Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells is now the home of America’s tallest waterslide. The Rise of Icarus, which opened Saturday, is a 145-foot-tall water slide attraction that features five separate slides.
One of the slides, The Fall, winds around a tower on its way down from the top. “It was really fast,” said Amanda Thompson, who rode The Fall on Saturday with her children, Dante and Marinda. “I was dizzy when I got out but it was really fun.
That’s the fastest waterslide I have ridden.” The long staircase leading to the top of The Fall also made for a “great workout,” Thompson said. Four other slides descend from a 60-foot-high platform on the tower, including The Drop, a straight slide with a steep decline that produces a similar amount of speed at the end to The Fall.
Marinda said she wanted to ride The Drop, while Dante said he intended to ride The Fall a few more times after their first descent. The Fall is a reddish-orange slide that begins with a short, sharp decline before gradually descending and rotating around the Icarus tower. It lasts roughly 30 seconds before finishing at the longest ending of the five slides to adjust for riders’ speed coming out.
Both Marinda and her mother said The Fall felt like a long ride, even with the speed. Icarus’ three other 60-foot high slides — The Voyage, The Flight and The Journey — all wind around the tower and each other and end with a large splash. Another rider, Minnesota native and bo.