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- Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin - Dells Boat Tours Change for the Dells Boat Tours from the 2003 season:
For one, the single-deck boats used on the Upper Dells tour have been retired from service and were seen in the drydock (visible early on in the Upper Dells tour); there's a likelihood that such may be scrapped, in effect leaving only the double-deck excursion boats running on the Dells tours.
For another, the first Upper Dells tour now leaves in the heighth of season at 8:30am (subject to at least six visitors), with the first Lower Dells tour now leaving at 9am.
As well, both the Upper and Lower Dells now feature high-speed "jet boat" tours for those who prefer a faster tour while still enjoying the other major distractions of the area; Wild Thing Jetboats operates the Upper Dells version, while the Dells Boat Tours offers the Lower Dells jet-boat tour. Seems people must be more interested in waterslides than in the natural beauty which first made the Dells region known as a tourist trap.... [Larry Ellis Reed, 08/30/2003]
Dells Boat Tours:
Address: Wisconsin Dells, WI
Directions: Upper Dells dock: 11 Broadway, Wisconsin Dells; Lower Dells dock, jct. hwys. 12/13/16/23. Free shuttle bus service between Upper and Lower Dells docks. - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin - Tommy Bartlett goes under: Man who put the Dells on the map
More than any other human being, Tommy Bartlett created the tourist mecca of Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton, WI. Now he's dead. ... [09/12/1998] Complete News Story
