New Dino Golf at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure in Maidstone

Dino Golf course now open at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure area in Maidstone, Kent.

There's a brand new minigolf course now open in Maidstone, Kent. A 9-hole Dino Adventure Golf course has been created at Mote Park Outdoor Adventure area in the town.

Visit the Mote Park Outdoor Adventure website for more information, opening times and prices

Another venue for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

Jurassic Golf at Bridgemere Garden Centre in Nantwich

Playing the Jurassic Golf course at the Wyevale Bridgemere Garden Centre in Nantwich, Cheshire - the 866th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A look at the new Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf course in Shanklin, Isle of Wight

The new Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf course in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight is now open.

Many thanks to my mate Dan Paynton for sending over these snaps from his visit to the new Jurassic Bay Adventure Golf course in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.

Dan visited and played both the new Jurassic course and the Pirates Cove course.

 

The Pirates Cove Adventure Golf course - when we first visited in 2008 this area was a grass Putting Course

It's crazy to see how many transformations the Jurassic course has had in the last few years!

The first version of hole 12 we saw in 2008

In 2008 we visited the Isle of Wight and the first course we played there - and our 63rd overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - was the Miniature Golf course on Shanklin Seafront. Since that visit the course has been refurbished and changed from the concrete 'Beton' style to an 'Arnold Palmer Putting Course'. We played that version of the course in 2016.

It'll be interesting to see how hole 13 has changed on the new dinosaur adventure golf course

A view of the course in 2016 - the windmill is now gone

Hole 10 in 2016

Hole 12 in 2016

Interestingly the base layout has remained largely unchanged in the three iterations. It must be the only minigolf course in the world that has had these particular changes made to it over the years.

This is how the large banked dogleg hole looked in 2008

This is how it looked in 2016

The 2018 version

Check out the post from our visit to the course in its last guise to see more of the differences and similarities.

Visit the Shanklin Seafront website for more information, opening times and prices.

Related blog posts:
- Shanklin
- Isle of Wight
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Rooftop Mini Golf in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote

Guest blog post about a rooftop Mini Golf course in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote

Many thanks to my mate and minigolf rival Steve Lovell and his friend Brian Butterworth for sending over these snaps of a rooftop minigolf course in Lanzarote.

A view of the Jurassic Kingdom Adventure Golf course

The dinosaur themed adventure golf course is called Jurassic Kingdom and can be found on the top floor of the Biosfere Shopping Centre in Puerto Del Carmen.

A view from the rooftop at the Biosfere shopping centre. There's a little train ride on the right!

This course isn't the first we've heard about in Lanzarote, as my sister-in-law Jo spotted a coulourful Mini Golf course by the beach in Puerto Del Carmen in 2014.

We love seeing minigolf courses from around the world. It's great to know there's another one we can play, if and when, our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour takes us to the Canary Islands.

Link:
- Jurassic Kingdom Adventure Golf

Related blog posts:
- Lanzarote
- Guest blog posts

Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Finding out about the Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf courses in Sudbury, Canada.

We recently heard about the Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf courses at Josephines Vegetables in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The venue has SEVEN courses and 63-holes!

There's a LOT of minigolf at Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf

In 2010 we played a minigolf course in a Pub Beer Garden in Sudbury, Suffolk, England! Hopefully one day we'll get to visit Sudbury in Canada too.

Opened in 1997, Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf has been a member of the US ProMiniGolf Association since 2000. Next year the course will host the 21st Annual Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf USPMGA event.

The gates/gaps in the obstacles remind me of the frame on the Labyrinth obstacle on the Eternit style of miniature golf courses

We've seen quite a few dinosaur, Jurassic and dragon themed courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour travels, but none have looked like the unique layouts at Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf. The dinosaur skeletons give the course a museum-like feel.

One of the steel dragons on the course

The seven course layouts were designed by Josee and Marcel Rainville, who have operated Josephine's Vegetables on the property since 1982. The courses are dedicated to their son Steven and his friend Tyler, and all families who have been impacted by cancer.

The layouts were designed to be unpredictable and fun to offer something different each time a game is played. Josee tells me that it is possible to score a hole-in-one on each of the 63-holes - however, attempting the feat took FIVE YEARS of playing! I bet 'The Putter King' Allan Cox would like to take on that challenge.

In 2003 Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf was the Tourism Federation Of Ontario’s Inaugural Innovation Award Winner, after it was nominated by Attractions Ontario.

Can you name this Pokemon? The hole has only seen one hole in one since 1997!!!

Interestingly five of the courses are what would be termed 'traditional' minigolf, in that you play the holes using a golf putter and ball. But two of the layouts are called Pool Putt and require you to use a pool cue! We always like to see variations of the game and have played Pit-Pat and Crazy Golf Pool on our travels. Emily also found some Snookergolf Billiards tables in Blankenberge, Belgium earlier this year.

The Dinosaur Valley Adventure Golf scorecard

The Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf courses re-open for another season of fun on the 1st of May 2018. Check out the Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf website and Facebook Page for more information.

Links:
- Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf website
- Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf & Josephine's Vegetables on Facebook

Related blog posts:
- Canada
- Dinosaur

All photos courtesy of Josee Rainville at Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf.

Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf in Nottingham

Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf opening in Nottingham this month.

The new Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf course at Riverside Family Golf Centre is opening on Saturday 21st October.

A friend of my mate and minigolf rival Jam Trubridge spotted the building work at Riverside Family Golf Centre in August. Nottingham and the East Midlands area is seeing a real boom in new Adventure Golf courses!

For more information on the Crazy Putt Lost World Adventure Golf course visit the Riverside Family Golf Centre website.

Related blog posts:
- New Adventure Golf course at Riverside Golf Centre in Nottingham
- Nottingham