Pirate’s Island is destination mini golf — not the windmill-and-astroturf kind, but 36 holes landscaped through waterfalls, a cave, and a replica of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, Blackbeard’s ship. It sits right across the Gulf Shores Parkway from The Track, which makes that stretch of highway the corridor’s unofficial family-fun district.
The course
Two 18-hole rounds’ worth of holes winding around Corsair’s Mountain and through the pirate theming. Putting through a cave behind a waterfall is the memory the kids keep; the adults keep the score honest. It’s award-winning course design, and it shows — the holes are actual golf holes, not just obstacles with a cup at the end.
What it costs
Adults $17 and kids (4–12) $13 for 18 holes, $25/$21 for all 36, or $28/$24 for unlimited play — tax included, which is a small courtesy more places should adopt. Kids 3 and under play free with a paying adult.
Good to know
Open daily 9:30am to 10:30pm, weather permitting. Night rounds are the play in summer — the course is lit, the heat’s gone, and unlimited play stops feeling ambitious around hole 50.