After leaving my house at seven, my friends and I embarked on the lengthy drive to the largest tourist-trap in the area. Rather than endanger everyone else in the car by driving at an ungodly time of the day, I slept against the window of the passenger seat, waking up only when we drove past a cars containing hot ladies. I had forgotten how uneventful the drive through this part of the state is... We found our exit and entered the parking lot alongside Hades.
The parking area has greatly expanded since my last visit in 2006. The lot is now the size of a much bigger park, such as Valleyfair. It stretches all the way from the main road, back to Hades pre-lift. This is also the first year that parking isn't free, which came to be a disappointment. We parked our car, and made our way into the park.
The park is cool, i guess. I like the rides a lot.
As the day grew later, our group seperated, as some of us chose to make the trip down the road to Timber Falls, to get the long awaited Avalanche credit. The sharp turns on the roller coaster really make your mouth salavate as you approach the park. We paid for our wristbands and walked straight to Avalanche's station.
We rode it a bunch of times then decided to go back to Mt. Olympus
When we met up with the rest of our group at the park, we rerode a few rides again, but then decided we needed supper.
McDonalds was located just a block or so away, so that seemed to be the logical place to go. The interior of the building far surpassed any other fast food establishment I've ever seen. We set our gear down at the table, and proceeded to order our food. I ordered two double-quarter pounder sandwiches, a large fry, and large soda. If I remember correctly, two of my friends each ordered a McNugget meal, another ordered a kids meal, and someone got a Big Mac sandwich. The meal was on par with other McDonalds I've eaten at, although my burger had the perfect serving sizes of ketchup and mustard.
We went back to the park for our last re-rides on the major rides.
The drive back home seemed to take foreeeeever. We were all exhausted from such a long day, and the interstate seemed to be endless. Those of us who stayed awake played Wheel of Fortune on a handheld game system. As we arrived into the Chippewa Valley, we tuned to one of the local radio stations, only to find they canceled the modern rock music, and substituted it with non-stop Christmas jingles. This wasn't a problem however, as we were all in the mood for sing-a-longs!
Overall, we all liked the Dells very much. Here are the promised high-quality pictures:
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This is Hades's newly modified train.
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I'm not sure, but I think this is Hades just before it flies past the station. (It doesn't really "fly", it's just a figure of speech)
Thanks for reading! Feel free to comment on how great this photo trip report was!