My plan for this park is to get in, get the credits, and make my way down to Six Flags Great America.  I’ve never been to Wisconsin Dells, but it reminds me a lot of Piegon Forge and Branson.  Some intriguing places to visit and some downright gaudy.  The Greek theming for this park might be in the latter category, but I must admit, I liked it.  This park started as go-kart track and expanded into what it is today.  They have 4 wooden coasters, but their focus  seems to be the indoor and outdoor water park, having just added the tallest water slide in the US, Icarus.  When I got the park, I headed over to the entry to the first coaster I saw which was Zeus.  Though the park was open, I didn’t see any of their trains cycling.  After waiting in line for about 15 to 20 minutes, I saw a ride mechanic walk towards the end of the coaster with a toolbox and a hacksaw.  That wasn’t promising, but as none of the other coasters were cycling, I decided to stick it out.  There were thunderstorms in the forecast about an hour after park open, so I was wondering if they were waiting for those to come through before opening the rides.  After about another 10 minutes of waiting, they started cycling trains and they allowed us to move up to the station.

Zeus, Custom Coasters International, ranked 193 in North America

This was a fun wooden coaster with great little pops of airtime.  The trains were still wet from the rainfall the night before and the rubber they put at the floor of the cars was extremely slick.  This meant you couldn’t really use your feet to brace yourself and it made for an even more interesting ride. 

Hades 360, Gravity Group, ranked 103 in North America

When this opened in 2005 it received the golden ticket award for best new ride.  It received a re-design in 2013 that among other things added a 360-degree corkscrew. It’s extremely rare for a wooden coaster to have an inversion.  Another one designed by Gravity Group with an inversion is Mine Blower in Fun Spot Kissimmee.  I rode that coaster in 2022, and while I appreciated the intensity of the layout, the coaster was running so rough that it wasn’t really a pleasant experience.  Hades 360 has a similar reputation as Mine Blower.  Another interesting thing with Hades 360 is that they didn’t run trains unless it was completely full.  For this reason, when I walked up as a single rider, I was able to get immediately on the second train of the day.  Possibly because it was only the second train of the day and because I was riding defensively, but this has to me among the best wooden coasters I’ve ever riden.  I could definitely tell my neck got a workout trying to keep my head in place, but this was an extremely fun ride.  After the lifthill this coaster dives underneath the parking lot, ascending back up to the opposite side of the parking lot into the corkscrew and the overbanked turn and descending back down underneath the parking lot and returning to the park and finishing its layout.  I loved this coaster and having gotten a nearly perfect ride on it, I decided not to tarnish my memory of it and decided to move on to the next ride.  In my  estimation there aren’t 100 better coaster than this one in North America, I would rank it solidly in the top 50.

Pegasus, Customer Coasters International, ranked 398 in North America

This is by far the least impressive coaster at Mt Olympus in stature in reputation.  Surprisingly, it was also the roughest, not pleasant in any way whatsoever.  However, there were some young children on the train who seemed to enjoy it. 

At this point the only coaster I hadn’t ridden was Cyclops.  I looked at the station and it didn’t seem that they were preparing it for opening.  With thunderstorms in the forecast I decided to move on to Six Flags Great America.