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The Hades is the star of Mt. Olympus, though maybe not the overall star of the Dells area. That Galaxi at Riverview is something else. Kidding. The tunnel absolutely makes the ride. Theres nothing else like it. After 7 rides I was still unable to anticipate or prepare for the experience of racing through that tunnel in total darkness. Yes kids you can see nothing in there. Its as dark as turning the lights off in a cave. Going towards the light at the end of the tunnel is another experience in itself. My favorite Hades experience was my first ride in the front seat. Staring down from the top of the lift hill it really looks like youre going to crash straight into the cars in the parking lot. Awesome. You have to look down in order to see that this is just an illusion. The pre-lift hill stage is, as other people have said, the best around. You get some really nice drops and turns before the ride even climbs the lift, especially in the back seat which is forcefully ripped out of the station by the weight of the rest of the train. You gotta love that back seat. Now onto the problems. Firstly, I wanted more airtime. Why oh why does this major attraction only have one train? I dealt with 20 minute waits nearly all day that would have been half that or less with a second train. The design also looks like installing a transfer track would be a real nightmare now. Furthermore, you have to wait on some cheap cantilever steps in line. They are rickety and dont feel solid, but the train shaking them in the fly-by I actually liked. Also, why not have your best ride ops work your star attraction? The girls that worked the day when I went spoke nearly no English and were disinterested to the extreme. Finally, how about adding a handicap accessibility ramp to this multimillion dollar ride. Im not handicapped, but it just seems half-assed to not spend a few more thousand on a ramp. Seriously, thats peanuts compared to digging under your entire parking lot.
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