The Tommy Bartlett Show is one of the first attractions to be offered at Wisconsin Dells. Located right next to the Tommy Bartlett Exploratory, you can spend time at the Exploratory before the show and then go right next door to the performance when its almost time for the show to begin.
The theme of the Tommy Bartlett Show during our visit was “pirates,” and they were obviously trying to piggy-back off of the popularity of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies by choosing this theme. My husband and I both thought that they really stretched the theme during their waterski show that comprised the first half of the show. While the stunts were certainly impressive, the attempt to make it a pirate show really came off a bit lame. Even the kids were a bit disappointed.
My boys didn’t seem to be very thrilled by the first half of the show, which was all waterskiing stunts. The second half, however, seemed to get them going a bit more. There were definitely some heart-stopping moments as the performers performed amazing acrobatic feats, including dangling by their heads from several feet in the air and running like hamsters in rotating devices towering in the sky.
The Tommy Bartlett Show is worth a visit to on your family vacation, but prepared for the little ones to possibly be a bit bored by the first half of the show.
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The most recent family vacation that my family and I went on was a trip to Wisconsin Dells. After having already gone to Disney World earlier this year, we decided to go on a sort of mini-trip to a location that was nearby (unfortunately, my husband doesn’t get much vacation time and I am always using it up with vacations!). So, since we reside in Indiana, a trip to Wisconsin Dells was only about 5 or 6 hours away.
I had never been to the Dells before and I really didn’t expect much from it. In fact, I kind of thought that it would be pretty lame – especially after having gone to Disney. But, we really did enjoy our time there.
Wisconsin Dells is known for its many waterparks. After having watched a travel channel special and finding that two of its water parks were listed as the top ten in the nation, Noahs Ark and the Kalahari resort, I decided to book a stay at the Kalahari. The Kahlahari has both an indoor and outdoor water park. Since we went in early June, it was actually a bit cold to enjoy the outdoor water park. The indoor water park was a whole lot of fun, though, and there were some great play areas that my five-year-old twins could enjoy without concern for their safety.
Althouogh the rooms at the Kalahari were really nice and the water park was great, my family and I likely won’t stay there again. The luxury of staying at a resort with a waterpark is quite costly and turned out not to be worth it for us because we only spent time there on two days of our trip – and, the second day was really more because we wanted to feel like we were getting our money’s worth. If you are planning a trip to the Dells, it might be better to simply plan a stay at a less expensive hotel and save your money for visiting the many sites the Dells has to offer.
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