There are also many scheduled dry-land activities in the resort that are included in the price of your stay, and you’ll receive an activity schedule when you check in. Sadly (or happily, depending on your perspective!) there aren’t any hot tubs to be found at GWL. The water temperature varied from day to day, but was usually at the cooler end of warm. Though it’s hard to top the award-winning lifeguard team at Sholem Pool each summer, the poolside staff at GWL was attentive and easy to locate. We never had trouble finding beach chairs to stash our towels and pool gear. There’s also a small pool that’s about 3 ½ feet deep where kids and adults can enjoy a game of water basketball. There’s a splash pad and mini-water slides in a fenced-in pool for very little kids, a massive play structure with an enormous bucket that dumps water on the squealing kids and parents that anxiously wait underneath, seven huge waterslides of varying degrees of thrill, and a wave pool that sends beachy waves down the length of the pool at about 10-minute intervals. What I loved about GWL was how well both the waterpark and dry-land activities were designed for families with younger children. There’s no additional charge for any activities in the waterpark. When we were at GWL, the waterpark was open from 9 a.m.
Visitors aren’t allowed to use the waterpark if they aren’t staying overnight (though I did hear a few exceptions are made for, say, grandparents who live nearby and want to spend the day with their grandkids at the pool). Everyone who enters the water park must have a room at GWL. The property is massive - the four-story water park is situated between two “towers” that house the suites. Great Wolf Lodge is a resort you could theoretically never walk out the lobby doors between the time you check in and check out. I was encouraged by the diversity of the GWL guests.Īrriving at Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee (Chicago)
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You can really spend as much as you want to spend at GWL, from an economical one-night stay (which really means almost two full days of waterpark access) to a longer deluxe stay to take advantage of all the paid extras. We didn’t see many teenagers, but the ones we did see appeared to be, well, bored. There are waterpark areas and resort activities designed specifically for little kids, and a few thrilling water slides suitable for older kids and adults. The waterpark and other resort activities are most appealing to kids in their toddler years to late elementary school. But for as loud as the waterpark and activity areas can get, we found our suite to be a very quiet, comfortable place to relax and reset. If anyone in your family has sensory issues, plan ahead. Some kids and adults wore noise-canceling headphones in the waterpark and the rest of the resort. I regularly found myself on sensory overload from the noise and commotion. You’re going to get splashed and you’re going to share water space with people. You probably won’t have a fun time if you don’t love being by the pool. Who Would Enjoy a Vacation at Great Wolf Lodge?
A view of the waterpark from the upper level of Great Wolf Lodge. And while I love a good road trip, I jumped at the chance to cut a 4 ½ hour drive nearly in half after all, it was the end of December and my children’s ability to tolerate car rides is about as predictable as Illinois weather. Our family had planned on taking our maiden voyage to the Dells this December, but I found out that Great Wolf Lodge had purchased and renovated the old Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, Ill. You might have heard of Great Wolf Lodge as a mainstay among other indoor waterparks at the Wisconsin Dells.
Just Three Hours from Home: Get Your Waterpark at Great Wolf Lodge in GurneeĮditor’s note: Deals for the Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee are currently available at Groupon.
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