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Chula Vista ....Wisconsin Dells

We are back from the Dells.
Last year we stayed at The Polynesian hotel. Practically all the hotels in the Dells have their own waterparks........some are better/bigger than others.
This year we paid more to stay at a better park.
Next time we stay at Chula Vista we are going to The Polynesian.
Maybe you don't always get what you pay for and we didn't this time.
There was an indoor waterpark as well as the outdoor ones, but it wasn't nearly as good as The Polynesian. It was also more crowded.
On our arrival day Philip had a kip while Lauren and I hit the waterpark.
We were in there hours .......up and down the tubes.........round and round the lazy river.
Lots of fun but already it wasn't as good as last year.
Not much sleep that night.........oh the bed was dreadful.
The room's soundproofing was also non existent and we could hear people up and down the corridor, doors opening and closing...........pants.
Next day was horse riding along the canyon.
Lauren loves this and it is a relaxing ride.
Back to the waterpark in the afternoon.
Lauren prefers the indoor one and she was desperate to try one of the tubes that you could only come down on a double inflatable.
Trouble was these doublers were like hen's teeth. Once people had one they hung on to it.
She spotted one though and dragged Philip up the mountain of stairs to the top of the tube.
When they came out she was crying.........really crying and clutching her chest.
Oh my goodness ........I was mortified.
Turns out that when you come down this tube you come out first into a large bowl which is like a whirlpool.........you then get sucked into the centre and down another tube.
At some point during this she must have strained a muscle in her chest and collar bone.
Probably because she was hanging on for dear life.
She hadn't fallen out or hit herself.
She said it hurt to breathe and was very distressed........I was all for a hospital dash but we saw the medical people there first.
After and examination and lots of questions, we decided to let her rest for a couple of hours and then if there was no improvement they would call the EMS.

It did start to ease up but certain movements would hurt her and it did take a couple of days to really get better.
We did swim the next 2 days but no more blooming tubes.

Next day it was miniature golf.
We decided to avoid Pirate's Cove and headed to the Adventure Golf instead.
Lots of fun was had by all........Lauren's chest muscle allowed her to play and we were happy.

The bed situation did not improve and at one point Philip tried to sleep on the sofa which was about 4 feet long.
That shows how desperate he was.

Now her favourite bit of all.
The deer park.
I like it here too. The deer are so tame.....and some are a bit pushy .........but they don't eat everything like goats do.
The weather was gorgeous the whole time.
We eventually decided we should try the outdoor waterpark.
It was pants.
Just lots of tubes.......nowhere to swim........it was either up and down the tubes or not bother.
We didn't bother. We went back to the indoor one and did the lazy river thing again.
Last year in The Polynesian, they had lots of different outdoor pools and lots of indoor ones too.
There were also less people squeezing into them.

On our last night the new people in the room next door decided to throw a party.
How sweet of them.
Personally I don't understand the mentality of people who think it is reasonable to have loud music etc.....late at night ......in a room ....in a hotel that is full of people with kids.
Around midnight I phoned the desk and asked them to do something about it.
We had had very little sleep for the last few nights and this was truly too much to put up with.
We heard security arrive and speak to them. They turned it down......a bit.......but it was still loud enough to disturb us and it continued to disturb us until around 3.30 am.

I am pretty tolerant really. I kept telling myself that these people were on holiday and they probably didn't realise that the walls were paper thin......but it still made for another dreadful night.

We hit lots of gift shops.........she bought loads of rubbish.....I mean things.
We came home on Monday worn out.
It was a good time but we would never go to Chula Vista again.
Next year Lauren says she wants to come over for Christmas instead of the summer.
She claims she gets double prezzies when she does that. She doesn't get it that I send stuff over for her for Christmas.

Today we had another shot at doing the school test papers..............ye gods.
Donna really lumbered me there.
She did a few pages but it wasn't with her usual sunny disposition.
I am not doing any more of that. Donna can sort it out.

posted by Sue Banks @ 1:56 PM