Disney Sports/ESPN Wide World of Sports Review

Disney does not understand or enhance soccer at the high school level. Facilities were similar to what you get at a typical US high school (muddy, damaged grass at high traffic areas on the field; Porta-potties instead of real bathrooms. Referees were inadequate. Linesmen were incompetent. Available food was not appealing or healthy: eg. "pizza cones", fries, sodas. Parking was unreasonably difficult, far away. Fees for viewing your son or daughter's game are about $20 pp per game.

Had a great time there. The place was clean, provided lots of seating, food was good too.

Always a great place for tournaments. Girls played Nationals volleyball there.

Read the other reviews i agree with when it comes to kids events. Hope we never have to come here again.

Great place. Spacious, very clean and friendly staff. Good parking. Decent cafeteria food with a lot of seating.

I love the ESPN center there are so many fields,courts,and everything going on at one time it was so awesome. I have no wrods because this place was awesome i would rate this 10,000 stars if I could.

I was expecting to find "ESPN SPORTS" teams at the store. Not just t shirts that has "run" on it or the Atlanta Braves. It should not be called "ESPN" if all they sell are one sports team. My friends and I wasted 2 hours of our time on our senior trip because of this. It is ridiculous.

Although an impressive facility, the staff here is largely invisible and seems very disorganized. We were there for the cheer nationals, and I was very unimpressed with the way they shuffled large groups around. They simply did not have the space to accommodate that many people. I m sure there were quite a few fire violations occurring that weekend! People were laying around all over the place. If they had overflow rooms for some of these girls, we certainly didn t know about them. Another gripe is the inability to get good Wi-Fi just outside the main building. It took me 10 minutes to send a minnie van request while I was seated over where the drop off area is.

Great place for sporting events! Great place to become NCA National Champions in Gameday cheer!!

My first visit here
.. I was there for the Disney Wine / Dine Half Marathon Weekend

What an amazing event, facility
... so cool of a place

Anything Disney is above average. This place saw money in youth sports travel way before the trend. One with the AAU for guidance; they they built the premier sports facilities in the country. Massive parking locations. Basketball , cheer, dance , football, volleyball, tennis, softball, wrestling and basically everything else. Also a good on site restaurant and gift shop. If your child has an event there I can be certain of tow things: 1) t will be fun and well run 2) it will be expensive ( but worth it )

Exciting place, I have fun whenever I go to tournaments

I love this place but they need to make sure the venues that they approve use strict guidelines and make them adhere to them. Our last 3v3 experience aug18 left quite a bit to be desired. Teams allowed to play without proper identification. Teams that should of been forfeited showing up 15 minutes late for play on a 26 minute game being allowed to play and then players with out correct identification allowed to play etc.

Place was amazing. For the NFL Pro Bowl experience. Staff was great

Awesome fields, the entire place is kept super clean and up to date. Went here for a international soccer tournament, up to 20 different countries and 160 teams came. It is what you would expect from Disney, Clean, Family friendly, and fun

Incredible place.. well maintained and tbe facility was very clean and organized.. great job team..

Great place to see young athletes compete at the next level

Attending the summit! So much talent in this tournament!

Big place and parking is horrible. If you have legs problem better have someone who can drop you closer. Staff is friendly but tickets are very expensive... to watch our son practice we have to pay $18 per person :(

My son had played highschool football there it was the best

I was excited to share the experience I have had every year with my softball team with my travel team of 10 year old boys. I paid the tournament fee 6 months in advance and now 3 months later I was informed KIDS can not play in any DISNEY WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Tournaments unless each parent purchases the hotel/park package at almost 300$ each, each night. Kids can not play at a Disney complex???????
I am totally appalled being a Florida resident who has bee to Disney every year or every other year for the past 17 years. I will never go to another Disney Park again. I am not looking forward to breaking the new to the kids either because they were excited beyond belief to go PLAY BASEBALL at Disney........ They told me it wasn't about the kids playing baseball to them (Disney staff) it was about selling hotels and park passes.... I though we signed up for a baseball tournament... I bet ole Walt wouldn't turn away any kids if he were still around.... Very Disappointed :( We will continue to pick up tournaments in the Orlando area but I can assure you we will not put ANY of the Disney attractions on our schedule while we are there..... Ridiculous!!!!

Great venue. Disney operated, so standards are set high.

Picking up our package for the Disney Princess Challenge!!

Big and clean nice ppl lots of fun 4 the guest on competition day we made signs and all

Long walking paths from venue to venue. No shade in walking paths, no seating in walking paths. No where to duck in out of inclement weather. New building very small and hard to navigate seating. 1 restaurant in the whole park.

Amazing facility, great grass fields and amenities.

The ultimate place for the sports fan. Disney energy with an ESPN twist. Magical.

didn't get to see the inside when we visited hard rock cafe..but i loved the visuals of the big screen outside..looks fantastic at night..

It is a state of the art facility. However, it is disappointing that a company that is made of money cuts corners. In soccer matches, everywhere else, we get 3 referees. However we only had 2. On top of that, they did not call a good game, and it wasn't because of the shortage of staff. Girls were extending their arms pushing other girls. As the game went on, it got worse. No policing. Come on Disney.

Enjoyed it but felt it cost a little to much for a kids event.

This complex is the most boring place on Disney property. I actually have to pay money to watch my 6 kids play sports. I want my whole family to come to watch my kids. So the total for me my wife my parents my cousins and all my relatives was $324.00. My whole family wanted to come and that s how much you have to pay to watch kids play a sport. Great way Disney is making money right yeh there making money off of kids playing sports. Great job Disney. Oh and I asked an employee with directions to get to the baseball field and they said I don t know and then walked away.

Had a great time here. Got to meet some really great people out here. Wish i could have finished working the actual football game sunday instead of being cut short of that but the days i did get will defenantly be a memory to cherrish and hope to see it from another stand point sometime in the near future

Great time at 2020 Pro Bowl Skills Showdown! Lots of a mascot and cheerleader interaction. Good family fun-lots to do

Thank God for the first time we can see our grandson play.

Great mutli sport and event space. Really well organized layout for the Run Disney Expos.

Way overpriced, but what else would you expect from Disney / ESPN....need more maps for field locations. I ve been here many times and know my way around but it s challenging for new comers.

Stadium is gorgeous but it s way overpriced to watch your kid play baseball there. That s why I took away a star.

Expensive. Parking sucks. Long walk from parking to soccer fields. Disney prices for food and $19 pp to watch your kid play a soccer game in a tournament that costs the team over $1k to enter.

Awesome venue for our daughter's cheer competition!

Cheer is life.
Just need to give Military discount for parents.

Was there for Cheerleading event. What a joke. Lines for anything were ridicualous. The employees seemed to not have any idea of a process to follow and were not friendly in the slightest. The new building had 4 events going on at one time and you could not walk the concourse to get from one arena to another due to the concession lines, BIG SAFETY CONCERN in the event of an emergency. I hope we do not earn another bid to attend next year so we don't have to feel the pain and frustration of being on their property.