Travel: Great Wolf Lodge and Water Park, Wisconsin Dells

Great Wolf Lodge and Water Park, Wisconsin Dells

Written by Michael Meister - WisconsinGuide Magazine

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excitement doesn't have to end when Labor Day comes around.

The Wisconsin Dells now hosts a variety of Indoor Water parks that are a great alternative for winter vacations. One such resort is repparttar 133912 new Great Wolf Lodge. For a while I've watched it being built on my travels up north on I90/94 and this past Christmas got to experience it first hand with our family.

My wife and I arrived on Saturday where we were warmly greeted by repparttar 133913 front desk clerks. The lobby featured a giant cuckoo clock which would give a performance at set times during repparttar 133914 day. We met up with our family on one of repparttar 133915 floors where repparttar 133916 little ones were busy decorating Christmas cookies as part of repparttar 133917 many activities sponsored by repparttar 133918 Great Wolf.

Some of our family was found down at Youkon Jack's, repparttar 133919 Great Wolf's own game room. We could test our skill on over 70 different games to win tickets which could be cashed in for a any number of prizes. The big prize in our group was an Angelica doll from repparttar 133920 Rug Rats that little Brooke's dad won for her. There was also a 3-D theater show featuring Biko repparttar 133921 Bear next to repparttar 133922 arcade.

One of repparttar 133923 biggest parts of our stay was repparttar 133924 huge indoor water park. You could climb around in repparttar 133925 "Tree House" There were tube rides where guests could go solo or ride double as they splashed there way down and around curves, through water falls, and into dark tunnels that would open up into a gaping pool of water. We had a great time as we carried our inflatable tubes to repparttar 133926 tops and anxiously awaited our turn down repparttar 133927 slide. There were body slides for those brave enough to go with out a tube where all you have to do is lay on your back and head feet first through a series of twists and turns that are sure to get your heart racing. I had to remember to plug my nose at repparttar 133928 end of repparttar 133929 slide or else I would get a snort of water. The lodge also boasts a giant 50 gallon bucket that sits high on top of repparttar 133930 rides and fills up every 5 minutes. A bell sounds, warning that repparttar 133931 bucket is about to empty its contents and all who are in range are sure to get drenched. I expected everyone to run away when repparttar 133932 ringing started, but instead they all fled toward repparttar 133933 center to experience repparttar 133934 bucket's full dousing force.For those of us not up for thrills and spills, repparttar 133935 water park also offers "Spirit Island", a more relaxing part of repparttar 133936 water park which features smaller tube rides and a lazy river where one can kick back and relax in repparttar 133937 water as repparttar 133938 current carries you around in a circle. There are also a couple kiddie pools with mini water slides for those to young to enjoy repparttar 133939 bigger rides.

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