If your crew wants mini golf with waterfalls and tunnels rather than a classic flat course, Island Falls Adventure Golf is the landscaped option in the middle of the island at 1550 Sadler Road. The business counts its course as 18 and a half holes, routed past waterfalls, over bridges and through tunnels, with music playing across the course from an outdoor sound system.
Check the posted schedule before you go, because the course doesn't open every day. Here's how it's listed now:
- Monday and Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.
- Tuesday and Wednesday, closed.
- Friday, noon to 9 p.m.
- Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The closing time is the last time you can start a round, not when you need to be finished, and hours can change for rain or cold. Tickets are priced by age, with separate rates for adults, kids 4 to 12, seniors 65 and up, and tots 3 and under. Once you're done, the counter sells soft drinks, slushies, candy, ice cream and light snacks.
For the other style of mini golf, Putt-Putt Amelia Island has been at Main Beach since 1959 with two competition-style courses. If the evening's still young after the last hole, the family-friendly restaurant roundup has places that work with kids in tow.