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The Dells area (Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton) has become a water park mecca.
Since the late 1970s and continuing to the present, the Dells area (Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton) has become a water park mecca. Noah's Ark Water Park opened in Lake Delton in 1979, and has grown to become the largest and the eighth most visited water park in the U.S.[citation needed] Other outdoor amusement and water parks followed, featuring water slides, mini golf, roller coasters, go-karts, and other attractions. In 1994 the Polynesian Resort Hotel opened the area's first indoor water park. Since then, the number of combination resort/indoor water parks in the Dells area has swelled, with each new indoor park a bit larger than the last, in an effort to claim the "world's largest" title for the resort. Several others have come including Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park, Wilderness Territory, Great Wolf Lodge, Chula Vista Resort, and the Kalahari Resort. In 2005, Big Chief merged with the former Family Land Water Park and Treasure Island Hotel to create a large theme park on the border of Lake Delton and Wisconsin Dells, complete with a hotel, arcades, roller coasters, go-karts, and water slides under the banner of Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park. The Kalahari Resort is a large African-themed resort that boasts the largest indoor water park in the United States. (From wikipedia.com)