MT. OLYMPUS THEME PARK Wisconsin Dells Formerly: Big Chief Carts & Coasters
Park News - (10/12/11) Negative-G has posted trip reports from Mount Olympus as well as the nearby Timber Falls attraction. (8/9/11) For anyone interested, I’m told that about a half-mile down the road from Mt. Olympus you’ll find a new attraction with a familiar name, “The Original Big Chief Go Karts. It’s kind of odd as the attraction most people associate as Big Chief was transformed into what is now Mt. Olympus, but before that I’m told there was a previous site located “on a back road” that is now only used as storage space for Mt. Olympus. So why the name? From what I’m told the new “Original Big Chief” location is from the owner of Mt. Olympus, but named in honor of his father who started the original attraction. Oh… and apparently the prices for the Go-Karts is only $3 a ride. (6/13/11) Late last week Mt Olympus had an incident that sent 11 people into local hospitals for excessive chlorine inhalation at the Poseidon’s Rage wave pool. Read the details here. (2/1/11) According to this report Mt Olympus has finalized a deal to purchase more local properties: the Riverwalk Hotel and American World Resort. The later, located across the street from the park, will be renamed Mt. Olympus Zeus’ Village & Camp Resort. The Riverwalk Hotel will be renamed Santorini Village and rethemed as a Greek monastery.
2012 - Lost City of Atlantis / Mt Olympus Village - (12/22/11) Mount Olympus has announced that they will open the Lost City of Atlantis in 2012, a new six-story tall water fortress attraction that will also feature 7 water slides, including a bowl slide, a boomerango half-pipe slide, a family raft slide as well as a 120 foot geyser. (12/2/11) Mt. Olympus is said to be expanding their property once again… this time with the purchase of the Copa Cabana Resort Hotel & Suites property. The property has a bridge over the highway leading towards the various properties Mt Olympus owns (RiverWalk Hotel, American World Resort, Star Motel, Star Motor Inn, Luna Inn, Raintree Resort), and they plan on using it as an iconic entrance to what will soon be called the Mt Olympus Village area. The article goes on to mention that Mt. Olympus will be hiring another 8 to 10 employees to work at a “new outdoor attraction” being added to the theme park, which will be open for Memorial Day. (6/16/11) According to a bit of speculation by one reader, they believe that the new ride going into Mt. Olympus for 2012 may be a Star Flyer style ride. Anyone else agree? (6/6/11) A reader has sent in a picture showing off what may be survey markings for the new 2012 attraction at Mt Olympus way out in the distance by the Dive to Atlantis pond area. Since we first got word that something big was on the way, the only hints I’ve been told that the park has given out via Facebook was to Think Big and Fly. While we all may assume a flying coaster of some kind right off the bat, there are still other ideas to consider in the realm of extreme up-charge attractions too. Anyone know more about what’s going on? (12/17/10) According to the Mt. Olympus Facebook page, we can expect a ‘huge new attraction” for 2012.
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