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-|type=Steel-Wild Mouse
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-|status=Removed
-|opened = {{Start date|2006}}
-|closed = {{End date|2014|06|14}}
-|manufacturer=Zamperla
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-|height_ft=43
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-'''Opa''' was an indoor Zamperla [[Wild Mouse roller coaster]] located at [[Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park]] in [[Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin|Wisconsin Dells]], [[Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Opa - Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park |url=https://rcdb.com/3386.htm |website=rcdb.com |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}</ref> Opa was one of six rides to open in 2006 with the new Parthenon Indoor Theme Park at Mt. Olympus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indoor Theme Park at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070629085607/http://www.mtolympusthemepark.com/indoor_theme/index.htm |website=mtolympusthemepark.com |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}</ref> The ride had a height {{Convert|44|feet}} and {{Convert|1,378|feet}} long, with a height requirement of 48 inches.<ref>{{cite web |title=OPA Roller Coaster |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110714131100/http://www.mtolympuspark.com/indoor-theme/opa-roller-coaster/ |website=mtolympuspark.com |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}</ref>
-Opa closed indefinitely on March 6, 2014, after 63-year-old Anthony Theisen fell {{Convert|17|feet}} while riding the attraction, causing him to fall into a coma.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPDATE: Mount Olympus removing ride after accident |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140415075154/https://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Man-falls-off-of-Roller-Coaster-at-Mt-Olympus-Resort-248918561.html |accessdate=June 29, 2020 |work=nbc15.com |date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> On April 1, 2014, Mount Olympus released a statement saying that they have permanently closed the ride.<ref>{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Kay|title=Dells roller coaster ordered shut down; violations found|url=http://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/article_90299ce8-e2d1-51b6-924a-a1e527183124.html|website=Wiscnews.com|language=en}}</ref>
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{MOWTP Coasters}}
-[[Category:Former roller coasters in Wisconsin]]
-[[Category:Wild Mouse roller coasters]]
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