Mt. Olympus/Timber Falls Trip Report

[deathbydinn]

Over the summer my family went up to the Wisconsin Dells. I had a friend come because I needed someone to ride the coasters with. We also stopped at Timber Falls one morning for one quick ride on Hellcat/Avalanche. It was early, kinda cold and the log flume didn't open for a while so we decided not to get the wristband, just one ride on Avalanche. The ride was amazing. We rode in the front row and it was very smooth, fast, forceful and had lot's of air. I loved the turns and this ride made me a fan of turns that are banked pretty high. S&S did a great job on this.

 

At Mt. Olympus we skipped the go-carts due to the insanely slow line. Some of my cousins got in line and then left because it went so slow. We went one Opa, Apollos Swing, Cyclops, Pegasus, Zeus, Hades and a few water slides. Here's my review of each ride.

 

Opa- Basic wild mouse. They had 3 of 4 cars running. Someone got to the front of the line and then was told she was too short. I felt bad for her but there is a sign for measuring to know if your tall enough to ride so they could of avoided that by checking first.

 

Cyclops- We rode this twice, both times in the front. The first ride was good but the second gave us the most extreme moment of airtime. Cyclops's lapbar does not go down very far and we are both skinny so there was lots of room between our legs and the restraint. When we made the 180 turn which leads you to the last drop we flew up of the seat and the train turning hit us which pushed us to the side. It really felt like we were going to fly out of the train. We we in the air for a long time. I knew Cyclops gave good air but that was the best of any coaster I've been on.

 

Zeus- Rode this 4 times, once at night. Gave good air but nothing great. We sat in the front row and in the first row of the third car. Each time was smooth and gave good air.

 

Hades- While waiting for Hades we meet Tom an "enthusiast" who thought Hades was 90 feet tall and that the Boss had three 90 drop offs, a nice family who we talked to about Cedar Point and the Bisquit Kids. The Bisquit Kids was a group of 3 little kids who tried to make fun of us while waiting in line. They called my friends shoes "Bisquits", but an ant on his shoulder and thought it was the greatest thing ever and just called us stupid and stuff like that. Funniest thing ever. Oh yeah and the coaster was good to. It did have one rough part right before turning into the station wich gives you a bad headache. Other than that it was great and it was my first 90 degree turn and incorrectly backed turn, both were very fun. We rode Hades once at night and 4 times in general. Each time the lights in the tunnel were on.

 

Apollos Swing- This was fun but short. I tried to put my arms up but the force pushed them down. If they make it a little longer it would be worth the money. Now I'd say there should only charge $5.

 

Pegasus- Pegasus is an ok kiddie coaster, but it has a very sharp, quick turn at the end which will make your side hurt a little. Other than that it was fun.

 

The park is really coming along. They added games since my last visit and the very short Skycoaster. I mean its not tall at all. You do swing over the wave pool which is cool. The next time I go to Mt. Olympus I'll ride that instead of Apollo's Swing. The ride was also extra.

 

Night at the Park is a new thing only open to Hotel Rome guests and geusts at hotels that give you Mt. Olympus passes which is about all them. Basically Hades, Zeus, Trojan Horse, Kiddie Land, The big wave pool and one other go-kart track is open until 2 am. The price is $9 which includes parking and a soda. We could have just stayed in the park because the night that we were there we stayed until closing and they don't even ask you to leave. The workers pack up and leave but we could have stayed and not have pay $9. We didn't stay because we had already done Hades and Zeus and we didn't want to wait in the park for 30 minutes with nothing to do. All and all it was a great trip and I look forward to going back to Mt. Olympus again.

[FLIPDUDE]

Waitwaitwait... Let me get this straight...

 

You rode Cyclops twice, both times in the FRONT?

 

That's like living in the world's tallest tower's ground floor!

 

There is no comparing the airtime in the front and the airtime in the back, next time you go make sure to ride it in the back.

 

That night int he park idea seems pretty cool, I wonder how many people actually do it?

[monsterfan99]

Don't expect the Night at the Park to last. The city is angry over it as the owner broke city law to do it. Apparently he did not ask permission to be open that late and just did the event anyways.

 

Fun report on the park. I hope to get out there next spring.

[deathbydinn]

FLIPDUDE wrote:

 

Waitwaitwait... Let me get this straight...

 

You rode Cyclops twice, both times in the FRONT?

 

That's like living in the world's tallest tower's ground floor!

 

There is no comparing the airtime in the front and the airtime in the back, next time you go make sure to ride it in the back.

 

That night int he park idea seems pretty cool, I wonder how many people actually do it?

The reason we didn't ride in the back is that they say you have to be 18. I don't know if thats for height or weight but I'm short and skinny and really get tossed around in coasters so I didn' want to take the risk. Also the last three cars were roped off. Out of 10 rows about 6 were open, all in the front. Last summer when I went on Cyclops in the fouth car. It had more airtime on the final drop and some on the little hills, but not the crazy-ejector-throwyououtoftheseat airtime the first row had on the little hills. As for night at the park when we left one family stayed in the park and two people were buying tickets. We left about 20 minutes before it started.

 

 

monstarfan99 wrote:

Don't expect the Night at the Park to last. The city is angry over it as the owner broke city law to do it. Apparently he did not ask permission to be open that late and just did the event anyways.

 

Also right now there just testing the idea. They have it on Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun. It's a good idea but I don't know if they will be able to pull it off with only 5 rides and Kiddieland open.