New for 2025 is the Wisconsin Dells Mountain Coaster, which is Wisconsin’s first and currently only mountain coaster. This may be the first mountain coaster in Wisconsin, but if you’ve ridden a mountain coaster in a place like Pigeon Forge this Wiegand creation will feel very familiar to you. That’s not a bad thing though, this is a really fun coaster in a great location. You could summarize this coaster with two words, smooth and fast. Some mountain coasters take a bit to get going, but from the moment you’re released from the lift hill this coaster is flying and doesn’t slow down until the bottom while giving a glass smooth ride.

The Wisconsin Dells Mountain Coaster is technically located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, but in what is considered the Wisconsin Dells area. It’s located just a few minutes off the interstate and just down the road from the Kalahari Resort and Water Park along with numerous other Dells attractions. It’s very close to everything, but yet is separated just enough to feel quiet and isolated. The coaster is easy to find and has its own huge dedicated parking lot. You’ll also notice their logo looks awesome and they have some great looking sleds too! There are a couple of areas along black fencing where you can catch a glimpse of riders coming down, but most of the course will be a mystery to you until you ride.

The station and ticket sales are located adjacent to the parking and at the base of the hill. Only a very small portion of the coaster is visible, just the lift and the final couple of turns with the rest being hidden in the woods. Tickets are $18 each or $41 for a 3-pack (single rider, can’t be split or shared, and good for one year). There also appear to be a number of coupons and discounts floating around town if you look a bit. You’ll buy your ticket and sign an electronic waiver simultaneously.

The station itself is pretty standard. Once in your car an attendant will check your restraint and give you basic instructions and go over the rules. Be careful with your phone here, they have posted it is a $100 charge to retrieve lost phones on the course. After the safety briefing you’ll be off and begin the several minute climb up the hill first through an open field and then up through the woods. I do like the design and layout of the station being at the base of the course with the lift hill first. Many mountain coasters start at the top of the course and end with a several minute anti-climatic climb back to the station. I greatly prefer building anticipation up the hill and pulling into the station having just finished the course and slowed up moments before.

As you reach the top there is a small station with an attendant and you’re car will then be released down the track. I was shocked at how quickly I picked up speed as I was flying in just seconds. The opening of the ride is mostly just a bunch of s-turns, but the sensation of speed was tremendous. This is a course you can go full throttle the whole way without problem and you never really lose speed. You continue to wind down the hill through the woods through a combination of 180 degree turns and s-turns. Eventually you pop out of the woods into two fast 180 degree turns to end the ride. All along the way this was one of the smoothest mountain coasters I’ve been on.

As you exit there’s a customary gift shop which has shirts and other souvenirs you might expect. It looked like they might have been getting a photo/video system setup, but it wasn’t operational yet. On the day I went there was also a threat of rain and I noticed several cars with roofs and windshields available for inclement weather. The carts also have headlights and I’d imagine a night ride would be pretty spectacular through those woods.

Overall this was a really great mountain coaster. There’s no particular standout moment, but the general sense of speed here makes it a lot of fun. It might have been nice to add another type of element to the course like a helix, but it might not have worked with that particular hill or the “flying through the woods” feel of this coaster. It’s also great to see an attraction like this come to Wisconsin Dells as a mountain coaster is something new that many in the Midwest have probably never experienced. If you’re a mountain coaster fan the Wisconsin Dells Mountain Coaster might not have the stats of some of its southern cousins, but you’ll have a good time and you should definitely check it out if you’re in the area.