A Short Primer on the Wisconsin Dells

Last night we ventured into Town on our Scooters. We walked the Town, and played miniature golf outside Town. Score was 55 to 56. Jim won by 1 point....Today we are going to the Waterpark. If you want to go to a Waterpark...I guess this is the place!! (red editing is mine)
Excerpt from Wikipedia:

The Dells area has numerous indoor waterparks and outdoor waterparks, proclaiming itself the "Waterpark Capital of the World". It is home to the largest outdoor waterpark in the U.S., Noah's Ark; an indoor waterpark resort, Kalahari Resort; and America's largest water and theme park resort, Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park. Other attractions in the Dells include the Dells Boat Tours, numerous golf courses, mini golf, go-kart tracks, water sports, horseback riding, Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show, Exploratory, Ripley's Believe It or Not museum, Timber Falls Amusement, the Ho-Chunk Casino and many other places of interest. Most attractions are located on the Strip, otherwise known as the Wisconsin Dells Parkway. Accommodations range from economical motels to RV parks to chain hotels to themed resorts featuring indoor and outdoor waterparks and other amenities.
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Waterpark era

Since the late 1970s the Dells area (Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton) has become a water park mecca. Noah's Ark Waterpark opened in Lake Delton in 1979, and has become the largest and the eighth most visited water park in the U.S.[citation needed] Other outdoor amusement and water parks followed, featuring water slides, mini golf, roller coasters, go-karts, and other attractions.

The Polynesian Resort Hotel opened the United States' and the Dells area's first indoor waterpark in 1994. Since then, the number of combination resort/indoor waterparks in the Wisconsin Dells area has swelled, with each new indoor waterpark trying to have the latest innovations in waterslides and to be able to claim the title of America's largest park. The Big 5 Dells resorts with large indoor waterparks are the Wilderness Territory, Kalahari Resort, Chula Vista Resort, Great Wolf Lodge, and Hotel Rome at Mt. Olympus. The three indoor waterparks at the Wilderness Territory have more square feet of waterpark space than any other resort in America.[citation needed] Kalahari Resort's indoor waterpark is the Dells' largest indoor waterpark under one roof, and is also America's second largest indoor waterpark at 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) square feet. Additionally, there are other smaller hotels with waterparks such as the Atlantis Resort as well as Bluegreen Odyssey Dells which is adjacent to Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park but does not offer an on-site waterpark. These are generally marketed to families with younger children.

In 2005, Big Chief Karts and Coasters merged with the former Family Land Waterpark and Treasure Island Hotel to create a large theme park on the border of Lake Delton and Wisconsin Dells, with a resort called Hotel Rome, an indoor waterpark, outdoor waterpark, theme park, and the area's first indoor theme park. The park, which has roller coasters, go-karts, and water slides, is called Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park.

The Tanger Outlet Center opened in 2006 near the Great Wolf Lodge, replacing the defunct Wisconsin Dells Greyhound Park, which opened in May 1990, but closed in 1996 due to heavy competition from the nearby Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells Bingo/Casino. Since Mt. Olympus opened the Parthenon Indoor Theme Park in 2006, two more indoor theme parks were constructed in the area: Knuckleheads outside the Tanger Complex in 2007, and Kalahari Resort in December 2008. New attractions being constructed include more indoor waterpark resorts, the Grand Cambrian Resort, and the Wedge Resort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Dells,_Wisconsin