The Verdict on Mount Olympus - Reviewing the Park & Ranking the Coasters
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2020
- This is my review of Mount Olympus in the Wisconsin Dells
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10:02
"Everyone seemed to be having a good time!"
*Cuts to roller coaster riders snapping their necks*
6:00 lmao brother in the solo seat just dislocated his jaw on that turn
Is he okay, that seems horrible
My first visit was as a kid to the Treasure Island indoor waterpark, before Mt Olympus owned it. It was awesome on its own. Later, when it was a "megapark" I got to go back. I don't think you can talk about this park without talking about the waterparks. Based on your video, I'm not sure you even saw the entire waterpark. It wraps around past the picnic area. They have mini golf, bumper boats and some great bodyslides. It's huge.
He doesn't care so much if at all about waterparks. Honestly I'd say he's missing out on all that.
Mini golf, I didn't see that when I went
@@mitchellries256 People have different tastes. I used to love waterparks, and I suspect that if I had the opportunity to visit one I'd find I still loved them (I just haven't been for a long time). I will say that I did go to the outdoor water park in Wisconsin Dells back when it was its own park (Family Land).
I suspect a good deal of the park's janky layout has to do with the fact that it was a merger of three parks, with two of them separated from the third by a motel which was removed.
“Mega park” lol
A lot of the things CZ (Hi! Big fan!) brought up as other attractions are gone. Where the mini golf was is a “at your risk” lazy River now, which is actually pretty cool because it has artificial current so kids are never in there. I’m a Dells native and worked for both the hotels and the park. I have serviced all the coasters, we were on our game when anything happened with a coaster.
I finally got over my fear of coasters at cedar point!
What a park to conquer coasters at!! Congrats!! Welcome to the (mostly) wonderful world of coasters!! So many amazing coasters and fellow enthusiasts out there. Cedar point had a ton of first time coaster experiences for me two short years ago . My first B&M wing coaster, dive coaster, beyond vertical drop, accelerator and giga. I’m sure those who live near CP started their enthusiast journey there. Everyone definitely has to make it a point to get there at some point. Best of luck on your continuing coaster journey, I’ve been an enthusiast for 8 years and it’s been quite the ride, no pun intended lol
@@duditon1 mount olympus was the reason i became a enthusiast, me and my family went up there in 2013 right after hades 360 opened so marketing for it to be the first wooden coaster to go upside down was everywhere, and in gp fashion i was too scared to ride it because of that (i was 9 years old at the time) but i rode the other 3 coasters, my older cousin and my aunt rode hades 360 and my cousin loved it and my aunt hated it. i remember on the 1 and a half hour ride back home to chicago i was mad at my self for not riding hades and when i got home, i looked up the pov of it and i sat there for about 6 hours watching roller coaster povs, 8 years later, i go to my home park (six flags great america) about 2 or 3 times a year now and when covid is over me and my family plan on going to cedar point and staying there for about 3 days so i can ride everything at least 3 times, im so excited to finally ride steel vengeance, millennium force and top thrill dragster.
Go karts: exist
Some parks near the track: Imma change this place’s whole career
for Cyclops, you missed out on the ACTUAL back seat. When it used to have the extra car, the airtime was so extreme there actually was a rule requiring you be 18+ to brave it, and YES. Cyclops ACTUAL backseat is one of my favorite wooden coasters to this day for how legendAIRy the ejector was....
As someone who lives in Wisconsin and goes here all the time- you always have to ride the coaters in ascending order of intensity! Pegasus, Cyclopes, Zeus, then Hades!! When you went out of order I was like noooo. Also fun fact all those hotels used to be independent hotels with their own little themes and they bought them all up and rethemed them a couple years ago. Probably bc pretty much all of the other water parks in town have/are part of hotels
The Dells of the Wisconsin River are beautiful, but hooo boy is Wisconsin Dells the city a tourist trap. A fun one though, at least.
hoooooo
Very fun
absolutely. I live near the Dells and go quite often as a result, especially since our family has ties to the Waterman family. the Dells is essentially a mafia, because all of the major ticket attractions are owned by about 5 different families (ex: the Waterman’s owning the majority of Lake Delton + starting Great Wolf and Noah’s Ark)
5:47 makes me laugh every time I watch it
This park looks umm.... interesting.
I'm not saying that that's a good or a bad thing. It's just..... interesting.
yea it is somewhere in the middle between small local park and wannabe big park, a good place to hit on a midwest swing though.
Any other observations?
Taylor intensifies
Just an observation
we had a rough time on our first time because the water was so gross and the beds were very uncomfortable
**PERCY JACKSON INTENSIFIES**
11:27
Oh I can see it now: Ares: the War coaster!
Not only do I think it’s a good idea, but I think it could definitely appeal to intense thrill seekers who may visit the park in the future!
But it would only run one train
Sky rocket two but with zombies cycle
@@JustinCoasters a gerstlauer infinity with only one train operatin would be terrible with only 8-16 people per train
I know Wisconsin isn’t on the usual road trip state to hit, but having a friend there means it will be on my list.
Northern Wisconsin (it’s especially pretty in the winter) and Western Wisconsin (La Crosse Area) with all the big hills and bluffs, and Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay are worth a visit if even for a day or two
There are a few cool areas (Milwaukee, Madison, northern if you’re into outdoor stuff, Dells if you got a family, Door County), but there is a lot of nothing too.
It’s also pretty close to Great America☺️
5:50 the people’s reactions were the absolute best
When your favorite CZcamsr reviews your small home park😲
I used to go there every year, had a blast every time. Recently we've been going to indiana beach and cedar point, rotating. I think it would be nice to go to wisconsin again next year.
Great review. Honestly all about expectations. I love the Dells in general and Mt. Olympus, however I've never left there without feeling concussed. I laughed so hard when you showed the Pegasus clip of people getting thrown around violently. The coasters definitely beat you up. The go karts are the best. Whenever we're waiting in line we take bets on which little kid is going to not remember how to use the brake and blast someone from behind coming into the pit when the laps are done.
1:27 that fence is like three feet tall. Little timmy could jump right over that.
i went recently myself and i found that everything surprised me pleasantly with the exception of Pegasus which has the most violent brake run in the world lmao, zeus surprised me because i was out of the loop on what people said about it and to me the stats didnt impress me. last of all cyclops is a bit special to me because i got to ride 3 times without getting off so that was awesome. overall a park with some coasters ranging from solid to legendary.
Pegasus back row is hilarious! It's a must try. I've never laughed harder on a brake run.
I love your content Airtime, I recently got into your stuff about a month ago and love all your videos. I've been kind of living vicariously through you since I'm a big wimp when it comes to coasters, with my only credit being one of the kiddy coasters at Darien Lake. Keep up the great work!
Hey man I honestly just want to say thank you. Idk if you ever expected to get a comment of this nature considering the type of content you create, or already have, (not to my knowledge) but your videos have brought me much joy and have trudged me through a really rough patch in my life during this pandemic. I have nightmares of your intro from how often I watch your videos lol. I hope once everything truly settles down that we are able to cross paths and get to enjoy some great airtime thrills togther. Stay safe bro, take care and thank you again.
Can you review it a few months later like taylor and rave about it
Obama omg are you real
Bro what is your last name
@@Protronica It's obviously alert.
A week ago, I could hear the wheels spinning on the Hoosier Hurricane after it stopped. I was certain that it was going to fly off the track. Lol
I’ve ridden Screaming Eagle and heard the upstop wheels spinning like crazy on the final brakes
I love your videos so much! You have such an easy voice to listen to.
Zeus looks like an airtime machine from the pov's
(It looks like a lot of fun)
it was !
This is exactly the opposite of coaster studios' review.
Yeah I watched his. I understood his criticisms but i really didnt experience the same problems
That's a great review! I totally agree with your ranking!
Chris at 11:10 : LITERALLY ANYTHING.
Me: A Vekoma SLC would be good.
Don't do them that way
@@pureawkwardness415 Shhhhhh.
@@Cadventurer If it the new generation then yes
@@jaredstivers That would be cool.
@@jaredstivers Since Vekoma doesn't build very many coasters in the US anymore, it would be nice to see a new generation SLC come to Mount Olympus (but if it does, there better not be head banging lmao)
I spent a few days here this weekend, and it was wonderful! I got 10 total rides on hades, six of them being back to back. Gotta take advantage of being a teenage adrenaline junkie while my bones can still handle it, lol!
I'm glad you had a good time there. When I went two years ago, I found the ops painfully slow, the park was kinda dirty and poorly kept, and the whole thing just gave me a sketchy feel. I also thought Zeus was really rough, but they've retracked it since then, and it's clearly a big improvement. Then again, I didn't have to pay for it, so I can't really complain. There's a conference in the Dells most years in August, and if I go to that again, I'll probably try to swing by in the evening for a couple of hours.
That wave pool reminds me of going to Water World as a kid. The wave pool there used to have a single 10 foot wave every 10 minutes. One time when I was 8 or so I decided to swim all the way to the deep end and wait for the wave. I wasn't a great swimmer and I was surrounded by people in inner tubes; So when the wave came I was pushed under an endless expanse of inner tubes. I had to push my way through them and it was terrifying. They changed the wave engine to make lots of 5 foot waves instead when they replaced it but I miss those big waves. The admission is cheap with a coupon and it's fairly unique so it's worth visiting if you're ever in Colorado during the Summer.
You're right about Mt. Olympus not having much competition when it comes to amusement parks. But when it comes to waterparks, this place has a lot of competition (and I do mean a lot).
If you live in Wisconsin and you don't want to drive south to Six Flags Great America Bay Beach in Green Bay is the best park in Wisconsin. Zippin Pippin is hands down the best coaster in Wisconsin any day of the week.
@@aaronkuphall8719 If I was there for a Packer game and they were still open I'd be willing to go for a ride on it.
Another great video like always!
I went to Mt. Olympus in 2018 and we stayed on sight at the Odyssey Dells resort which was like your own condos with a kitchen area and bedroom. We entered the park through the Indoor Waterpark which was great in its own right. Mt. Olympus actually has three waterpark offerings: the main park you covered, the indoor waterpark I mentioned, and a third waterpark by the indoor amusement park reserved for resort guests only. We stayed for three days and had a lot of fun there. Also Hades 360 was a favorite with me and my siblings, as well!
I went a few years back and had a blast. One thing though. I never had back problems. I rode Hades twice and have been seeing a chiropractor bimonthly ever since. But I'm glad it worked out for you and glad you enjoyed Wisconsin.
Hades was especially brutal for me this year
There also used to be another car on Cyclops but they removed it because the airtime was too violent. That was probably where the sustained ejector was.
my comments as someone who this is technically their home park:
I would say that the assigned seating thing is covid related, I don't remember having any issues last time i went. the dells are a big trap you are right, although IMO Noah's ark falls in the bottom half of attractions in the dells. I would say your rankings are exactly on point, this is how I would rank them. I see you mentioned the water park, it is ok but it always falls flat for me since there are tons of water parks in the dells. I think that they only own 1 train for most of their rides. I totally agree that they need new rides, However, I think they just have a them of wood rides and want to stick to them. also they can never get anything to big since they are all but drowned out by SFGA to the south and Valley fair to the NE. overall it is a nice place and It is a good break from all the water rides in town.
I completely agree with your review actually. I was pleasantly surprised with the park and Hades was an one of my favorite coasters ever. Watermark was decent, I'd like them to get an El Loco custom layout or Raptor
You had a TOTALLY different experience. And I only went a few days before you.
They never sanitized anything besides Hades every few cycles, absolute walk ons and rerides without moving (sometimes so much beyond our will).
Though it is jenky, I love that park so much. Hades, Zeus, and Cyclops are some of my favorites I've ever been on.
Cyclops back row is rediculous. That was so rough but fun. Almost felt like a rodeo the way I was constantly being ejected. And I'm a 195lb man!
Zeus was pretty good too! Although that double down is a gut buster.
Hades is freaking incredible.
I wish I had more time to do the waterpark and get more shots as well.
I was so close to visiting this park earlier in the year, but a 10hr drive where I pass a closed Six Flags Great America sounded counterproductive. I still want to visit this park for Hades. Who knows, maybe I'll get crazy and just drive up there last minute! 😁
Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.
I visited in 2006, when Hades was fairly new, Opa (the indoor wild mouse coaster) was brand new, and you could still take your go-kart through the Trojan horse. All these Mt. Olympus videos make me want to visit again! But I wish Wisconsin were taking covid more seriously. I did get a bit of the “odd” vibe that some of the other videos have mentioned. For example, there was a sign on Cyclops that said you had to be 18 to ride the back row! That might explain why we haven’t been back in so many years, even though we live only 4 hours away. Hades was awesome, though, and looks even more awesome with the inverted loop. I hope to make it back someday.
I remember riding hades 360 and it really was awesome. Now that you mention it though I do remember the place where the 3 coasters are all interwoven and the jolty turn on Pegasus lmao
You should do a video ranking all the CCIs in America now that you've ridden most of them, or your current top 20 wooden coaster! Glad one of my home park went above your expectations😎👍
Shivering Timbers is the best one though and he hasn't ridden it yet
Me, a gaming fan, watches Pegasus’ turn into the station: *laughs*
Also me: *FATALITY*
I think your positive experience has to do with the park just having been closed for months and cleaned during that time.
A few years back my brother got a staph infection that doctors think likely came from there and almost killed him. The last time I was at their indoor water park the bathroom was covered in poop and was not cleaned up in the 40min we were in the pool dispite us telling the life guards, the bar restaurants floor was crunchy to walk on because there was so much food on the floor and the room bathroom was covered with hair and mold. We had a two night reservation and after one night went to the desk and asked to early check out where they shrugged, acted like this happens very often and returned our money to us without even asking why we didn’t want to stay a second night.
I live in WI and most locals know to stay far away from this place.
In the future, whenever I’m annoyed by the ride ops being a bit slow at SF Great America, I’ll always tell myself: “It could be worse; you could be Mt Olympus where every ride has one train, turning 20 min waits into 45+ min.”
Did you buy cheese while you were in Wisconsin? At the park or otherwise?
Nah no Wisconsin cheese. And i was even at a Walmart, I coulda done it
RIP. They should call it Mount Swismpus
As a person from Wisconsin who has a dairy allergy... the cheese isn’t that great lol
@@AirtimeThrills the real main attraction to visit in Wisconsin is Culver's
Ahhh yes another good day Chris uploaded
Mt Olympus is the place where I rode my first big coaster, and my first coaster with an inversion. I have made memories here.
This is the local park for me and before they built the one junior coaster Pegasus was basically the family coaster. It was my first roller coaster ever back in 98 and it was rough even back then lol.
I feel like adding a new coaster can be a good idea but not at the same time, if you are like me and have been going your whole childhood you would know that they are known to have their wooden coasters. And it's basically a park made with so many memories
Mt. Olympus is my home park (I live in Madison) glad you visited
Looks amazing!
This place looks like the absolute corona death trap right now.
8:49-8:56. does this look like social distancing and mask wearing? i dont think so.
the cases and deaths in wisconsin are skyrocketing as well
@David Scarpa yep, because of the state court we have some of the least restrictive guidelines in the country if you'd call them that
@@david-iu6oq I'm pretty sure you're advised not to wear masks in any water areas (Like, at any open waterpark rn). I heard that it could be a potential hazard, but Idk.
@@lays9402 i wouldnt open it all if that was the case
I live 90 minutes south of Mt. Olympus. Not a park I visit too often, but it is a place I've always enjoyed. The waterpark is quite good, and goes back forever. The mat slides all the way in the back are stunningly fun. Go karts are decent as well. Really a good park. Just don't go there that often as Great America is closer.
Comet at Hersheypark also has the upstop wheel sound on the break run
This is lowkey a bucket list park. 👀
I just went today and went on all the roller coasters except Zeus I’m not obsessed with roller coasters but they were still fun you should go back and rate the slide wheel i feel that they may not be expanding the theme park but they are really adding to the water park
Video "To Do" List
Great review: ✓
Awesome ranking: ✓
Perfect video: ✓
Overall rating: 10
AirtimeThrills you're the best.
Idk if they changed it, but they may have taken the last car off of Cyclops. I remember they were blocking it to 18+ at one point, and feel they stated blocking it then removed the back car. But it's been almost a decade since I've been so my memory may be spotty.
1. Blame Walker SCOTUS for the lack of physical distancing.
2. Agree that something should be done. Where I am at, the dells would have to wait until 2021 the earliest.
Yep, at least the court hasn't become like Kemp yet and hasn't outlawed local mandates
Pegasus is actually the first wooden coaster i been on.i love it
I drove by this park earlier today and I have to say just by looking at it, the park seems sketchy but the coasters look fantastic.
That's an excellent TLDR review of the place. It IS sketchy, but the coasters are decent to great.
I have been to both parks recently because my home park SFGAm was closed Mount Olympus is interesting! but the coasters are fun.
8:10 You're not able to ride Little Titans, even with a kid. This one has the Magic Flyer rules, only kids allowed. My experience at this park was excellent! I totally loved my day and a half here, and I hope to be back soon. One of my favorite parks ever. This is the kind of park that makes me realize that I like the feel of these parks more than the big chain parks.
I really like this park but I feel like they could definitely do a few things to make it more on the Scale of a park like Holiday World or Kentucky Kingdom. They should get a steel thrill coaster, i think a euro fighter would be the most likely option. Also maybe another stand out flat ride especially because their screaming swing is an upcharge also if they did an event for enthusiasts like Holliwood Nignts or Keys to the Kingdom i think it would get a lot more people to the park.
I went last year and took the same seat you did on Hades on your last ride.
You went before medusas spinning wheel slide you should go back for that that ride is awesome
Which coaster should be RMC'ed?
I wonder if they can combine Zeus and Cyclopes and make it a small scale rmc
5:43 Wow! I've never seen such a blatantly violent moment on a coaster. That looks super painful and headache inducing🤢
Next time you ride thunder run at KK listen for the upstop wheels spinning on the break run and you should hear them.
I'm going to Mt. Olympus in less than a week!
The last time I was here was when Zeus just opened. There wasn't a water park yet...no hotels...I heard the owner bought all the surrounding hotels. So if that's true, they probably had different looks and names. You went to noahs ark for the water park and mount Olympus for the coasters and go karts
Despite its size, I have wanted to go there since the 1990’s. It is not as high on my list like it was when I was a teenager, but I would rank it Number # 11 on my bucket list parks, and Wisconsin Dells Number # 8 on destinations I want to visit 😀
We in the area of Wisconsin Dells like to say that Six Flags Great America is Wisconsin’s premier amusement park
11:19 “Literally anything” you say? What about an SLC running Volare trains or Green Lantern: First Flight but with standup cars or a Boomerang made by Togo
Or an rcca/togo collab. This actually happened.
@@blacklisted351 Was it small e.g., Togo providing the steel for Son of Beast's loop?
i love that place !
I’ve been and it was super fun
Mt Olympus looks amazing. Would be a good home park. Unfortunately it’s kinda in the middle of nowhere (for theme parks)
yes and no. it does not have any immediately close, however he mentioned little america which is only 1 hour away. as for bigger parks you are about 2 hours north of Six flags Great America and 4 hours south east of valley fair. also technically you could get as far as dollywood in a full driving day.
It's not too far from milwaukee where is around where I live, but if I'm in the Dells, I'd rather go to the wilderness or Kalahari, although I will return for their slide ferris wheel
@@howenator exactly. My olympus is cool once but not the best thing around. It would work well on a midwest trip
I live about half way between Mt. Olympus and Six Flags Great America like much of the Wisconsin population. I've done this park a
few times but there is NEVER a day I'd rather be here over SFGA.
5:50
not me giggling at people's heads snapping on that turn.
Do the go karts come with the admission price or does it cost extra?
They're not upcharge
I worked here for a very long time. It’s a fun park.
You should do a list of what rides Mt. O should add
I’m really lucky that my aunt and uncle live less than an hour from the dells. But for some reason I’ve only been zip lining in the dells.
I think they can only run one train on Zeus and Cyclops because of the amount of block sections. Not sure about Hades though
What vid are you doing next
Thought you had to stay arctheir hotel to go to the park??
did they remove a car on Cyclops?.....when I rode it awhile back it was intense in the back row
Yeah I believe they did
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They could go with a launched ride like a Eurofighter or a Skyrocket named after Hermes or an Infinity named after Ares. If they really want to focus on the vertical or beyond vertical drop, name the ride after Icarus.
Icarus wing coaster.... except they'd never buy a B&M.
I'm highly disappointed that you didn't mention how we got stuck on the back row of Hades in the station and that maintenance dude jumped over the track and scaled down the fence like Spider-Man to go fix whatever was wrong.
Ah yes i remembered to mention it on Taylors video comments but not here. That was one confident and crazy dude
@@AirtimeThrills I was there July 5 and 6th and witnessed the same thing. The ride restraints get stuck for some reason. I marathoned that ride on the 6th and rode it 20 times.
Airtime thrills I have a question
Ok come on
Is roller coaster station wheelchair accessible?
unfortunately no. I didn't see any elevator.
Did you have to stay at their hotel to visit the park and if you didn't how much was admission?
Their website is not so great at answering those questions.
Can’t beat the price!
Zeus used to have a extra car that you had to be 18+ to ride in but took it out due to it being “too intense”
Looks unique... I want to go but again, it’s... unique.
Why do I have a feeling that the Chance Rides Toboggan Roller Coaster at Little Americk’s was Closed.