acer510
2019-08-18 17:52:08 UTC
Middle of last week while on a week-long vacation I decided to take an impromptu trip north via Chicago to check out Bay Beach park in Green Bay and Mount Olympus in The Dells. I took the toll road that passes SFGA into Wisconsin through Milwaukee to Green Bay, a 450 mile one-way trip from my home in south central Indiana. Arrived at Bay Beach park around 12 noon and the free parking lot was nearly full on a Wednesday in mid-August. Lots of kids everywhere. Apparently school hasn't started yet up here in Wisconsin. Free admission to the park and all rides require 2 to 4 tickets to ride with tickets being 25 cents each. Zippin Pippin(the only woodie in the park)costs $1.00 to ride. Line was 30 minute wait, coaster is great thrills for adults and kids. The airtime pop out-of-your-seat is still there on the last drop into the station. I loved that they didn't staple you into your seat like lots of theme parks do. Took a break to ride the miniature train that runs nearby a large body of water(Bay Beach I assume ?) New for this year, a large Ferris Wheel with open air cabins that sits right next to the water. I didn't ride it but wish I did now. Interesting shirt being sold in the gift shop...logo on front of shirt read "The SCAT is where its at!!" In reference to their rare carnival ride that spins you standing up. I enjoyed a large soda for $1.50 and a regular size popcorn for $1.25 before leaving to get on the road toward the Dells. Arrived in the Dells later that day/evening. Found a room in Baraboo 2 miles away for $60 Thursday morning woke up had breakfast at Dennys. Parking at Mount Olympus is straight up $20 Walk up window price to get in was $35 + tax. Upon entry to the park I walked up 4 flights of stairs to ride Zeus, the 2nd biggest woodie in the park. A mechanic was working on the locking mechanism on one of the lap bars. Would've been nice if a sign or employee was at the bottom of the stairs letting visitors know that Zeus was down temporarally ((sp?). I headed on down the path towards my #1 woodie Hades 360 First ride before public riders was with water dummies in the first half of the train. When that train came back in the water dummies were removed and real humans filled the seats with me in seat 2 right side. I've had to do the walk of shame at some theme parks especially that park in Sandusky. Never had a problem with that on Hades 360. Aggressive yes but not like Voyage at HW in my opinion. LOVE that long cool underground tunnel that goes into the 360 degree barrel roll and the return trip through the tunnel again back to the station. Ended up with 3 rides on Hades 360 and 2 rides on Manticore a high flying swing ride near where the sling shot ride used to be. There are free water fountains near the restrooms in the park but they are expecting guests to purchase bottled water for $3 and bottled soda for $3.50 Zeus was running on my way out of the park but I was pretty tired by then so I didn't bother riding it. I drove by the former Timber Falls Adventure Park to see the remains of it. Sad to see that the park didn't survive. The Mexican restaurant next door is now called Kickers Buffet. Wished I had more time and money to spend in the Dells but had to get back home. Didn't get a chance to stop by Little A-Merrick-A in Marshall,Wisconsin either. I'll have to make a week long visit next year in awesome Wisconsin with a stop in Gurnee to visit SFGA.