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Extrordinary Golf: What Should Happen?

What should happen to the golf?

  • Older holes being replaced with newer ones.

    Votes: 55 54.5%

  • Extend it more into the car park.

    Votes: 8 7.9%

  • Just a spruce up.

    Votes: 38 37.6%
  • Total voters
    101
The golf courses should never have been themed on the rides and areas of the park. It was a completely unoriginal, ill-thoughtout idea which was outdated only a year or 2 after it first opened. This will continue to be a problem as time goes on.

Although I absolutely love mini/adventure/crazy golf, the Alton Towers one isn't that great. It was another rushed, half arsed Merlin job, plonked on an old piece of car park tarmac, and which never got finished properly. If they'd gone for a totally unique theme, or even themed each 9 hole course to the hotels (explorer course and Caribbean course etc) then it wouldn't have been a problem.
 
It's certainly becoming a shrine to the rides of the past and the all the rides on the golf are SBNO :p

If you want a cheap game on golf, just simply bring your own club and ball and just simple use the pot holes leading up to the express/disabled car park :p
 
PeteB said:
The golf courses should never have been themed on the rides and areas of the park. It was a completely unoriginal, ill-thoughtout idea which was outdated only a year or 2 after it first opened. This will continue to be a problem as time goes on.

Although I absolutely love mini/adventure/crazy golf, the Alton Towers one isn't that great. It was another rushed, half arsed Merlin job, plonked on an old piece of car park tarmac, and which never got finished properly. If they'd gone for a totally unique theme, or even themed each 9 hole course to the hotels (explorer course and Caribbean course etc) then it wouldn't have been a problem.
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Seeing as it opened in 2007 and Merlin bought the Tussauds Group in March 2007, that would be a heck of an acheivement for Merlin!

I do agree with you about the theme of the course though, it was always going to become out of date shortly after opening. Saying that, as far as crazy golf courses go I think it is a good one.

:)
 
PeteB said:
The golf courses should never have been themed on the rides and areas of the park. It was a completely unoriginal, ill-thoughtout idea which was outdated only a year or 2 after it first opened. This will continue to be a problem as time goes on.

Although I absolutely love mini/adventure/crazy golf, the Alton Towers one isn't that great. It was another rushed, half arsed Merlin job, plonked on an old piece of car park tarmac, and which never got finished properly. If they'd gone for a totally unique theme, or even themed each 9 hole course to the hotels (explorer course and Caribbean course etc) then it wouldn't have been a problem.
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I almost entirely disagree, the holes at Alton Towers Extraordinary Golf are some of the best themed of all the courses I've played.

There are quite a few near London that are themed to Dinosaurs / Lost Worlds (links below) but other than the animatronic dinos the actual holes are quite boring with no real theming. Obsticles tend to just be rocks or wood.

http://www.jurassicencounter.com/#gallery
http://www.worldofgolf-uk.co.uk/golf-centres/sidcup/lost-island-encounter/
http://www.jurassicfalls.co.uk/


Extraordinary Golf actually has themed each hole to something specific, which is much more unique and well thought out. The obsticles on each hole are linked in with the theme of the hole, making it a unique course you won't find anywhere else. Yes some of them seem dated now that the rides have closed, but if they keep a few as a tribute to rides that have passed and then update others as they become worn out it would work. The other issue if they did use Charlie or CBBC for some holes is what happens when the license runs out. Better to use something classically AT.
 
jon81uk said:
I almost entirely disagree, the holes at Alton Towers Extraordinary Golf are some of the best themed of all the courses I've played.

There are quite a few near London that are themed to Dinosaurs / Lost Worlds (links below) but other than the animatronic dinos the actual holes are quite boring with no real theming. Obsticles tend to just be rocks or wood.

http://www.jurassicencounter.com/#gallery
http://www.worldofgolf-uk.co.uk/golf-centres/sidcup/lost-island-encounter/
http://www.jurassicfalls.co.uk/


Extraordinary Golf actually has themed each hole to something specific, which is much more unique and well thought out. The obsticles on each hole are linked in with the theme of the hole, making it a unique course you won't find anywhere else. Yes some of them seem dated now that the rides have closed, but if they keep a few as a tribute to rides that have passed and then update others as they become worn out it would work. The other issue if they did use Charlie or CBBC for some holes is what happens when the license runs out. Better to use something classically AT.
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Look at Jolly Roger Adventure Golf in Skegness. Been there ages, probably since the early 90's and it's wayyy better than Towers. It's like something you'd see in Orlando.
 
(possible minority opinion!)

I actually like the course themed to rides, (and even more controversially), I actually like seeing the closed ride themed holes. Of course, I'm not saying that I don't want it to be updated - the smiler, thirteen, hex for example would make great courses (that is, if hex opens again).
 
I somewhat agree with people that having rides for the holes isn't the best of ideas. However, I do think for popular rides like Nemesis and Oblivion, it works well. They're iconic rides and in 2007 were unlikely to ever be removed from Alton for many years. If its updated, I'd love to see something relating to Splash Landings and ATH as people have mentioned already.
 
Would like to see the golf course updated to the park's current offering. However whether a Smiler hole would ever happen is beyond me.
 
Leah said:
(possible minority opinion!)

I actually like the course themed to rides, (and even more controversially), I actually like seeing the closed ride themed holes. Of course, I'm not saying that I don't want it to be updated - the smiler, thirteen, hex for example would make great courses (that is, if hex opens again).
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I am FIRMLY then in that minority!

Admittedly, only because some of it's got so old it's almost retro lol!!

However, I LOVE the golf course. Yes it's got tatty, but I remember when I first played it I loved it.

Only thing was even back then the HEADBANGINGLY OBVIOUSLY STUPID OPENING HOURS!

Over priced as usual. I haven't done it for ages, but I would have done were it not so ridiculously timed.
 
Leah said:
(possible minority opinion!)

I actually like the course themed to rides, (and even more controversially), I actually like seeing the closed ride themed holes. Of course, I'm not saying that I don't want it to be updated - the smiler, thirteen, hex for example would make great courses (that is, if hex opens again).
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By the way, there already is a Hex hole. It's next to the Air hole I think.
 
Before and after of the windmill from Carters-Decor facebook, uploaded on 26th January. Also looks like they are the main contractors for TLC.
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The state of it in the top photo... Embarrassing that they let it get that grubby in the first place!
 
AltonBuzz said:
Before and after of the windmill from Carters-Decor facebook, uploaded on 26th January. Also looks like they are the main contractors for TLC.
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Take it that this means that the course isn't getting refreshed, given that the farm was removed years ago and there would be no point making it look better if it was going. Looks a lot better though now, at least they are looking at extraordinary golf as part of TLC.
 
I'd hazard a guess that they won't remove the Farm holes for CBeebies as it would probably involve paying the BBC to license them. This is me purely assuming the current license only extends to theme park.
 
Scott said:
I'd hazard a guess that they won't remove the Farm holes for CBeebies as it would probably involve paying the BBC to license them. This is me purely assuming the current license only extends to theme park.
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And when licenses end the holes would need redoing again.
 
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