Wisconsin Dells - The Tommy Bartlett Show
28 07 2007The 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.
