Congo Falls Adventure Golf (Lost City Course) – Ocean City, NJ

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Played on August 13, 2022

Reviewed by Mr. Tee, with guest appearances by Pat & Mandy of the Putting Penguin and Aaron & Moira of O-Street Mini Golf

The Ocean City Boardwalk is a little over 2 miles long, but it has a ridiculous amount of mini golf facilities. Congo Falls has 3 courses, making it the largest mini golf facility on the Boardwalk and, I believe, the largest facility across all of the Jersey Shore! I met up with a crew of East Coast putting pals the night before the 2022 O-Street Open during the first time this annual tournament was part of the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) circuit. Due to other summer overseas adventures over the last few years, I haven’t been back to the Shore, but looking back at these photos, I’m eager to return to play the rest of Congo Falls and the other courses I haven’t had the chance to play.

Rating

I have fond memories of playing this course with Mandy, Pat, Aaron, and Moira. I believe Moira’s first job was working at this course. The Lost City course is well-themed and immerses you in an Indiana Jones-like world, which includes holes in the wall with air coming out, mimicking Raiders of the Lost Ark. The layout of the course includes straightforward green turf and red bricks, but several holes incorporate the theme into the design and gameplay. While the gameplay is fairly standard, the environment ups the ante for the overall experience. The exterior of the course was big, loud, and exciting, which really drew us into the course to play. The 18 holes and the whole facility don’t take up a ton of physical space on the jam-packed boardwalk, but you do get the feeling of escape from the Shore while playing. It took me a while to review, and some of my memories of the course have slightly faded, but I remember this being a particularly fun course and evening, which is why I thought it was an above-average course and gave it a rating of Birdie.

Starting off with animatronic apes and music is always a good sign to me
Got slightly better at taking selfies and wanted to capture our crew together
Opted for the indoor course, Lost City
Moira kicks things off
Moira watching Pat on a good line
Moira knocking in as Aaron watches on
Through another cave that had sound and air effects that really tied the theme together.
This room had big Indiana Jones vibes
You get a sense of the big spacing between the bricks on this photo
Putting Penguin Pat posing
Mandy and Pat of Putting Penguin with a big pillar in the middle of this hole
Love the little easter eggs hidden all over the course including this one encased in the floor
Mandy of Putting Penguin facing down a lot of balls in the way
Theming was substantial in this massive room in the middle of the course
Pat navigating this sideways pillars that leads right to the cup
Lighting inside this course made photos challenging at times
Where parts of the course intersect
Gotta go up and over the hill to get in the cup
Good form!
Aaron close on #17
Pat is finishing off the round on the final hole. Big breaking putt, but Pat ended up with a 35 to my 37

1132 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226

Ocean City Entertainment Website

Congo Falls on Facebook

Comments
Big curb appeal with a massive gorilla and animatronics
One of the few fully indoor options and with A/C
Cool sound and air effects to enhance the experience
Theming well incorporated into the playing area
Bricks have very wide spacing

Nerdy Notes

  • Par 39. Prices vary, but lots of specials to play all 3 courses
  • Congo Falls has an additional location in Margate
  • Biggest mini golf facility on the Ocean City Boardwalk
  • Owned by Ocean City Entertainment, which owns a bunch of courses across the Jersey Shore

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