We purchased a groupon for a night at the Great Wolf Lodge in Charlotte, NC. Otherwise, I would never pay the extra-exorbitant price. But the groupon made the trip totally worth it.
I don't have many pictures of the kids in the actual water park because Phil and I were too busy having fun--err, supervising--to sit there and take pictures. Avery got to go on all of the slides except one; Kayla was a little limited because she was 1/2 inch too short (total BS, but refer to the post on our trip to the fair), but she still had a great time.
The room we got had a separate "treehouse" with bunk beds for the the kids. The tree house had it's own TV...with cable!! A big hit with these kids, lol.
Like Disney, the Great Wolf Lodge knows how to market all of these extra "add-ons" that sucker parents end up purchasing for their spoiled kids. Our splurge was on a MagiQuest hunt through the lodge for Avery....he LOVED it. We will never be able to spend the night in an ordinary hotel, ever again.
The kids went to a story time session at night and watched some creepy 1980's animatronics act out a scenario. Oliver the Raccoon also made an appearance and helped read a bedtime story. The kids were exhausted.
The cool thing about the Great Wolf Lodge is that you can swim in the park from 1pm the day of check-in through closing time on the day of check-out. So you can really get your money's worth, even if you have to check out at 11am. We swam for a long time the next day and then the kids enjoyed a nap in the car on the ride back home.
This is a video of Kayla dancing at dinner at the Great Wolf Lodge. Normally, we have a "bottoms down" rule at the dinner table. But because the kids were sooooo tired from swimming for hours and there was no one in the restaurant, I decided to "pick my battles". I happened to catch the end of a Mariah Carey song and I have to say, Kayla totally rocked the finale. Very good interpretive dancing, in this proud momma's opinion. And you can't help but love the bow at the end. Nice.
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