Exploring The Underworld of Mt. Olympus
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Hey all!
Today concludes our annual theme park road trip. This year, we revisited the Midwest parks and decided to give Mt. Olympus another chance. Upon arrival, we were surprised by a $40 parking fee, but since there were no attendants, parking was free that day. After parking, we bought our tickets online and headed to the entrance, only to be told we needed to return to the ticket booth to have them scanned for a wristband. This entire process took 25 minutes and seemed inefficient to us. Once inside, we had to pass through a dimly lit gift shop and navigate a series of chain-link fences along the park path to reach the rides. The park is divided into two main areas: one side features the indoor and outdoor water park, while the side near the parking lot has five roller coasters—four wooden and one small steel one—and a couple of Go-Kart tracks. Back in 2005, when I first visited, the dry park side had a lot to offer and everything was in decent condition, including the Go-Karts. Now, it resembles an average family fun center that's somewhat rundown, with wooden roller coasters that sound like they're about to fall apart. Essentially, the water park seems to receive most of the investment. Anyway, we started small with our first roller coaster, Pegasus. Pegasus is a family wooden roller coaster that makes you reconsider every bad decision you've made in life, only to realize they may not be as bad as riding Pegasus. This ride is extremely rough, and the track feels like it hasn't been re-tracked since my last visit. The one notable feature of this ride is an unbanked turn that, when viewed from the line, seems to jolt riders so much it looks like they might injure their necks. I grossly underestimated its ability to mangle my body. Overall, this ride seems like a fast track to arthritis in your later years.
Our next ride was Cyclops, the park's first wooden roller coaster. This ride makes great use of the surrounding terrain, featuring small dips throughout until it plunges off the hill into a high G-Force turn. Despite its size, this ride was rough and intense. The most frightening aspect was the feeling that it might derail, which has happened before. When we hit the brakes, the right back wheel was not in contact with the track and spun freely until it came to a stop. So... this was a bit concerning.
We then made our way to Hades, the wooden roller coaster that reaches a height of over 140 feet and plunges into tunnels under the parking lot before barreling into a wooden corkscrew and then diving back under the parking lot to meet a couple of sharp turns before hitting the brakes. The best way to describe this ride is being on a jackhammer that feels like it's trying to shake you until your lungs collapse. I honestly cannot say how much I wanted this ride to end, and I warn before they ride it to reconsider based on how rough this ride is.
After being beat up and bruised from the other rides, we then made our way to our final ride, Zeus. I had very low expectations for this ride after the experiences on their other wooden roller coasters. To my surprise, the ride wasn't too bad. It had some rough spots, but it wasn't violent, and it was actually a pretty fun ride with its airtime hills and diving around the forest and brush around it.
Overall, I really do not like this park and would probably skip it even if I returned to the Wisconsin Dells. When you think of Mt. Olympus as a high point, everything here is at a low point. The sketchy nature of the park and most of the rides did not sit well with me, and I would say to only hit the rides if you are counting on getting new coaster credits on your trip. With that, on to our photo report!
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As Always, Keep On Coast'N'