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Old 03-21-2006, 03:00 PM   #5
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Lani finally remembered to bring the Disneyland Hotel: The Early Years 1954-1988 home from work.

According to it the Par 3 golf course and miniature golf course were taken out in 1970 to make way for construction of the Marina Tower.

Other information from the book:
  • Official name was The Magic Kingdom Golf Course
  • Official address was 1125 West Cerritos
  • Al Appplegate, an art director at Disney Studios was the project manager.
  • First hole was a replica of the Main Street railroad station
  • Hole 2 was an unknown Fantasyland theme
  • Hole 3 was a replica of the castle
  • Hole 4 was the 7 Dwarfs' mine
  • Hole 5 was Mattherorn Bobsleds (and represented the beginning of the Tomorrowland holes since that ride was considered part of Tomorrowland back then
  • Hole 6 was a generic Tomorrowland hole
  • Hole 7 was Rocketship to the Moon
  • Hole 8 was Octopus's lair from Submarine Voyage
  • Hole 9 was Autopia
  • Hole 10 generic Adventureland
  • Hole 11 was Painted Desert
  • Hole 12 was generic Frontierland
  • Hole 13 was Skull Rock but was in the middle of Frontierland holes because they originally planned for it to be the Indian Village
  • Hole 14 Tom Sawyer Island
  • Holes 15-17 returned to Fantasyland with Monstro, Mr. Smee, and Alice in Wonderland
  • Hole 18 was Mickey Mouse.
  • When constructed the top price of a standard room was $29/night and as cheap as $10/night during the off season.
  • Holes 5-9 were Tomorrowland themed (including the Matterhorn hole, as Matterhorn was considered part of Tomorrowland then)
  • Hole 10 was Adventureland
  • Holes 11 and 12
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