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Flake Out Festival Deals and Special Hotel Rates

Dells Advice — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:54:45 +0000

If you are visiting the Wisconsin Dells this weekend, there are many excellent deals being offered in conjunction with the annual Flake Out Festival. There are several Dells attractions offering discounted admissions as well as discounts at many Dells restaurants and hotels. In order to take advantage of these special deals, you need to have the Flake Out Festival brochure to present when you buy your tickets at the attraction or visit the restaurant. The brochure is available to print online here. Brochures are also available at the Visitors Bureau’s offices located at 701 Superior Street in downtown Wisconsin Dells. The Visitors Bureau is open from 8:30 – 5:00, 7 days a week.

A full list of the attractions offering discounts can be found on Page 7 of the brochure linked to above. Some of the more notable attractions offering Buy One Get One Free admissions are:

Dells Comedy Club
Dells Mining Co.
Ghost Out-Post Haunted House
Kalahari Water Park
Lost Rios Water Park at Chula Vista
Knuckleheads Bowling & Indoor Amusement Park

Also listed on Page 7 of the brochure are several attractions offering 20% off admission. Not as good as Buy One Get One, but still a pretty good deal.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum
Tommy Bartlett Exploratory
Wizard Quest

If you’re interested in shopping, the following stores are some of the ones offering 10% off when you show the Flake Out Fest brochure:

Tanger Outlet Center
Swiss Maid Fudge
Goody Goody Gum Drop

The following restaurants are among those offering a 10% discount off of meals this weekend:

Buffalo Phil’s Pizza & Grille
Cheese Factory Restaurant
Del-Bar
House of Embers
Kaminski Brothers Chop House
Marley’s
Monk’s Bar and Grill
Pizza Pub
River Walk Pub

Several hotels are offering special rates this weekend too. For a complete list, see page 10. Here is a sampling from that list:

$49

Dell Creek Motel
Fitzgeralds Motel
Mayflower Motel & Suites

$59

Copa Cabana
Pine Aire Motel & Suites
White Rose Motel

$79

Alakai Hotel & Suites
Cliffside Resort
Meadowbrook Resort
Thunderbird Resort

$99

Atlantis Water Park & Suites
Polynesian Resort

There are also rooms available at the Kalahari on Friday night for $109 as a part of the Don White Block. Check out Don White’s website for more details.

New Years Eve in the Dells

Dells Advice — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:04:49 +0000

Now that the stress of the holiday season is behind most of us, it is time to start thinking about your New Years Eve celebration. If a trip to the Wisconsin Dells is on your agenda, there are plenty of fun options to choose from. Be forewarned though, staying in the Dells over New Years can be expensive.

Resorts

Chula Vista (Hwy 13 North, 608-254-8366) is hosting Chula Fest 2008. Admission is $49.95 for adults 21+ ($24.95 ages 12-20 and $12.95 ages 11 and under). Admission includes all drinks, and celebration events. There are 3 different themed rooms – a DJ room, a live band room, and a kids carnival. You don’t need to be a guest at Chula Vista to attend Chula Fest 2008. Rooms start at $149 a night with a 2 night minimum.

Great Wolf Lodge (1400 Great Wolf Drive, 608-253-2222) has a New Years Eve buffet, crafts for the kids, an early countdown to 2009 for families with younger children, and music in the lobby. Also featured is their Great Duck Race, where hundreds of rubber ducks are dropped into the lazy river. A free night stay is awarded to the person whose duck finishes first. Rooms start at $349.

Kalahari (1305 Kalahari Drive, 608-254-3217) is offering a very unique African themed buffet starting at 5:00. Some of the offerings are South African smoked prime rib, Moroccan bisteeya (chicken & almonds in a pastry), flame grilled king fish, Libyan beef cigars, Ethiopian grilled vegetables, and Dukkah nut dip. They also have separate teen and a family parties that are free for hotel guests. Included are a DJ, dancing, prizes, snacks, a midnight balloon drop & champagne toast. Rooms start at $349.

Meadowbrook Resort (1533 River Road, 608-253-3201) has a Family New Years Eve party for guests of the resort. Included are snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, games, face painting, party favors and more. There is an early 2009 countdown at 10:00. A continental breakfast on New Years Day is also included. Rooms start at $189. Visit the Meadowbrook website for more information on their party.

The Wilderness (511 E. Adams Street, 800-867-9453) will be having their party in the Glacier Canyon Conference Center. Admission is $10 in advance or $15 at the door for ages 12 and up. Ages 3-11 is $5 in advance or $7.50 at the door. Included is a DJ, dancing, kids activities, appetizers, and a balloon drop at midnight. There will also be hourly prize drawings. Rooms start at $220.

Bars & Restaurants

Nearly all Wisconsin Dells bars & restaurants will be opening and celebrating New Years Eve on the 31st. The following are those that are hosting special events, in addition to the traditional midnight toast.

The Dells Comedy Club (591 Wisconsin Dells Parkway, 608-253-9453) opens at 8:00 with comedian Kevin Downey Jr., followed by the Wild 4 Hypnosis Comedy show. Party favors, a DJ, a champagne toast & a midnight balloon drop are included. Also included is a midnight buffet. Tickets are $35 in advance or $45 at the door. More information can be found on their website.

Monk’s at the Wilderness (45 Hillman Road, 608-254-6665) is hosting a party starting at 10:00 with a live band on the lower level. Party favors and a midnight champagne toast are included. The cover charge to see the band is $5, otherwise you can party in the bar area for no cover. The downtown Monk’s (220 Broadway, 608-254-2955) is not having any special New Years Eve events.

Marley’s (1470 Wisconsin Dells Parkway, 608-254-1800) New Years Eve party starts at 10:00 with a DJ and dancing. There is a champagne toast at midnight as well as a balloon drop. Cover charge is $10.

Taxi Services

A discussion of New Years Eve in the Dells wouldn’t be complete without information about taxi services. The following is a list of companies that serve the Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton area.

Wisconsin Dells Taxi – 608-415-7433

Dells Cab Co. – 608-253-7722

Sureway Taxi – 608-253-2129

Dells Delton Shuttle Taxi & Limousine Service – 608-253-6746

Best Restaurant in the Dells – Monk’s

Dells Advice — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:03:27 +0000

Anyone who has visited Wisconsin Dells knows that there is no shortage of dining options. One of my favorite places to go, even since I was a kid, was Monk’s Bar downtown. We have all been to cool restaurants, but the food needs to be good in order to want to come back. Monk’s food is excellent. In December of 2006, Monk’s opened a new restaurant along Highway 12 on the southwest corner of the Wilderness property. The new restaurant is great place for families. It is a very comfortable, with plenty of TV’s and sports theming throughout. We have been to the new Monk’s on every visit to the Dells since it opened, and it has quickly become my family’s favorite Dells restaurant. I really can’t speak for anything on the menu except for the burgers, which are awesome. They offer you a choice of fries or their fresh made potato chips. You can’t go wrong with either. The kids meals come served on a frisbee that you can take home. We’re rapidly accumulating plenty of Monk’s frisbees in our garage! Just a word of warning – I am not the only one who loves Monk’s. They get quite crowded at dinner time and on the weekends. We have had the most luck stopping in for a late lunch or early dinner.