Dells

Winnebago / Big Sky Drive-in

Wisconsin Dells

This one is still open during the summer months! The Big Sky Drive-in theater was once known as the Winnebago Drive-in. The theater has two screens. The theater originally operated with only one screen, but in recent years, a second screen was added. The theater is located east of Wisconsin Dells at the intersection of Highway 16 and 127. The last two movies that I saw at this theater were "The Last Action Hero" and "In The Line Of Fire". The front row of the theater still has car speakers. They have a nice concession stand and sell T-shirts. They even have an original Space Invaders machine in the concession stand! The Big Sky drive-in has first-run movies.

On May 19^th, 1999 at 1:00 am, I got to see Star Wars: The Phantom Menace here! Yes! Star Wars at an outdoor! There were quite a few cars there that night. It sounded like a car stereo contest until the movie started.

July 30, 1999: Made it to the Big Sky for "Deep Blue Sea" and "American Pie". The night started out nice but a rather nasty thunderstorm arrived to provide a light show. The rain held off until the credits of the second movie. They ran Woody Woodpecker cartoons during intermission!

July 30^th 1999

June 3^rd, 2000: Went to the Big Sky for "Mission Impossible 2" and "Big Mamma's House". There was a good crowd even though the weather was bad. It sprinkled for most of the night.

June 22, 2001: Another fine night for movie watching. Features were "Atlantis" and "Tomb Raider". Quite a few patrons for the night.

June 7, 2002: First stop for the 2002 drive-in season! Great weather and two good movies: "The Sum Of All Fears" and "Changing Lanes". When you go, make sure you get the Mama Burger!

May 9^th, 2003: Cool but nice night for "X-Men 2" and "Daredevil". Got to love the food here. Probably my earliest trip to a drive-in during any given season.

July 30, 2004: Nice weather and two awesome movies! The evenings features were “Bourne Supremacy” and “I, Robot”. I actually saw someone pull in with a lawnmower on a trailer in tow behind their vehicle.

July 14, 2005: Great night and a good sized crowd. Two shows for the night were “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Bewitched”.

July 26, 2006: Busy night on both screens. Pulled into screen one where the features were “Monster House” and “Click”. On the previous day, spotted someone painting screen one. See picture below.