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Music Pier & Boardwalk
Ocean City, NJ 08226
(609) 391-777
Price: $8 + Tax
Par: 38
Difficulty: 4
Creativity: 6
Atmosphere:
6
From the outside and the theme of this course we
really wanted to enjoy it. Collectively
we’re big fans of haunted house type themes and this course did a good job of
trying to pull off a Disney “Tower of Terror” motif. However, there were
several areas it lacked on that made the whole experience not much more than an
average trip on the course. The first is
the design of some of the holes and the use of the obstacles. In many instances the obstacles weren’t worth
trying to get through as they gave little to no reward versus going around
them. In some cases we even found them a
bit dangerous to use the way the ball could come off them! Second the music playing on the course was
incongruent with the overall theme and the day we played it seemed like they
had an issue with the speakers and the whole playback loop. It was adding nothing to the experience.
Finally there just wasn’t enough space for the crowds that were there on a hot
summer day, which was amplified a bit by us playing during a Covid lull.
On the last point, we could see this course
playing a bit better during the offseason or on a day when people are more
likely to want to be on one of the several outside courses on the boardwalk.
With people all over the place and constantly on your tail, it was hard to
truly appreciate some of the flair they put into the holes from a theme
perspective. However, the cost was still very reasonable, especially for a
fully indoors course in a busy tourist area.
Thus, despite its flaws you still will feel pretty ok having played it
for what you paid.
The holes did seem to be designed to have some
lower spots for accessibility but they also didn’t seem wide enough for a
wheelchair. We also couldn’t find
anything definitely on their site or other locations as to confirmed
accessibility.
We’ll probably check the course out again and if
you are making your way through the boardwalk courses you should definitely
stop in, but we wouldn’t go out of our way to play it as a minigolf
destination.
Reviewed by Mandy, Pat & Putt
Reviewed in 2021
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