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Article #5Re: What explains Wisconsin Dells' love affair with water fun parks and wavepools?
From: Goofy 1
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 00:00
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I must be getting OLD! I enjoyed Wis Dells Much better when there was Fort dells a REAL live fort with Indians and Cowboys and gun fights. I also liked FamilyLand when they were the FIRST pay 1 price and ride the Rides all day.That was even before Marriott's opened in Gurnee Ill.To me that was when I liked to go Have never been to anything there since they have all Swicthed to Water Parks Ect. Hey! What was the Nmae of Wis Dells BEFORE it was Wis Dells? The residents wanted to change over to current Name and "try to" become a Tourist town.I LOve driving thru there in December with Snow on the ground.It only takes a Few minutes to "Swoop thru" then.sometimes 35 minutes in Summertime. kahunaaccidentale@yahoo.com wrote: > If I understand correctly, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio makes so much out of > the fact of their having quite a few rollercoasters on their premises, making > them something of a Mecca for rollercoaster fans. > > Conversely, Wisconsin Dells happens to make quite a lot(?) on their having > among three water-fun parks: > > *four wave pools; > > *three Lazy Rivers; > > *23 tube slides (including six dark slides); > > *14 body slides; > > *six mat slides; > > *two water-play areas; > > *nine kids' water-play areas; plus > > *the obvious aggolomerations of coin-operated lockers, deck chairs, changing > rooms, food-service areas and gift/souvenir shops. > > Is there, perhaps, something in the chemistry of the Wisconsin Dells region as > may explain why water-fun parks are just so naturally adaptable to the > Wisconsin Dells summertime scene, as opposed to, say, rollercoaster-dominated > attractions? > > (Not to knock down the Dells' being home to quite a few go-kart tracks and > mini-golf courses as have also won something of a cult following, howbeit not > exactly in the same league as the water-fun parks and/or wave pools....) > > Kahuna Accidentale of the Dells, > LARRY ELLIS REED > E-mail responses direct to kahunaaccidentale@yahoo.com if desired > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f972c,5782d3a4371c7a4a X-Google-Attributes: gidf972c,public X-Google-Thread: fa03c,5782d3a4371c7a4a X-Google-Attributes: gidfa03c,public X-Google-Thread: 100c5b,5782d3a4371c7a4a X-Google-Attributes: gid100c5b,public X-Google-Thread: 104cd7,5782d3a4371c7a4a X-Google-Attributes: gid104cd7,public From: Goofy 1 <xgoofy1@ticon.net> Subject: Re: What explains Wisconsin Dells' love affair with water fun parks and wavepools? Date: 1998/04/22 Message-ID: <353E9E7F.29F63F50@ticon.net> X-Deja-AN: 346836525 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6hlgge$7mj$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Newsgroups: rec.parks.theme,rec.roller-coaster,wi.general,chi.places