jslim39 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Our trip started off great… With three near crashes, and hours added onto our drive due to construction, things weren’t doing amazing. It didn’t help our cause when watching the weather forecast at the hotel, which called for severe thunderstorms, an 80% chance of rain, and hail in the Wisconsin area. But luckily we woke up to sun, and clear skies, and the good weather persisted throughout the day. The Park – Mount Olympus was quite clean, didn’t see much trash anywhere, and there were garbage cans everywhere. Prices where HORRENDOUS! I was paying $3.00 for a 20oz. Of Coke! I know Cedar Point charges the same, but this park is nowhere near being on Cedar Point’s scale. Ride ops weren’t AS bad as I was told, but were still nowhere near being efficient. They DID make sure you were safe, and surprisingly enforced the Cyclops back-seat rule, but otherwise, they weren’t good. At Hades, one of the two workers had her head down on the railing, sleeping, and her co-worker had to wake her up. Also, all the workers were moving like sloths, sometimes taking up to ten minutes to dispatch a train. But lines were short mostly, so I will complain no more. The water park(s) were fun, but nothing amazing, and I’ve seen better, but I still enjoyed them. The “indoor theme park” seemed more like an arcade with a spinning wild mouse in it. Overall, I’d give Mount Olympus a 6.5/10. I had lots of fun, but there wasn’t much to choose from aside from the coasters, (unless you’re a go-kart fan), and the prices were just STUPID. Now for the coasters ---- Zeus – My first ride was pretty good. It was in the front seat of the front car, and wasn’t too bad, but gave a less than expected amount of airtime. I’d give the front, which I rode three times, another 6.5/10. My views on Zeus changed though, after riding further back. I was in the front of the 4th car, and after the first drop, the shaking was so bad that I couldn’t enjoy the ride at all. Back seat gets a 3/10. Hades – This was the ride I was anticipating, and it delivered. In the front, the speed was amazing, and the air rushing by was awesome. In the back, the airtime on the big drop was INCREDIBLE! The tunnel was crazing, I loved flying through the ground with the airtime hops, and the 90 degree turn. The coaster was surprisingly smooth, but the left turns that banked right in the tunnel whipped me around a lot, and the sweeping turn after the station fly-by produced some violent shaking. But overall this coaster was astonishing, and gets an 8/10 by me. Cyclops – With the 18+ restriction for the back seat, I expected the worst. But my four front seat rides, and one mid-train ride were great. It had great little pops of ejector airtime, and the last drop packed a punch. There was some shaking, but nothing terrible. 7/10. Pegasus – Well, there isn’t much to say about this; it’s a kiddie-woodie. It gave a nice ride above the trees and the midway, but there wasn’t any airtime, and none of the turns were banked, especially just before entering the last breaks and the station, and I don’t know if its good to have your child’s first coaster whipping them around. 5/10 Little Titans – N/A didn’t ride Opa – N/A didn’t ride Now for the photos sorry if you got bored/angry reading or disagree with my views so here are the pics! I'll leave you with one last shot of Hades. Hope you enjoyed the pics! Zeus first drop again Cyclops and Zeus Nice Hades theming Cyclops lift shot Random kids enjoying Little Titans I'm not a credit whore (yet) Cyclops again Random Pegasus riders Pegasus, lift hill shot Cyclops last drop (with train) Cyclops last drop Zeus first drop again Hades hurls you into the sub-parkinglot area GREAT airtime on Hades big drop Zeus and Hades again Zeus diving down Swooping drop of Hades by the highway Beautiful drop Zeus Hades and Zeus There goes Obama... Close up HADES!!! But I WILL get on this Too bad I didn't get to ride it... It's the Avalanche! What could that be? I wish my local Wal-Mart had a Gyrotron! Ooh nice Vette Me Idk why we passed it... we could've just drove UNDER it Quite an odd truck WTF is this?!?
larrygator Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Thanks for resizing with the smaller photos. That truck you passed is unique, at least for this city folk.
Tikifire Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Cool pics, and that Avalanche coaster looks wicked. That "truck" you passed looked like a spray-tractor and I believe it's built high like that so it can go over the plants without crushing them while it's spraying pesticides.
Electerik Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Much better! Some shots I haven't seen before, too. Thanks for posting this.
STR8FXXXINEDGE Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 That's a bummer you didn't get a chance to ride Avalanche (HellCat). It's a crazy little coaster, and it's size had me fooled. It is for sure one of the wildest and most out of control feeling coasters that I have ever ridden. Seriously. Anyways, thanks for sharing your photos. Glad you had a good time. I loved Mt. Olympus!
cprocks22 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 ^Like he said, its a shame you didn't ride Avalanche. I like it TONS more then Hades. Great TR none the less, the Dells are always fun.
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