Day 12 - Little Amerricka, Timber Falls, Mount Olympus Theme Park
Day 12 - Little Amerricka, Timber Falls, Mount Olympus Theme Park
Cal Jones
Little Amerricka was a great little park. It was really nice of them to open it just for us and to get all four coasters running despite a few technical hitches, not to mention flooding all around the park itself. Thanks, folks.
Gordon Taylor
Am I turning into a coaster counter? I rode everything they opened up for us! Even the Toboggan. Hell of a squeeze for me but can always get a job as a librarian on my return.. Loved the Dipper. Very smooth and a lovely noise as it coasted around. Thanks for opening up, despite the floods.
Andy Dewar
I really enjoyed our visit to Little Amerricka, I rode my first Chance Toboggan there and it was the prototype which seems somewhat fitting. Their Meteor coaster was running very well, great job on the relocation and restoration of the trains as well. Big thanks to the enthusiastic staff and all the best recovering from the recent floods.
Matthias Pies
Netter kleiner Park, der extra fuer uns geoffnet wurde. Meteor, der kleine Wody fuhr sich super. Holle war der Tobbogan von Chance. Platzangst ist in den Kabinen voprogrammert. Danke an das Personal und den Mechanike, der wahrend unseren Besuches den Kiddycoaster 3 mal reparieren musste.
Eirik Erstad
Thanks for opening the park and coasters for us, despite the floods, Little Amerricka! The Toboggan is a scary coaster, but who can resist a thrill like that? Good luck with the rest of the season!
Jonas Aastroem
Little Amerricka is a nice park with really nice and friendly staff. Their coasters are all very family friendly, and I even got to try one of the slides there. :-) Kudos for opening up for us despite floods, technical breakdowns and everything.
Paul Orsmond
Little Amerricka was a nice little park, and had a nice woodie too which was a mirror image of the one at KiddieLand, It was so nice of them to open the park for us despite being closed to the public, and with nearby floods too. I also broke the kiddie coaster twice, but still managed the credit, kudos to the staff who kept having to go and fix it to make sure we all got a ride.
Chris Simon
Little Amerricka: small family park with a collection of traditional rides, including Meteor, a lovely figure-eight junior woodie effectively rebuilt from scratch. Maintained incredibly well, running smooth, a joy to ride. Riding with eyes closed too - really nice! Very grateful to park owner and staff for opening just for us.
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
Little Amerricka: nice of the park to open it up just for us. The woodie, Meteor, was such a smooth ride. Very well maintained. My back still hurts from the Toboggan ride. The ride is fun, but its just not built for tall persons. The two other coasters were fun too.
Mats Hummel
Where do Yvonne and Justin find all the nice small parks? Meteor was a smooth ride and it was run with consecutive rides without stopping at the station. The Chance Toboggan is painful to ride and very fun to watch. The crazy mouse lived up to it's name. Thank you for the staff who repaired the kiddie coaster that some of the group decided to break over and over again. :-) I even got the chance to help the ride op pushing the train back in to the station after a breakdown. Thank you this EPS (Exclusive Park Session), opening up the park for us today.
Kim Varde Lassen
Nice of Darryl to let us visit his little park under such difficult conditions. The flooding in these parts is going to take time to recover from. They had a nice little coaster, not too rough, which my lower back (that is killing me today) liked very much.
The Mad Mouse was another story...
Steve Fagin
Nice detour to a little bit of history in the middle of nowhere. I was impressed by the smoothness of their woodie. If only other parks could maintain their big rides as well...
Lee Bennett
A great little park with a smooth little woodie. The Meteor was running great hats off to the park owner and staff for building a fantastic coaster! It was also nice to help push back the Little Dipper to the station when it got stuck on the lift hill!
Paul Greenwood
Hats off to the park for opening just for us - how excellent is that! Their woodie is unbelieveably smooth, something which unfortunately cannot be said for the coach journey from the park!!!
Darren and Mary
Really enjoyed this little park. I rode the Meteor five times and thought that it was great but Darren not as keen as usual to ride it probably too tame for him.
Nina Kleppe
Had a fun morning at Little Amerricka, a nice little park. Fun to ride a Toboggan coaster again. And after to rollbacks on the lifthill, I finally got the credit on the Kiddie coaster little Dipper. Veldig bra.
Mette Doving
Great little park, thank you for opening it just for us. The Meteor was a really great and smooth woodie, and that got to be my number 200 coaster.
Christof Muehlan
At first I was a little afraid of the Toboggan, but I found it to be a well-padded experience. Many thanks to the friendly people at Little Americkka!
Dirk Lather
Das war heute morgen mal wieder etwas ganz anderes. Ein kleiner, aber sehr feiner Familienpark mit 4 lustigen Coastern. Mathias hat den Kiddy Coaster gleich 2 mal kaputt gemacht, der Motor wollte einfach nicht mehr. Im uebrigen ist der Park nicht falsch geschrieben, die Inhaber heissen Merrick, daraus reulktiert dieser nette Name.
Adrian & Lorna Dade
Great park, 4 coasters which were quite hard to ride because we kept breaking them! But the engineers did a great job in getting them running again, Fabulous staff and great hospitality.
Bob Clark
Headbanging mouse
The Frenchies (vonvon-pasquoual-yann-biche)
"Petit mais costaud", fort bien sympatique ce Little Amerika, qui, malgre les innondations des champs avoisinants le parc, nous a ouvert ses portes comme c'etait prevu. Nous nous sommes crus dans notre enfance lointaine surtout pour les plus anciens, car c'est vraiment un petit parc pour enfant, mais se fut distrayant, amusant, rigolo. Et dire que ce n'est que le 1er de la journee........biz a ma maman et tootooss
andycoasterboy
After any Six Flags experience it's great to return to a traditional amusement park once again. The Meteor is a silky smooth and enjoyable coaster, after being re-built by the park from the ground up. The Chance Tobbogan offered very little room for my gangly body and amusement from the queue line watching me squeeze into its tiny Postman Pat car. The first roll-back of the day on the kiddy coaster and after much pushing and drive pin replacement we all managed to get a ride - thanks to the ride op for being so patient with us all. Huge thanks to everyone at the park for specially opening for us today - even after severe flooding.
Chris Hull
A rather special start of the day as Little Amerricka opened especially for us. 4 fun coasters with a mad Mad Mouse, the first ever Chance Toboggen (which was actually less 'head bangy' than later models), a rocky kiddie steelie and The Meteor woodie which offered a real fun and smooth ride. Huge thanks to the staff for opening up for us today. I really hope no more bad weather comes your way and that you have a drier rest of the season.
Stuart Cosgrove
What amazed me about this park apart from its traditional selection of rides was the fact that they practically rebuilt the schmeck junior woodie from scratch with little experience and ended up with a silky smooth coaster
David & Susan Ellis
Our first park today was a short stop to a park called Little Amerricka, home to 4 coasters. The park opened especially for the club, and what a treat we had - exclusive use of all 4 coasters. The star attraction is a relocated Schmeck / PTC wooden junior coaster, Meteor, originally built in 1952. The park have done a splendid job with rebuilding the ride, and it rides like a brand new coaster! Such a lovely little place - a real gem. So pleased we called by on our way to Wisconsin Dells. Thanks to all at home for our 6th Wedding Anniversary cards!
Andy Costin
Today we visit a very small park, Little A-merrick-a. The park was closed to the public, but opened just for us-an exclusive park session! It has 4 coasters, an impressive count for a small park, and included a very smooth junior woodie. The mainteance crew did a splendid job repairing and re-repairing the Little Dipper, a kiddie steelie, after we kept breaking it! The shop also opened, so we could buy shirts, and food. A lovely little family park.
Steve Gzesh
I was at Little Amerrricka a few years ago and didn't think I'd be back again so soon. But it was a great to return, especially to see the fine job they did with their new (relocated) junior woodie, Meteor. Thank goodness the park wasn't seriously affected by the recent flooding (aside from the flooded parking lot which would make a fine bumper-boat ride, should they choose to keep the lot in its current flooded state!). A very nice park visit. Onto the Dells now...
David Elvy
Thanks to Little Amerricka for opening just for us. Meteor, the Woodie, was wonderful.
Mark and Jenny
Loads of fun this morning at Little Amerricka. The little woodie ran so smooooth, with its wonderfully restored train. Getting a roll back on the kiddie coaster was an unexpected surprise! Very nice people, and I only hope floods haven't caused too much distruption. Shame the coach couldn't have parked a little closer though...
Chris And Lisa
Quick stop at Little Amerricka who opened just for us, despite the recent floods. All the rides were good fun, and the Wild and Woolly Toboggan was a unique experience indeed!
Owen & Rees
The woodie was brilliant quite just the wind whistling pass. First time on the Tobbogan. the kiddie coaster was great fun managed to ride it whilst eating an icecream cone.
Yvonne Janik
Thanks, Darrell, for opening your fine park just for us on a Wednesday -- especially with all the flood cleanup work the staff are trying to do. We had a great time on the unique, well-maintained rides.
Lorna & Adrian Dade
Great park interesting woodie Fun crazy golf. Managed to ride all coasters Hades was first, opa was fun.
Malcolm Marr
Four-park day for a few of us today. Took a diversion to Knuckleheads to ride a stunning hand-rail free indoor terrain kiddy coaster. Then went to Riverview to ride two coasters there. Finally met up with the group at Timber Falls to ride Avalanche which is best described as "insane" with amazing speed from its short train. It could benefit from at least one right turn because with all the lefts it currently has make it feel like taking part in an insane Nascar session. The evening was spent at Mt Olympus which contains a number of coasters designed to maim and injure for those not familiar with the layouts. Hades provided so much airtime during a turn that I found myself sitting on the lap of the person next to me and this was before the lift hill, but then I had been set the challenge to ride in the back with my hands up for the duration. Fun but scary!!! No ERS on Hades after it started smoking and then got stuck on the lift hill with Justin and Yvonne in the front; gits! Thanks to Duane for the lift to the parks today!
David & Susan Ellis
Timber Falls is an unusual place, with a few attractions scattered around, mini golf courses, and a wild roller coaster called Avalanche that circumnavigates the park twice. Susan and I were treated to a special Wedding Anniversary ride (along with Cal who was celebrating her Birthday) and the three of us had a coaster train to ourselves, which was real fun. After that we visited Mt Olympus for a couple of hours of riding. We rode 5 of the coasters but when it came to riding Hades, the star attraction, the train broke down on the lift hill before our go. We enjoyed the unusual views of a lifthill evacuation (including Justin and Yvonne) but missed out on our riding. I finished the ERS with 30 minutes on Cyclops, which is ejector seat in the back.
Andy Costin
After driving from little A-merrick-a, we arrive in Wisconsin Dells, and a park called Timber Falls, which has a woodie called Avalanche. It was a wild ride, with airtime on even the turns! we then had lunch there, and went on to Mount Olympus, to try out their 6 coasters, including 4 woodies. Hades, the biggest, was partly underground, and what a ride! It was mental, it could give Voyage a run for its money, but had a jolt 3 quarters way round - on a banked turnaround - sort this, and it'll be a top 5 coaster. Best of the others was Cyclops, with a wicked last drop.
Steve Gzesh
Avalanche at Timber Falls is an insanely good coaster! The airtime on this circular out-and-back is just phenominal. Alas, the rain we've managed to dodge throughout the trip has finally caught up with us, but not before I got lots of ride time on this woodie. Weather did clear up a bit for our evening at Mt. Olympus, where the coasters were all running quite well (though Hades was a bit rougher than when I rode it three years ago). Cyclops in the rear seat offers a little seat time; the rest of the ride you're out of it almost exclusively!
Paul Hindle
Avalanche was an amazingly good ride; fast & furious all the way. Hades is insane; the tunnel needs some minimal lighting to give a frame of reference, so that you KNOW you are on a 90 degree banked turn!.
Not impressed with the other three woodies - all need some TLC.
David Elvy
After Little A-merrick-a we drove to the Dells. Timber Falls was home to a wild wooden coaster called Avalanche. This thing flies round the track, amazing. I also rode the Log Flume. Then onto Mt Olympus. We hit all the Coasters, and all of them are wild, but Hades is insane. The tunnel that it speeds through is pitch black. It is quite a ride, though I did come off with a headache. The indoor Theme Park, as they call it, consists of a spinning Mouse and a few arcade games.
Hades broke down, which put pay to the ERS, and I needed to rest and food, so back to the Hotel we went.
Mark and Jenny
Our day of great wooden coasters continued at Timber Falls. Athough I thought Avalanche was a little over rated, it's still a pocked-rocket of a ride. We enjoyed a game of golf before a great Mexican meal. Mt Olympus has some fantastic rides. Hades was very unique although the tunnel could do with a few lights as you've no idea of what's going on. Jenny was terrified after riding the back seat of Cyclops! But even though the rides are great, some of the ride operators certainly aren't. The Cyclops ride ops were good, but the girls are Hades and Zeus were terrible. Sitting on the hand rails, chewing gum, barking orders at the public, demanding that people board the train when they wanted to ride with friends, etc. Even when we (and the public) told the Hades ride ops that something very wrong was happening with the Hades train (it was smoking) then shrugged and laughed. They couldn't care less.
Chris and Lisa
Little A-merrick-a is a very cute park with some unique coasters. Avalanche at Timber Falls is a pretty good ride and it was fun watching Cal go round trying to hold onto the sombraro that Pedro's gave her for her birthday. Next stop was Mt. Olympus, with yet more woodies. Managed to get 1 ride on Hades before it broke down.
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
Got to Wisconsin Dells and had a go on Avalanche at the Timberfalls Park. Great speed on that coaster. Had a bit of rain, but not too bad. After some minigolf, and lunch, we headed over to Mt. Olympus. Only one word for Hades: wow! The ERS in the evening turned out to be a short ride up the lift hill for Justin and Yvonne, as they got stuck up there. Would have liked to have some more goes at Hades, but did 8 runs on Cyclops instead. That coaster is just insane in the back row.
Cal Jones
My first visit to Wisconsin Dells since 1999, back when Mount Olympus was called Big Chief's and there weren't quite so many attractions.
We started at Timber Falls and the Avalanche coaster, which was a short but crazy ride. Great fun! Played some mini golf and rode the Skyscraper, which was running better than it had in '99, and then we had a terrific Mexican meal courtesy of the park. Harvey and Mark from UK Rides had (unknown to me) arranged an early birthday surprise at the restaurant so I had to wear a sombrero covered with balloons while everyone sang Happy Birthday. I was then told I had to wear it for a ride on Avalanche too. One of the balloons survived the ride!
Next up was Mount Olympus. We rode Hades first. It's an amazing coaster aside from one very rough bit of track coming out of the second tunnel. Later it broke down and was unavailable for the planned ERS as the park will need to sort out the lift hill and the problem stretch of track before it can be opened again.
We rode Zeus and Cyclops instead - the back seat of Cyclops is still as mental as I remember it and we had a great time despite Hades being down. A good day in all.
Gordon Taylor
It's changed! The "Ave-A-Laff" is a great wee speedy mini monster. Back seat best! Felt quite intimidated by Hades, towards the back was pretty frightening for a 1st ride with sunglasses on and NO vision in those tunnels. And out of them it really was shake rattle & roll white knuckle scary. Honest! Later while riding it was worrying to see smoke rising from between our cars. Special theming? A fault? The operators whose first language was not English didn't give a monkeys when I asked them. They really could not be bothered, so I walked away while loudly saying what I felt about their attitude. 30secs the next loaded train was stopped on the lift hill, while smoke continued to rise from the burning plastic by the chain... Told ya! An end to an interesting day
Andy Dewar
I really enjoyed my first visit to Wisconsin Dells, Avalanche at Timber Falls outlived my expectations, which were already high, and the meal and cocktails there were very good. I then made Hades at Mt Olympus coaster number 200, which in the front seat was a mindblowing ride, the tunnel being far longer madder and more rideable than I'd ever have expected. My only real criticism being the turn after the return tunnel stretch being a bit rougher than I'd hope for, if they got that sorted out it'd be more rerideable. I hope it inspires more mad woodies to be built. As for the rest of the park I was glad I visited, I think cyclops has the maddest back seat ride ever.
Matthias Pies
Avalanche in Timber Falls war einfach nur genial, was fuer ein wahnsinns Ride. Abends ging es dann noch ruerber zu Mt. Olympus, wo wir auch den nachsten Tag verbringen sollten. Hades ist sehr geil bis zu dem Part nach dem Tunnel, da wird das Ding echt unfahrbar Zeus ist echt genial vor allem in der ersten Reihe. Wer Woodys liebt darf um Wisconsin Dells keinen Bogen machen.
Eirik Erstad & Jonas Aastroem
The most exciting day on the trip so far, but not in a positive way. Timber Falls was a nice little adventure park with a great coaster. Mt Olympus is much bigger and with great coasters as well, but for our part the fun stopped there. We were also on the last train that made it around the track on Hades before it broke down for the evening. All the smoke rising from behind our car was frightening, to say the least. What bothered us the most, on the other hand, was the careless attitude of the ride operators. Thanks to them we will probably never go on Hades again, even though it is a good coaster. We did enjoy Cyclops and Zeus though. The back seat on Cyclops is well worth repeat rides. One peculiar thing was perhaps how they didn't ID us when buying beers, but rather told us how they "hoped we were over 21." Perhaps some kind of language barrier, but we might just be more used to certain standards from certain well operated Orlando theme parks...
Paul Orsmond
Timber Falls was a lovely place with the craziest wooden coaster ever. It doesn't look intense at all, but it's fierce, intense, but yet fun, and it's the first ever coaster I have experienced airtime on a turn. We went to Mt Olympus for a short while in the evening, Hades is perhaps one of the most impressive woodies on the trip, and certinatly it was a very good ride only spoiled by a very rough section in the last half of the ride. The Tunnel section was insane, you really cant feel that 90 degree banking in the tunnel. Amazing.
Mats Hummel
Timbefall's Avalance is fantastic S&S wooden coaster, as good as I remembered it from 2005. Real good mexican meal. Mt Olympus was next stop and sorry to say but Hades had a few rough spots that my head didn't like, hopefully it will be fixed. Cyclops in back set is more than airtime (Check out the seat buckle that has been distorted by too much airtime). The swing was cool.
Stuart Cosgrove
Avalanche is about as much fun as you can have on a roller coaster. It simply begs to be ridden over and over. Sadly we missed out on ERS on Hades but I have fond memories of riding it in 2006. Cyclops in the back seat was manic. When the sign says "No Standing", it is impossible to obey it in the back seat of Cyclops. Similarly Zeus was great in the front but tended to hunt too much in the back causing unnecessary roughness.
Kim Varde Lassen
Timber falls and Mt Olympus are two of those small parks with super rides. Avalanche at Timber falls proved to be something of a nice surprise for everybody. Fast fast and twisty... my back had a hard time riding, though. Also managed to get totally drenched on the log flume. Hades in Mt Olympus was freaky. It could have been the next best ride after Voyage, but my head simply hurt too much afterwards... not rerideable. Otherwise they had three other great woodies and a fantastic S&S monster swing ride... yeah baby!! Oh... Yvonne and Justin got to walk down a wooden staircase... phh big deal!
Steve Fagin
What a wild surprise lurked in the shape of Timber Falls. As for Mt Olympus, most of us who hadn't previously ridden this were fortunate enough to bag a go or two before Yvonne and Justin broke the ride. It was good in the front seat.
Dirk Lather
Timber Falls.. ja was soll ich dazu schreiben? Ein sehr netter Coaster steht dort und ein schoen langer LogFlume. Ansonsten hat man den Park locker in 1 Std abgefruehstueckt.
Gegen Abend ging es dann nach Mt Olymus. Als wir am Parkplatz ankamen, sah ich dort ein Riesenteil von Coaster, erst kurz danach wurde mir klar, dass es sich um das Mega Teil handelt, welches unterirdisch eine 90 Grad kurve hinlegt. Whow, wie fett.da der tunnel absolut dunkel ist, merkt man gar nicht, wann man die besagte Stelle durchfaehrt, aber das sollten wir ja am naechsten tag kennenlernen. Ansonsten hat der Park noch 5 weitere Coaster, ein Besuch lohnt sich.
Christof Muehlan
Anybody who saw Avalanche chase around the track will know that those Coaster Dynamix models are not unrealistic at all.
Later that day at Mt Olympus, while riding Pegasus in the back seat, the little girl riding in front of me told me to put my arms up, which I did.
But the other coasters in the park were pretty good!
Nina Kleppe
Avalanche was a very good woodie. Very fast from the beginning to the end. Also got to play some minigolf. That was fun.
We spent the evening at Mt. Olympus. Got to do all the coasters. Hades was a very good woodie. Cool with the tunnel over the parking lot. Shame there was no ERS because the train was stuck at the top of lifthill.
Mette Doving
First stop of the afternoon was Timber falls, which have a good woodie. Then had a go on the minigolf track. I won - you are supposed to the the most points right? After a nice lunch we went over to the hotel and drove!? over to Mt Olympus. Got a go in all the rides, thanks to no q'lines. Was supposed to have ERS on Hades, but someone broke that one.
Lee Bennett
Avalanche took most people by surprise, a great coaster shoehorned into a corner plot! The pace of this ride is very fast with a few good pops of airtime and some excellent banks! Next onto Mt. Olympus another fantastic park with a great assortment of insane coasters, luckily i rode the Hades before it broke down, what a ride !
Veldig veldig bra !
andycoasterboy
Timber Falls has an amazing coaster in Avalanche which borders the park's log flume and mini golf. Riverview's surviving coasters were also an additional trip as was the small coaster at Knuckleheads. The highlight was watching David & Susan and birthday girl Cal ride around wearing a mexican hat with balloons. Up the road and Mt. Olympus and the first ride on Hades and what a ride, unfortunately a few nasty track jolts took away the re-ridable factor but the tunnel section is superb. Also a mention to Lee 'The Judge' Bennett who did a fine job with the bikini competition in the bar!!!
Chris Hull
The Avalanche at Timber Falls was our next stop of the day. What a great coaster! Fast and with unsually short trains. Managed to get a trip to Riverview to take in their two coaster before a tasty Mexican lunch where Cal was embarrassed by being the birthday girl. Short ride up the road and an evening at Mt Olympus. First ride on Hades and bagged a back seat. Insane ride! Even straight out the station. I hadn't paid too much attention on the way up to the station so leaving it by coaster was a big surprise! As for the tunnel... just mad! 4 rides later and it was time to move onto Zeus and Cyclops. Again two awesome coasters especially the 'adult only' back seat on Cyclops! Evening's entertainment come in the form of a visit to the local bar where Miss Malibu contest was taking place. A good day!
Paul Greenwood
Timber Falls offered probably my biggest suprise of the trip - Avalanche is an incredibly fast & powerful coaster! I was expecting something quite small but it's actually got a pretty big first drop. In fact I thought it was Hades at first from the coach!! Once over the drop the ride is mad, mad, mad! Then over to Mount Olympus and my first ever ride on Hades. What a moment to remember! Despite one really rough piece of track I completely loved it. The ride is completely out of control and the tunnel section seems to go on forever, with drops and suprise turns in the pitch black. Absolutely breathtaking (literally!!)
Darren and Mary
Darren enjoyed the Avalanche at Timber Falls, it was his kind of ride - fast. The mini golf was fun. When we arrived at Mt. Olympus with its four woodies Darren was overjoyed. Hades was amazing with its long dark tunnel, ERS was on Zeus and Cyclops as Hades had broken down. Both Darren and I enjoyed Zeus with Darren riding on his own for the last few rides. Great day.
Owen & Alan Rees
Avalanche (Timber Falls) was just what it said - the thrills came tumbling down around your ears!! Noisy, crazy and FAST. We liked it!! Daddy wiped Owen out on the crazy golf, so a normal holiday resumed. Sometimes we've both complained of the battering we get on woodies, but the rush we got from the airtime on Hades at Mount Olympus was such that we forgave the bruising and sore bones... even Zeus and Cyclops packed in the excitement. Compare these rides to the bore that was "Raging" Bull at 6 Flags Great America, and we'll choose Stupid vs neutered Family rides anyday...
