This past week we took the kids to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. Call it our "family" vacation, or call it part of Brett's birthday present...that's what we told him. No matter what the reason, we had a BLAST! We all are a little water-logged after spending 48 hours in the water, but no one really cared. The biggest part of the park is indoors, and they have an outdoor area as well (see photo taken from the balcony of our room). We rode every slide, took a tube down the lazy river, tried to jump over waves in the wave pool, and had a picnic under an umbrella outside. It wasn't a long vacation, but one of the best! The kids were awesome, and even said the drive wasn't bad at all. But why would it be when you watch movies (with headphones), play Nintendo DS, play with Bionicles, and eat McDonalds. In fact, I'm not sure they were ready to get out of the car. haha
(Swimming outdoors with the kids)
The room we stayed in was called the Kid's Cabin Suite. It had two separate rooms - one with a bed, tv, kitchen area with refrigerator, etc..., but the other was a cabin for the kids. It looked like a log cabin with two windows, bunk beds, and another twin bed. Oh, and did I mention...a flat screen tv and video games? JB was in heaven.
As we were leaving, they had an animated show for the kids in the lobby of the hotel. If you look closely, you will see our two on the front row - left side.
Last, but one thing they really enjoyed, was MagiQuest. It is kind of like a Treasure Hunt throughout the entire hotel. You purchase magic wands for the kids and they give you a treasure hunt guide book. You have to follow the instructions, go find the treasure, and then finish each quest. We split up and each took one of the kids. They got to keep the wands, and they are good every time they go to that hotel. There were treasures hidden in the stairwells, in treasure chests, and even pictures on the wall. The kids loved it and can't wait to go back. We are thinking about going over there Christmas break (if they have rooms available).
We will post more pictures once we download them, but for now, here are a few. If you ever get the chance to go - great place and they are adding on.
Picture in the lobby as we were leaving Thursday evening. It was 9:30pm and we had been swimming ALL day long (gotta love our JB!). 
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Great Wolf Lodge
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4 comments:
What a great place! Do you think old folks from Montana would like it?
Ken Colson
Montana
looks like you guys had a blast. i have been wanting to take jenna there, we will have to plan on it for sure now. happy bday brett!
Thanks for posting the pictures and writing about your trip. It's such a fun way for us to read and share a part of your lives. Looks like you guys had a great time.
MB
That looks like a really really wonderful vacation spot.
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