Suddenly *Not So* Single Journey

It Could’ve Been The Griswolds go to Great Wolf…

Author: thenicknick

But it wasn’t.  I hope this isn’t too much of a spoiler…but I managed to keep my bathing suit intact.  Don’t get me wrong, there was the unavoidable wedgie here and there, but a little butt cheek peek-a-boo is a far cry from the full frontal that would have resulted in this post being rated MA instead of the usual PG.

Let me begin by saying that for a girl who was raised in the  Adirondacks, it brought a bit of the lodge feel home.  The building is gorgeous and well-designed with fun and food located on every floor.  Fellow foodies can truly appreciate how handy that was.

On the phone when making the reservation, we had asked for a balcony and not a patio.  So, when we discovered that we were on the ground floor, patio level, I was a bit apprehensive.  Little did we know, we had the best room location there.  We were on the front of the building, but since it sat below the road, we had a built in privacy wall a good twenty feet from our door.  There was even room for S and Keenan to throw a football around.  Yay!  And at night, after we had sent the kids to bed, S and I sat outside and talked for another hour, interrupted only twice.  Once Rachel was giving us spare pillows, the other time, Keenan was giving us a spare tooth.  (Too bad the tooth fairy doesn’t visit on vacations.)

Our room was perfect.  We didn’t go with anything high end.  It wasn’t a whirl pool suite, or any of the other fancier digs.  We had your basic family suite and it was HUGE.  We walked in and the bathroom was to the right, the closet to the left.  The sink area was granite and part of the bedroom.  There was a microwave and large dorm fridge that we packed with Coke and Red Bull.  (We’re not coffee drinkers, but there was a complimentary coffee machine, etc. also.)  There were two queen sized beds and on the other side of a 3/4 wall, a pull out couch.  Yay!  It was almost as good as having our own room.  And since the sliding glass door to the patio was closest to our ‘bed’ we didn’t even have to disturb the kids.

As I alluded to previously, much thought was given to the set up.  Well, at check in, everyone received a bracelet to be worn at all times, since the water park was only for guests of the lodge.  And the best part?  The adult bracelets were MAGIC.  Ours had a special microchip in them.  Swoosh them in front of the door and they were a key.  Swipe them at a food place and they were a credit card.  Swipe them at the arcade and tokens magically appear.  Ahhh.

In addition to the indoor water park, which needs a post all to itself, there’s also mini golf, the arcade, a ‘teen’ hang out that had Play Station, etc. and internet; and MagiQuest.  (We didn’t do MagiQuest this trip.  The kids and I have wands from the one in Myrtle Beach, but I lost them in the divorce.)  And if you haven’t experienced MagiQuest, it is worth it for quality family time.

http://magiquest.com

We’re already talking about going back over the winter, since the place claims to maintain a nice 84 degree temp year round.  And, water people that we are, we will definitely want to indulge in that long before we can go back outside.

Hope to see you there!

http://greatwolf.com

**This was more of a review.  For the real dirt on the water park and how S charmed us into a Kenny doll at the arcade, check back tomorrow.**

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