we were there a kid got hit in the mouth with one of these clubs
and was bleeding rather bad (while the two CMs just stood in the shop with NO
idea what to do other than give a person some paper towels to catch the blood
while they did NOT call first aid to come help out). I can only hope they get
rid of the metal heads, and give the CMs proper training on what to do when
guests get struck by a metal head... and do it quick.
Another bad thing is that there is nothing separating some of the green area
with the walkways - this leads to the golf balls going EVERYWHERE. I can
understand them not having any sort of separating wall to prevent kids from
tripping, but chasing the ball all over is not fun and every other mini-golf
course manages to put up a barrier to keep the balls where they are supposed to
be. Especially since one of these open areas leads to the main walkway – if your
ball goes here I doubt there will be any hope of you getting your ball back – it
will be checking out Miniland lol.
Yet another bad thing is the sounds and squirting water. Background sounds are
ok - but these sounds are LOUD. And when you are in the center area of the
course it really sounds bad with lots of loud random noises. I hope they turn it
down a bit - I saw lots of kids getting scared.
And the skunks.... how can I post this.... they spray. I notice the folks al
LLCA have a new fascination with the animal-rear ends and this fascination has
risen to a new high. The 2 skunks spray you from a rather detailed backside
area. There is a sensor so unless you go off the path you hit it and you WILL
get wet. They spray a good amount of water. When we were turning the clubs back
in a lady was complaining that her small child was soaked (and he WAS soaked)
from the water. Hey Legoland - not everybody wants to get wet, and not everybody
wants to get wet from the back-side of a skunk!
There was also none of the (sorry I have no idea what they are called) starting
pads - you know, the place you put your ball that has a little hole to hold the
ball so it does not go rolling away. Maybe they jsut have not put them in yet -
but these really ARE needed!
> In order to teach children proper putting techniques, La Jolla Club Golf Company
> has designed a unique custom putter featuring a patented alignment system
> incorporating LEGO elements. Golfers can learn proper putting techniques by
> properly positioning the LEGO bricks to form a “T.” La Jolla Club Golf Company
> developed the Patented Geometrical Alignment Putter System after years of
> analyzing putting strokes. Alignment, hand position, face angles and lies are
> the most important aspects of the setup. Using the alignment system, players
> will consistently have the perfect set up, every time.
This was not there (yet?). I guess by the official opening date on the 8th they
will have this? But I have no idea where they have room for it.
> and special instructions at each hole designed to entertain
> and educate golfers.
This also was not in place at this time.
> A nominal greens fee will be charged to each player.
With the AP discount it is actually cheap - I do not mind paying the fee here,
it is MUCH less than going to a place like boomers. But they really need to fix
a good number of things before this becomes a "good" course.
And 18 holes of golf is A LOT for a little kid. They would have been better off
making a 8 or 12 hole course and made each hole a bit bigger and more room
between the greens. I think they tried to put too much in too little of a space.
I hate to only say negative things about this new attraction, so let me switch
gears - some of the holes had two holes - one normal and one LARGE hole. At
least I am guessing you could go for either hole - there was nothing there
saying what they were for. And the Lego animals they had were very well done :)
I have pictures - I do not think I will have time to edit them for a few days. I
will post again when I get the pics up.
Mark P
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