Dells Waterparks - Mt Olympus

Day One of our waterpark adventure found us at Mt. Olympus, thus named for its Greek God theme.... Sitting on 172 acres, it is one of the five largest parks in the Dells if you include their outdoor waterpark, rollercoasters, and go-kart tracks.

We stayed at a RV park/motel which advertised itself as a Mt Olympus resort, but it was really an independent property that had a deal with MO to bundle wristbands for park admission into their guest rates. The park admission added 30 to the RV rate, which was worthwhile for one night (we parked at Walmart the other two nights).

As far as the indoor parks go, it is on the small side... They had a lazy river, a couple of kiddie slides, and three adult slides. Not exactly a lot of variety, and after two hours, the kids were bored... So were the adults.

At lunchtime, the indoor theme park opened..... It has a small metal coaster (similar to California Adventure's Mulholland Madness), a couple Zamperla kiddie rides, bumper cars, a multilevel playland, an arcade with Ten Pin, and an electric kart oval.

As with the indoor waterpark, it was good for the little kids for about an hour. Other than the arcade, karts and coaster, there was nothing to hold the older kids attention.

Fortunately, they'd opened up two of the outdoor kart tracks at noon.

The Trojan Horse track was pretty cool -- combination of a winding track with a wooden multilevel spiral tower. Three laps took ten minutes, which is one of the longest kart tracks I'd seen.

Rain started falling about 2pm, so I didn't get a chance to try out the other track that was open, but it was about half the length and flat, and only had single seaters.

In MO's defense, they do have a huge outdoor water park with a dozen or so slides and a wave pool, plus three rollercoasters and three kart tracks. In summer, it could keep the kids entertained for a full day, maybe two.

Overall, Mt. Olympus was a good value for a couple bucks per person and to occupy a couple hours, but not what I'd consider a winter destination park. And I'm glad we didn't pay for the second night...