NO DUCKING SUCCESS WISCONSIN DELLS ADAPTS, TOURISM BOOMS.(BUSINESS)

From: The Capital Times | Date: January 21, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Mike Ivey The Capital Times

It's not your mom's and pop's Wisconsin Dells anymore.

In fact, you might have trouble finding the mom and pop businesses among the chain restaurants, gift shops, championship golf courses and multi-million dollar indoor water parks that have changed the face of the state's most visible tourist destination.

That's not to say all locally-owned businesses have gone the way of the Wax Museum, a once popular Dells attraction replaced this year by an interactive Harry Potter-styled "Wizard Quest." Visitors can still play mini-golf, ...

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