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Drive in theatre wisconsin dells12/6/2023 ![]() ![]() If you want to use the trampoline stuff you have to get the special grip socks. My son and his friend enjoyed the VR (virtual reality) game. Some games give out tickets, and you can turn in the tickets for prizes. Go to the desk to pay and points/credits go on a card that you use. There is a train ride, trampoline park, VR game, bumper cars and arcade games. This entry was posted in 2017 Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey, Video, Wisconsin by mrdrivein. Next stop: Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre, Jefferson WI. We just happened to run across an upside down White House in Wisconsin Dells. ![]() Their guide told them, “We’re part of an archaeological dig team sponsored by the government. Recent reviews on TripAdvisor include “Worst attraction ever” and “I don’t know why this place exists”, but the folks at Roadside America seem to have had a great time there. Only in Wisconsin Dells: In this classically kitschy tourist town, there are any number of tourist traps, of which a great example is the upside-down White House at Top Secret. Should we all consider them standard like a TV? Anyway, this HGI was as clean and nice as most other HGIs, and I was really happy that it was so close by. I feel a little spoiled to wonder whether I should mention the refrigerator, microwave, and coffee maker in my room. Where I Virtually Stayed: There are so many tourists filling Wisconsin Dells that it rates a Hilton Garden Inn. Hot dogs? Bacon? BBQ sauce? Taco fixin’s? Whatever it is, there will be plenty of cheese with it, and be sure to save room for cheesecake for dessert. They serve great mac and cheese in a skillet, and you get to choose what else you want in there. Macs Macaroni and Cheese Shop definitely fits that description. Nearby Restaurant: I don’t have many days left in Wisconsin, so I had to search out a good cheese restaurant. ![]() Movie Showing / Total Active Nights: Cars 3 / 86 Miles Today / Total: 49 / 22019 (rounded to the nearest mile) To be, the best thing about Cars 3 is that it pretends that Cars 2 simply never happened. My choices for the early shows were Wonder Woman, which I’ve seen five times so far, or my second viewing of Cars 3. It’s great to be able to rely on dinner at the drive-in. The Big Sky’s marquee promises that it’s the home of the Mamaburger, made famous by Dorothy “Ma” LeGros. The video I embedded above was posted last year by Ricky7RC. Thanks to drones and YouTube, there are many overhead portraits of these great old places. It’s great that we get so many opportunities for aerial views of drive-ins these days. ![]() LeGros changed the name again in 1993 to the Big Sky and added a second screen a year later. About that time, the drive-in’s name changed to the Dells. “Owned by Don Deakin, the theater screened a newsreel, two cartoons and the feature film ‘Raiders of the Seven Seas,’ and gave patrons a souvenir ashtray,” wrote the Events.ĭon LeGros and his family bought the place in 1980. “When we took it on, it was mostly showing motorcycle pictures and now we’ve brought it up as a family destination,” LeGros said. It took an hour of driving two-lane highways through Wisconsin hills and small towns to get from Chilton to the Big Sky Twin Drive-In Theatres in Wisconsin Dells.Īccording to a 2008 article in the Wisconsin Dells Events, the Big Sky began its life as the single-screen Winnebago Drive-In in 1953. It’s Day 170 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. ![]()
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