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Kalahari Resort

WIUnited StatesWisconsin Dells, WI

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The Kalahari Resort and Convention Center is a water park resort chain with locations in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; Sandusky, Ohio; and Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. At 173,000 square feet, the indoor water park at Kalahari's Ohio resort is the largest in the United States. Kalahari's third location opened on July 1, 2015 in the Pocono Mountains area and is set to surpass the size of the Ohio resort's indoor water park at 200,000 square feet when it's completed.

Machine 1 is in Tom Fooolery's arcade by guest services desk.. Design is:
1) 'Kalahari Resort Wisconsin Dells, WI', Elephant between trees

Machine 2 in lobby near gift shop facing the waterpark entrance next. Designs are:
1) 'My Friends Went to Wisconsin Dells and All I Got was This Lousy Penny',
2) 'Stand Rock Wisconsin Dells', image of rock,
3) Wisconsin Dells', Indian chief head in circle,
4) 'Kalahari, America's Waterpark Resort', Logo

Machine 3 is at the entrance to Tom Foolery's arcade from the hotel corridor (75 cents plus your penny). Designs are:
1) 'Kalahari, America's Waterpark Resort', Logo
2) 'Kalahari Resort', Elephant,
3) 'Kalahari', Standing Elephant,
4) 'Kalahari', Surfer in surfboard

Machine 4 Talking Gorilla machine is in the Tom Foolery's arcade in the hallway towards the hotel. This cost $1 and dispenses zinc pennies. Designs are:
1) 'Kalahari Resorts and Conventions', Elephant Logo
2) 'Kalahari', Standing Monkey in vest,
3) 'Kalahari', Ape standing on all four,
4) 'Kalahari', Elephant under tree.

Machine 5: is in Tom Foolery's arcade. It uses preloaded zincs:
Need scan/ photo of designs on a plain white background.
1) Benny the Monkey,
2) Lou the Lion,
3) Kenya the Elephant,
4) Kya the Elephant.

Token machine 1 is in the hallway between Tom Foolery's and the hotel. Tokens were $5 a piece or they were $15 for all 4 designs - must have exact change. Designs are:
Need scan/ photo of tokens, front and back, on a plain white background.
1) African Elephant on front Kalahari logo on back
2) Giraffe on front Kalahari logo on back
3) African Lion on front, Kalahari logo on back.
4) Tiger Cubs

7/14/24: Machines 1 and 3 haven't moved.
Machine 2 is gone. They remodeled the lobby and seemingly removed all penny machines from there. (Where did they say it went??? Maintanance, repair, updating, other???
Machine 4 is moved to Tom Foolery's arcade in the hallway towards the hotel. Between machines 1 and 3. Note, this one is a custom machine with a gorilla in it, so it looks more like a fortune teller machine.
Machine 5 is a new machine in Tom Foolery's arcade. It uses preloaded zincs. It's located just to the right after you come in the main arcade doors from outside. This one only takes the arcade cards, and each penny is 8 credits. You get 4 credits per dollar so each penny is 2 dollars but you also have to buy a card (if you don't have one) and the credits are sold in increments of $5. So in the end for all 4 pennies the best option is to buy 36 credits plus the card for $10.
1) Benny the Monkey 2) Lou the Lion 3) Kenya the Elephant 4) Kya the Elephant.
There's also a token machine in the hallway between Tom Foolery's and the hotel but we didn't check if it's the same tokens or not TEC#5658
8/12/26 Machine 5 is now tap and pay. $2, preloaded

Machines and designs

6 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 11Penny
Machine 24Penny
Machine 34Penny
Machine 44Penny
Machine 54Penny
Token Machine 14Token

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