I wasn't sure if this should just get posted in the general Out of Town Ballparks thread or if I should make a separate thread for each ballpark or what, so Mods please reorganize or link as you see fit.
All sorts of details about Champion Stadium, the current spring training home of the Barves. It is inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex near Disney World. The rest of the complex has event space and indoor sports facilities. The signage is not great but once you get onto the complex itself, you can see the ballpark pretty clearly. Disney owns and operates the whole complex including the ballpark concessions. The staff is very nice and helpful but almost creepy in that Disney Super Friendly way.
Parking: free, plentiful, on paved lots but quite a far distance from the ballpark. I did see some golf carts driving some elderly folks back and forth. There is a dedicated Uber/Lyft/Taxi pickup point right in front of the entrance.
We stayed at the Radisson on Apopka Vineland Road, just off of I-4. I think there are a lot better choices around the Disney area and probably won't stay there again. It wasn't downright horrible but I was still pretty glad to leave.
Architecturally it's beautiful. Spanish mission style design that works very well in central Florida. The concourse is industrial and fugly. There are concessions on both the concourse-facing side and the field-facing side of the lower level and also on the concourse-facing side of the upper level. Nice field with a huge berm. The leg room is tight in the seats. Some seats on the upper level are bleachers (mostly the ones past the bases towards the outfield).
There is very little shade here. The only seats that get shade for the duration of a 1:00 game are the back 3 rows of the lower level sections. The ushers will allow you to stand behind the last row, in what's officially the ADA spots, provided someone does not legitimately need them, but they police the seats pretty strictly, so the chances of moving into a shady seat mid-game are low. The upper deck is a post-apocalyptic hellscape where the sun is personally trying to kill you (and it was only around 80* when we were there). On the plus side, I'm told there are fireworks after night games, so choose your game or your seat wisely.
Food options: pretty generic hot dog/chicken sandwich type things. We had a huge breakfast so we just picked at our friend's french fries. One outside food item is permitted per person, as is one sealed non-alcoholic beverage (20 ounce limit I believe)
Beer options: not a huge array but reasonable for a spring training ballpark. Bud/Bud Light, Yeungling, and Terrapin at most stands, Cigar City here and there. Big beers are $14 (!!!) but you can take the cup back to any of the concessions for a refill for $8. An $8 Terrapin is a good deal (i think it was a 14 ounce but might have been 16). There are beer vendors in the stands too with the usual bud/light type stuff. They don't take tips, which is weird. There's a massive ESPN Zone restaurant right across the plaza that does pre/post game drink specials and has about 20 taps.
Ticket prices: honestly they're pretty high-- $50+ for lower level and we paid $33 for section 208 (top level past 1B) on an early bird sale. There were TONS of tickets on Stub Hub on the day we went, as low as $6 for lower level.
Bonus tip: If you're in Orlando and your schedule allows, go out to Winter Park for a tapas dinner at Bulla. They make this dish that is basically homemade potato chips, proscuitto, potato puree and a poached egg, all mixed up, that sounds nasty but is seriously one of the most delicious things I've eaten in a long time, and their entire drinks menu is half price till 7pm.
