Great Wolf Lodge

My mom really wanted to do something special for the 2 days my dad would be off of work during our visit to Cleveland. She researched Niagara Falls, little amusement parks, and Great Wolf Lodge. I am so glad we decided to go there, it was TONS of fun! 

The park is made for kids. The whole water park is inside and my kids could do everything including all the slides. The coolest part, was that the adults could do everything too! And these were no baby water slides, they weren't humungous but they were fast!

There were several little play water areas, one of them was very large with lots of ropes and tunnels all leading up to two body slides. I can not believe neither one of my kids had any problem going down the completely enclosed (totally dark) tube slides! There were also two bigger slides that required a tube. We had to ride those ones with the kids and they were so much fun!! Grandma Lynn even got talked into riding a few slides!!

After we played for 5 hours the first day, we checked into our room got changed and headed for dinner. We decided to get two pizzas and they were yummy and huge. Just what we needed after all that playing! 

After dinner we went to the lobby and heard an awesome story told by animated characters (Jimmy was a little scared.) Then a real girl came out with Wylie the Wolf to read us My Momma is Llama. After the story the girl taught the kids the hotel chant. It goes, "clap, clap, stomp, stomp, howllllll, grrrrrrr) Watching Jimmy and Skylar do this melts my heart. I'll have to see if I can get it on video. Too cute! After our bedtime story we ate some ice cream. Hey, why not?? It's vacation!

This hotel was so awesome. It is completely kid oriented and decorated with a theme.. everyone knows how much I enjoy a well done theme!!! 


Getting the kids to settle down and stop jumping on the beds proved to be a slight challenge but in the end, I won! The next morning, we ate a delicious family style breakfast including made to order omelets and french toast sticks (there was fruit too) we put on our bathing suits and went for round 2. The kids and adults all had just as much fun the second day and after several hours of riding the slides over and over again, we decided to call it quits. Jimmy was not at all pleased with this decision and protested loudly. 


We ended our little trip with a late lunch at Steak and Shake and hit the road back home. I hope we get to do this same trip again next summer!