Our second day at Great Wolf Lodge and there were lessons learned here that will help any family thinking about the pilgrimage to this mecca of enjoyment for children.
1. This is a resort for kids. Don’t expect the adult side of the room to have any amenities-soft bed, small couch, table and two chairs, that’s it. The TV’s position in the “kids cabin” is such that even at its lowest setting the sound will bounce right into the adult section of the room and make any conversation or anything on the TV unheard.
2. Forget taking a picture of the bucket dumping water on people – forget it, you won’t get the picture. You’ll either get wet or lots of pictures before or after the water dump. Sure, there’s a bell warning you that it is coming but you’ll still never make the picture.
3. Don’t sit by the water spouts – after watching one woman sit on the water spout for 15 minutes and then a man (yes, a MAN!) lay on the water spout for a few minutes, I resolved to never go near the water spouts of any splash park for obvious reasons. The lifeguard walked by and looked at them then looked at me with a, “What do you want me to do?” look. Really!
4. Game room reality – you will spend a mortgage payment in the game room and leave with very sad children. They’ll each have a few tootsie rolls, a plastic rings and a bracelet but cannot let go of the thought that had they gotten !,745,3746,564 tokens THEY TOO would win the Wii or the motor scooter!
5. Just when you think you have some confidence, a man walks past you with prettier boobs than yours-there goes the confidence!
6. Once you’re showered and dry and ready to leave, some kid or his father will squirt you from the Jungle Gym so you’re back to looking like a drowned rat just in time for your two hour drive from the Great Wolf Lodge.
7. You’ll be short in the wallet, water logged, and nauseous when you leave Great Wolf Lodge you’ll have great memories in your mind and be ready for the trip NEXT YEAR!
1. This is a resort for kids. Don’t expect the adult side of the room to have any amenities-soft bed, small couch, table and two chairs, that’s it. The TV’s position in the “kids cabin” is such that even at its lowest setting the sound will bounce right into the adult section of the room and make any conversation or anything on the TV unheard.
2. Forget taking a picture of the bucket dumping water on people – forget it, you won’t get the picture. You’ll either get wet or lots of pictures before or after the water dump. Sure, there’s a bell warning you that it is coming but you’ll still never make the picture.
3. Don’t sit by the water spouts – after watching one woman sit on the water spout for 15 minutes and then a man (yes, a MAN!) lay on the water spout for a few minutes, I resolved to never go near the water spouts of any splash park for obvious reasons. The lifeguard walked by and looked at them then looked at me with a, “What do you want me to do?” look. Really!
4. Game room reality – you will spend a mortgage payment in the game room and leave with very sad children. They’ll each have a few tootsie rolls, a plastic rings and a bracelet but cannot let go of the thought that had they gotten !,745,3746,564 tokens THEY TOO would win the Wii or the motor scooter!
5. Just when you think you have some confidence, a man walks past you with prettier boobs than yours-there goes the confidence!
6. Once you’re showered and dry and ready to leave, some kid or his father will squirt you from the Jungle Gym so you’re back to looking like a drowned rat just in time for your two hour drive from the Great Wolf Lodge.
7. You’ll be short in the wallet, water logged, and nauseous when you leave Great Wolf Lodge you’ll have great memories in your mind and be ready for the trip NEXT YEAR!
That about sums it up. But you forgot the beverages we got to enjoy, the outside summer sun and the looks on those amazing sweet faces!!
ReplyDeleteWould do it again in a heartbeat! Ding, Ding, Ding, wait, what is that sound?
We went to great Wolf in The dells a few years ago, I believe that ding ding ding stayed with me for a long time :)
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