Coaster Idiots Go to the Midwest's Sketchiest Amusement Park - Mt. Olympus!! (June 2021)

Suh dudes! In this episode, the Coaster Idiots hit up the Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park Resort! Check out our rides on Hades 360, Pegasus, and Zeus and see what we think of the place and if it really lived up to the sketchy hype!
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[@Strathaczar]

I'm from the Wisconsin Dells area, and worked for a year on Mt. Olympus' IT department. Can confirm this theme park is sketchy as all hell... Not surprised at all.

[@Strathaczar]

@@Joeme_s I met the owner several times during my tenure and the guy is a complete asshole, cheapskate, jerk. None of us underlings dared talk with him because he had a way of demeaning us and making us feel about 2 inches tall. If you were ever stopped by the guy for a chat, as I was once, you just wanted out of that guy's presence as fast as possible. It was a toxic work environment, but not the reason why I say the place is sketchy. The owner was a penny pinching jerk and never wanted to do anything to replace IT equipment in the park that would have made a ton of sense. As a result, the equipment constantly couldn't handle their job and we'd constantly have to run into food kiosks, ticket booths, and other locations to try and fix the problems during weekends... the heaviest traffic times. With all that in context, it doesn't surprise me that rides are out of order during reopening after Covid. Hell, in 2018 when I worked there, a roller coaster took MONTHS to reopen because an entire section had to be rebuilt. I'm not shocked.

[@lemonbread8019]

@@Strathaczar Makes good sense as to why they only have wooden coasters then. Guy is too cheap to pay the initial investment for a steel coaster.

[@SiebayPlays]

Someone needs to take this park now. It could be so much better if Herschend or Holiday World took over.

[@facepillownap]

I remember going there on a overcast day mid June in like 2007, park was basically empty, they ran the trains 3 laps before stopping for loading/unloading, which was optional. I think I spent like an hour on Zeus without getting out of my seat.

[@facepillownap]

This is fucking amazing. Love the beautiful shithole that is Wisconsin Dells.

[@nokrepkie]

The fact that you can touch the coasters on the way in is like the perfect introduction to the ghetto fabulous wonderland known as mt. Olympus

[@HondaAccordPerformance]

It’s called common sense has nothing to do with being ghetto or not. If someone wants to scale a fence to the ride like you’ve seen at six flags with Batman it can be done. Superman Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Great America in the que line you can literally scale a similar size fence and be right underneath the coaster tracks or on it but there’s a sign saying you’ll be persecuted if you go out there.

[@davidlins5689]

I keep alternating between "Man I need to go here" to "I'm never going here this place is sketchy as crap"

[@clipuniverse2250]

It looks sketchy but it’s really not tbh it’s one of the safer parks there are really sketchy parks out there and this one isn’t

[@nokrepkie]

@@clipuniverse2250 i agree it’s still probably safer than most parks in China or South America

[@Danrarbc]

@@clipuniverse2250 Someone literally died on a wild mouse there.

[@At0micPunk90]

Same.

[@MichaelRei99]

@@nokrepkie 😂

[@jessieloveshobbies]

The water park slaps too. The wave pool just blasts you with one 8 ft tall wave every few minutes. Everyone just swims in place waiting to be annihilated, you get pushed back like 10 feet and bash into everyone else around you

[@eriklakeland3857]

Sounds sick I wanna get annihilated

[@KatieKiwi1144]

You can't wait in the middle tho or you'll be raked across the bottom of the pool by the wave breaking. Say goodbye to the skin over each of your vertebrae for that summer.. speaking from experience... Yeah all the way deep or all the way shallow only for that wave pool- but it's really fun 🤣

[@deadbean7147]

@@KatieKiwi1144 yeah I scraped my knee on the floor of the wave pool

[@medea27]

@@KatieKiwi1144 Sounds like they're going for true authenticity of a day at the beach then LOL Well, minus the sand in every crevice! 🥴

[@allysonfloyd6435]

We went in May 2021 and they only had inside water park open which was the absolute worst. Only 2 rides for adults the rest was for children and they maybe had 3 Rollercoasters running and all of the go carts.

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

I can’t imagine how tempting it must be for people to be able to touch the coaster track. I would have to fight the temptation or end up eventually touching it really quickly.

[@chargedonpc9989]

Me too

[@Gabes1321]

On B&M wings I always touch the track when in the station

[@DBrant]

I absolutely love how the music cuts at 8:35 while the train is in the tunnel then resumes while it’s not.

[@windowsdylan8807]

Comedic genius

[@ZeroCreditsRemaining]

Man the music cutting out when the train was underground was great. The trains on Zeus being in rough condition is not surprising. I sat in a seat with a broken restraint last time I was there. That was at least 15 years ago. The go karts were wildly slow back then too lol.

[@devinbaeten13]

I went two weekends ago and got a small tree branch to the face on Zeus. Also saw like 20 greasy bolts under hades. It’s the fear of that place that makes it so fun. But I’m so surprised it’s like uh legal. 👀

[@sharkboyryan195]

Wisconsin’s coaster laws must be loose or something

[@brianwhitt5331]

I was there last month so after reading this comment last year I was like I have to check lol. I didn't see 20 bolts but there was definitely 4 or 5 laying under hades.

[@JamesonThomas24]

4:53 should be nominated for a streaky award for superior editing

[@Danrarbc]

I once watched their maintenance guy send a train with riders after they emptied a row that was throwing errors, then jump down ON TO THE TRACK IN THE STATION WITH A TRAIN IN MOTION. And he went to work on the contact pins for that seat that threw errors. First he tried to get the pin to pop up but after realizing the spring was shot he shoved it down so it wouldn't pop up again and they closed the bad row. He did all of this with the train in motion with riders on it. I want to say I appreciate trying to keep the line moving but this behavior would get you fired at most parks and probably a visit from the state. Also they don't actually care about the line because they still have the stupid full train role despite the fact that valleying isn't really a thing on it anymore.

[@scottyjbd]

😲

[@derickyyy]

That is crazy. Would you explaining the full train rule* and what valleying means? (I assume you meant ‘rule’ instead of ‘role’, but I could be wrong!)

[@LeMicronaut]

@@derickyyy It's referring to some rides cutting it close on momentum or kinetic energy when going against gravity. Adding more mass (passengers) increases the train's momentum and the potential energy atop a drop. You need enough energy/momentum going in to climb out of low points (valleys) when the train is directed up. A train too light can lack the gravitional potential energy to climb a hill further along the track and so it will roll back and get stuck "valleying" at the low point.

[@medea27]

I'm not surprised Ryan felt better getting off Pegasus - you know that chiropractors charge good money for spinal & neck adjustments like that last corner! 🤔🤔

[@rpavlik1]

Somehow despite being from Wisconsin and living here most of my life, I did not realize Mt. Olympus was sketchy. Their promotional materials do not discuss that aspect. 🤣 That totally flat turn had serious Space Mountain vibes.

[@wyldcardsam]

I used to want to go to Mt Olympus so bad as a kid now I'm watching this shit as an adult and omg this place is sketch

[@ThemeParkAvenue]

Same. I heard about awesome rides and theming but now know that’s not exactly the case.

[@expiredmilk9158]

We gonna get a Culver’s dispatch time too or nah??

[@patrickstrahm05]

I got shorted chicken fingers on mine! Lol curds were good

[@Galistia]

I live an hour away from Mt. Olympus as of a year ago, and I don't know if I want to visit this park lol. Like I want to ride Hades 360 and get the credits but this park seems like it has legit safety concerns and I don't know if I want to take that risk lol. I love coasters, and I know they're safe when maintained properly. But these clearly aren't maintained properly, and honestly I think they should have an amusement park inspector come out and inspect everything and shut it down until they fix it.

[@kayscritic]

u should

[@acceleratedcreative]

12:35 Earlier this year I was able to walk underneeth Hellcat to film it and saw like 60ish bolts on the ground. #safety.

[@ReonSkyridge]

1st Ive heard Cyclops was getting retracked. You gotta go back when its back open-back set on that thing is LEGENDARY. Some of my favorite airtime moments for the first and last drops...

[@dannysell5028]

Cyclops is insane, I love it because it looks like a kiddy coaster till you start riding it then realize it's awesome!

[@ReonSkyridge]

@@dannysell5028 *looks like a kiddy coaster *used to require 18+ to ride back car before it was removed because the airtime on the first/last drop was just THAT extreme

[@dannysell5028]

@@ReonSkyridge when was it removed? I was there on June 20 2014 and at the end of the day I rode cyclops and the station brakes failed we did the ride twice with no trims or station brakes and I was at the back of the train it was probably the best ride of my life! Absolutely insane!

[@dannysell5028]

@@ReonSkyridge they must have changed it after I was there that's really sad because that ride was easily one of the best rides of my life

[@ReonSkyridge]

@@dannysell5028 Yeah I'm not sure when since I havent been in a while, but I heard the train was shortened a few years back =(

[@ddavelovesallis]

How did y’all get into Mt. Olympus for like 5 bucks?

[@spaceistheplace2293]

The tickets are almost always cheap as hell lol

[@mileswennblom5006]

Practically our whole school went on a field trip there so it's very cheap

[@KatieKiwi1144]

Tickets are very often like $5 they hit you with the $20 parking is the thing lol. So carpool if you go with a group and you're fine 😉

[@rossh688]

@@KatieKiwi1144 parking costs the same as the 4 tix for $20 we got.

[@ddavelovesallis]

@TreFlp Saw Dude

[@mirandagavrin5644]

Just looked it up and it turns out adrenaline is a vasodilator (makes your blood vessels expand) which is the same effect that makes caffeine good for headaches. So a roller coaster fixing your headache actually makes a lot of sense!

[@TCRBrad]

I'm dying at 4:47 lololol. AMAZING meme work.

[@dannysell5028]

I can't believe you guys missed out on cyclops! I thought it was a kiddy coaster at first cuz at the entrance it looks small I rode in the middle and it was amazing! Then again at the end of the day rode it again at the back of the train and the station brakes failed and we ran the ride twice at full rip! It was incredible! Honestly top 5 rides of my life! Then on the third pass we came into the brakes before the station and hit full brakes it was like hitting a brick wall! Got to walk along the sketchy rotten service walkway! 🤣

[@miss_jeannalee_20]

Only at Mt. Olympus can you say "the station breaks failed" and "incredible" at the same time. 🤣

[@dannysell5028]

@@miss_jeannalee_20 🤣

[@Chaos_Lemon]

Update on Cyclops after I went a few weeks ago: it's really fun. It had maybe one or two potholes but that last drop before the station sealed the deal for me as better than Zeus. One of the better CCIs in my opinion

[@ianfay6565]

The music stopping in the background when hades goes into the tunnel was one of the best expected moments this channel is the best

[@learei4642]

The coaster idiot music cutting out when it goes underground LMFAO

[@zacheryrankin7955]

I was hoping someone else noticed that too!!

[@N9197U]

2:37, that chain is only slightly terrifying.

[@connorscottcook]

that slow ass trojan horse go kart track blew my mind as a child lmao

[@ahgjoidjhagpg]

Grew up in Green Bay, and I'm super excited (and a little surprised) that Bay Beach is getting its own episode.

[@tjmthegreat4009]

I nearly choked and died from the edit on Zeus's brake run 😂😅😂

[@djsugarc1075]

i feel so bad dude cyclops used to have the best moment of sustained ejector :(

[@LexieAnneCole]

i’ve never been so early before wow

[@XiledGamer00]

5:58 There used to be a old water coaster thing where that group outing area is on the right. It wasn't a good ride and was removed after a couple years. Footage of it used to exist. Mt. Olympus is a sketchy place with a interesting history. There were a couple deaths, which caused the wildmouse coaster to be removed. Another fell off a slide during winter. A slingshot ride was removed after the cable snapped, there are a couple videos showing it snap and hit the concrete. Potentially serious injuries/death would of happened if it snapped with them in the air. You used to be able to gokart through the trojan horse but lack of maintenance and they changed the path. There was also a fight between 2 groups over seating inside the building the wild mouse used to be in. Any questions I could help for a video about them :D

[@sirgerito]

my jaw actually dropped and i started cracking up when you guys found a bolt from the ride

[@PocketC00KIE]

Even though it is kind of my home park (Even though SFGAm is farther I consider it my home park), I'm so glad you got to experience the full on jank-ness of Mt. Olympus. It could be a great park if the ownership wasn't notoriously awful. Investing into the parks rather than buying up small, lice infested motels in the Dells and dubbing it as part of the Mt. Olympus "resort"

[@evanmaunders5688]

The massive, unmitigated rivers of black grease flowing from under the chain drive of every coaster is what did it for me. Some classic Wisconsin environmental care

[@tjmthegreat4009]

Giggling on a ride means the ride is officially GOATed for me

[@brucelombardo]

Using Sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiit as a interruption was classy af. 12/10 would watch the Wire all five seasons now.

[@christianarroyo7820]

This is the first park I've ever been to and it has inspired most all of my roller coaster tycoon designs. Also Pegasus scarred me as a small child

[@ryanb398]

My 2 kiddos and I (12m, and 10f) were in MtO on June 24 as part of a loosely roller coaster themed 4-week cross country road trip (we also his SF Great America, Cedar Point, Silver Dollar City, and Silverwood) We started our day at MtO with Zeus under moody skies, but got on and really enjoyed it. We then had to wait out some lightning right at the Hades station - it cleared quickly (they told us 30 minutes from the last strike, but we heard nearby thunder (less than 5 miles) only about 10 minutes before they reopened. Oddly enough, it wasn't until they reopened that the rain began. We ended up riding back to back, once in the front and once in that middle. The first ride, on still dry track, was quite fun and still fast in the late June heat. The second ride, once the track was wet, was thoroughly insane, as was the pelting of our faces with all those rain pebbles. My kids elected to ride Pegasus knowing it would be quite rough, and their reactions were similar to yours. ROUGH ROUGH ROUGH! We couldn't get on Cyclops due to the retracking, but we did the add on giant swing... Wasn't worth the extra money, nor was it more "extreme" than really any of the roller coasters, but it was fun.

[@Indiferentification]

Loved the filming of Hades from the parking lot. Your timing was great.

[@daveengwer8072]

Don't know if I rode on an off day but Hades was by far the roughest ride I've experienced. Rode front and back. Both time felt like my organs were being tenderized

[@fitch9782]

Funny you mention the lap bars, back in the day on Zeus me and my friend would keep the bar as high as we could for the checks, then unbuckle the belt and stand up against the bar all through the back section. We did laps and laps like that.

[@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239]

I’m watching this at Six Flags Great America

[@jamesmeyer9574]

Bucket list park

[@hunterrives9583]

@@jamesmeyer9574 same

[@OakForestBoys]

My home park

[@KingArannir]

McLovin is the kinda mang you’d love to have a beer with

[@appalachiancoasters2242]

Love the comments from Ryan and Nate after Pegasus

[@CoasterJawn]

I love the sound editing when hades goes into the tunnel 😂

[@CoasterStats]

8:35 on point 🤌🏻

[@aerocoasters]

Ayyy it me So fun to hang out with you guys! This park was definitely a wild experience.

[@jameshanus3813]

I went there this summer and can confirm that that last turn on Pegasus is probably the most comfortable on the ride lol.

[@OQIF87NREU]

Am I crazy or is this park way more aesthetically pleasing than the vast majority? The wooden coasters look beautiful, and they actually have trees and grass! Weird given how it's described otherwise. love the Clay Davis cameo

[@kokobeatz7222]

Okay hades 360 going under the parking lot is fricking cool. You can’t say otherwise. Perfect name. Lol

[@ninji522]

Grew up near the Dells and still go once in a while but that park is shady like an umbrella. I haven't ridden any of the coasters in a few yrs because the last time I went it was like getting ghetto stomped with a 2x4 but I don't know how they are now. I wouldn't ride them out of self preservation at this point and because I now live close to Milwaukee and thus closer to Great America, where they have rules and wrenches and other such tools of maintenance. Honestly the indoor waterparks in the winter are the only thing about the Dells that's worth a squirt anymore.

[@crazychickengd]

The last time I was at Mt. Olympus I had a friend with me who had never ridden a roller coaster. I tripped in the queue for Pegasus and scuffed my knee, he took it as a sign not to go on it. (I didn't think I'd enjoy it with the scrape.) We both lucked out.

[@petsch6787]

The music editing on the Hades off-ride was hilarious

[@thegoathead7538]

The music cutting out during the Hades offride footage as it goes in the tunnel is a hilarious touch.

[@aidanyelsma7762]

Are you doing a Coaster Idiots for Michigan’s Adventure?

[@ElToroRyan]

Yup! Will probably post that sometime next month. A few more Idiots videos are in the pipeline before that

[@nokrepkie]

@@ElToroRyan cool! Are you planning on coming to Orlando or Florida soon?

[@aidanyelsma7762]

@@ElToroRyan did you ever go to the water park or did you just ride the dry stuff?

[@AlexZanderMuro]

grew up going here and great america as a kid; those karts were definitely faster in the early 2000s LOL. i remember riding passenger with my dad through the trojan horse and freaking out being so close to the ledges. the coasters were so wicked back then too. havent been in years but its sad to see the gokarts in such bad shape, since the courses were always so sick

[@cadenschmidt6877]

many, many strange memories from Mt. Olympus. almost drowning in the wave pool has to take the cake for me tho

[@MidwayMaiTais]

Do each of their coaster stations still have an extra cars worth of air gates? It felt like they just added another 2 rows of gates in, in case they wanted to add another car to each train. It was weird.

[@aquabob9335]

I live in Chicago might head over on Labor Day Weekend

[@coastingthrills7297]

I go to the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells every year. Has anyone else ever been there?

[@2nerdsinhell]

Hell yes, one of the best water park resorts out there.

[@coastingthrills7297]

@@2nerdsinhell it’s the biggest hotel waterpark resort in America too! I’m going there this weekend!

[@2nerdsinhell]

@@coastingthrills7297 Have a blast!

[@coastingthrills7297]

@@2nerdsinhell Thanks! I always do!

[@ilikecheesegirlXP]

Omg.... I totally feel the pain of waiting for Hades to dispatch for footage.... They take FOREVER!

[@opraiderman904]

That Olympus lift chain slaps!

[@brandonwendt1312]

I remember a few years back I was with A friend of mine, and we decided to ride Hades. We were next in line to go into one of the carts, and the cart in front of us wouldn’t release. They even tried to release it manually, and they couldn’t get it. Finally, the girl had to shimmy out of the cart they kept running the ride the way it was

[@miss_jeannalee_20]

Went to Mt. Olympus for the first time in June. Was in line to ride Pegasus, but I saw how the train comes back into the station and hard noped that one. I'm prone to get headaches on woodies and I wanted to do Hades so didn't want to set myself up for failure. Haha. The hubs said the same thing you did though; the end of Pegasus is the smoothest part. Glad I missed out on it and put Hades first. That ride is WICKED. Easily the most aggressive ride I've been on, but I'd definitely ride again. Probably the only reason I'd go back to Mt. Olympus, tbh. If I go back though, I'll try Zeus too.

[@AwesomeDude799]

What was that movie scene where everyone was falling?

[@brucelombardo]

This video will be used by OSHA in the coming years.

[@johnshoemaker7895]

twisted colossus: Ye our high five element is pretty sick Nobody** Hades: Aight I see you. Hold my salt water 11:29

[@steveo7771286]

Ahhh. Coaster Studios reference. I got it. lol.

[@Coasterfan312]

The braking thing always gets me lmao

[@aspiceronni4462]

I never had back problems. I rode Hades a few years back and have been seeing a chiropractor bimonthly since. Glad everything went well for you.

[@quentk8886]

0:00 did you re record this? It sounds a bit different than usual to me

[@TheLargeLebowski]

What did I miss? Why didn’t that joke age well?? Did Pegasus derail?

[@thegeniusman8757]

El Toro

[@Yodiak]

I also dont get it

[@oskarfreeski]

@@thegeniusman8757 El Toro derailed? What?

[@samuelitooooo]

Yup. El Toro derailed. "On June 29, 2021, a train partially derailed when the rear car's up-stop wheels, which are designed to prevent the train from lifting off the track, moved out of place and up onto the track. The cause is unknown, and all riders were able to safely exit the ride. El Toro is closed indefinitely pending the outcome of an investigation."

[@samuelitooooo]

Ryan made a video about it now. Check it out

[@DuckDavis3000]

8:15 yoooo i had the same thing happen to me. Total killer headache, rode Wild Thing at Valleyfair, came off find. Better than advil

[@apexxtinction1418]

My Olympus better watch out! Tumbili crew out here tryin to snatch the longest dispatch record. ~Alex

[@mrnoname1661]

I live it wisconsin and went too mt olympus this june and rode hades as my first ever rollercoaster.

[@MichaelRei99]

That was hysterical! The Three Musketeers are a good match!!

[@kokobeatz7222]

Did they retrack every woody they had?

[@carsons165]

One time when I was on cyclops I decided to not sit next to my friend and sit by my sister instead and the seat next to my friend that I would have been sitting mid ride the lap bar came up. For all the times I have been there I will say it is extremely sketchy. Zippin pippin is fun but the last hill is a killer.

[@OffAxisMedia]

God I love this park lmao. Hades is so good.

[@Sniff_Jenkem]

YES THE TRIM BREAK BM IS BACK!

[@chadwickadventures8232]

Used to go the the dells for vacation with my family when I was a kid, got my 2nd credit ever there

[@lilblinchik2500]

I remember going there the week after labor day and they let me and another person ride Zues multiple times without stopping, made my head go dizzy lol.

[@liam-wg3gf]

Nice. Brake run heaven 😎

[@GrantsAdventures]

2:38 look at the lift chain I’m done lollll

[@chiefbd]

Nice, I went here last year because it was one of few places open in the midwest. Had a blast there even with the sketchy conditions. Cooled off in the water park. and those hills coming back to the parking lot are killer at the end of the day, you want to take a nap right there lol.

[@jmanx360]

Did you go to Little Amerricka and ride America's only remaining Chance Toboggan?

[@eliasmertens9313]

I just want Gene Staples to swoop in and save this park from themselves.

[@Danrarbc]

Honestly they could put a Six Flags Dippin Dots guy in charge and it'd probably work out better.

[@sharkboyryan195]

The family would never sell the park, they’re really greedy and are trying to monopolize the whole city.

[@Danrarbc]

@@sharkboyryan195 Yeah they literally bought and now own like 15 hotels in the Dells.

[@sharkboyryan195]

@@Danrarbc yea I hate it, there’s no need to have that many hotels and motels for a little shit theme park with a medium water park.

[@JayFlowie]

Uncle nate is the best eltororyan

[@OakForestBoys]

Gotta check out the new tallest water slide

[@SingleRiderGuy]

What is it with coaster enthusiasts getting shit sleep before going to this park and getting Culver's right after? That happened to me the day I visited.

[@m.hreels9822]

Ryan you look dope wearing uncle Nate‘s shades! 😎😂👍🏻

[@anserem-n8s]

hell yea my home park, baby

[@maxhagenauer24]

2:38 look at the chain under the track, pretty sketch.

[@chrisploos4410]

Its mount Olympus name one thing that is not sketchy at that place

[@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239]

I think you should do the dispatch timer for other parks too

[@howenator]

12:20, would’ve been a perfect spot to insert that bobs burgers clip lol

[@kylebusch4528]

I like getting super baked and watching your videos, thanks for these

[@toby7291]

Hades 360 is awesome, Zeus is a good coaster, gocart tracks that are included with admission. Nice water area too. The other two wooden coasters suck really bad..

[@crowmigration8245]

4:47 what's happening. Am I having a stroke

[@deathbackwards7850]

I have never liked vlogs until this

[@Coaster_Focus]

I absolutely love Mt Olympus it’s so funny

[@Dyojenes]

I wish you would also vlog the car rides there, you guys are just so charismatic and fun