Saturday, August 9, 2008

Our trip to Wisconsin Dells, WI

Our trip to Wisconsin Dells was short yet sweet. Emma and I would have liked to have stayed longer, seeing how much stuff was there. It was pretty much a mini Las Vegas. There were water parks ( of course), Broadway Dinner Theatre, Haunted Houses, Theme Parks, Ferris Wheels, Putt-Putt Golfing courses, Candy Stores, Fudge Factories, many cheap t-shirt places, many different places to eat at, museums, and of course things to do with the Wisconsin River.


We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge. It had 3 indoor water parks and 1 outdoor water parks. Unlike the other hotels in Wisconsin Dells, our hotel was a guest exclusive only water park. That meant that we had very few lines to get on the water slides. Only the people that were staying at the hotel got to go to these water parks.



One of the indoor water parks was a big fort with a bucket that dumped every so often. It had all kinds of buttons to hit and things to turn to dump water on the above or below people. It also had 3 small water slides. 1 that you had to use a tube for and the other 2 you didn't. It also consisted of the entrance to the tornado. That water slide was the big hit of the hotel. 2-4 people could go at a time. We either went Emma and I or all 4 of us. Greg and I went once together, but the bad part was that you had to haul up a huge tube up 8 flights of stairs. We went 15+ times.





One of the other indoor water parks had 2 hot tubs, one for adults and the other for people 6+. It also had a pool that had a basketball court in the water. Greg met some other men and played some NP BA with them, as he says. It also had 3 baby water slides, 2 encloses smaller water slides, and 1 taller slide, which was the only one in this particular water park that consisted of a tube. It also had a lazy river which my mom spent a lot of time in.





The other indoor water park had a giant wave pool, a kiddie pool that was kind of like the 1st indoor water park I mentioned. It also had a dark and light tube slide that went inside and outside. The most used slide by us was the speed slide. You had to use a mat and 4 people could race at the same time. You went through a small enclosed tube that eventually went unenclosed.Then right when you got out of the tube you went straight down. Now this whole time you were on the tube you were on a mat on your stomach. Greg was usually the winner of the family race.

This is a picture of me on a bicycle that is on a tightrope. We were at the Tommy Bartlett Exploratory. It basically like the Magic House in St. Louis, MI.
This is a picture of my mom on the electric shock machine at the Tommy Bartlett Exploratory. It didn't really shock you it just shook you really funny. It kind of tickled.
This is a picture of Emma on the electric shock machine.
This is a picture of Emma and I in front of the Wisconsin River.
Here is the beautiful Wisconsin River. We went on a 2 and 1/2 hour boat trip on it. We got off at the Witch's Gulch. It was like a cave but it wasn't. We also got to get off and watch the famous dog jump across a gap for rock to rock. It was a 5 and 1/2 foot jump and it was probably 20-30 feet off the ground.

This is a picture of part of out hotel. It is probably 4 times that big.
This is a picture of inside on of the many candy and fudge shops.
This is a picture of my mom at the Tommy Bartlett Exploratory with her hair standing up.
This is a picture of Greg on the bicycle on the tightrope.
This is a picture of me on a thing that spins you every which way. It cost me $3.00 but it was worth it.

This is a picture of Wiley's Woods. It was connected to out hotel and again it was only for the hotel guests unless you purchased a wristband. Pretty much what it is, is a 4 story ball shooting place. On the 1st floor you can fill bags full of foam balls and all the other levels consisted of place that you could shoot the balls or toss or anything you could possibly think of. There were also 4 slides and a pizza hut located in Wiley's Woods
This is Club Cub.It was located in Wiley's Woods. It was a place that you could make crafts. I made lotion and so did Emma. We each had to pay $5.00.
This is a picture of my airbrush tattoo.
This is a picture of Emma's airbrush tattoo. It is a purple unicorn.

Wisconsin Dells was one of my favorite vacations ever and I hope and plan on going back next year, hopefully. Emma and I both hope to make it a annual trip.