Great Wolf is Great!
I’m not much of a waterpark person, but my kids love them! We were recently guests at Great Wolf Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. There’s a lot to love about this place!
Great Wolf Lodge is a chain of hotels that feature an indoor waterpark. It is open all year. In addition to the indoor waterpark, there is also an outdoor pool for use during the summer months.
Unlike an amusement park with long lines, the Great Wolf waterpark is only open to hotel guests. This makes it virtually impossible to have the overcrowding and long lines that are typical of regular amusement park. I also wasn’t afraid to let my kids wander around the waterpark themselves while I relaxed in the hot tub or the pool.
I like the fact that everything is centrally located and that the kids couldn’t get lost.
There are a few standard water slides, 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, a family tube ride and a water roller coaster. The Double Barrel Drop is the most adventurous and daring waterslide. Up to 4 people can ride in a quad tube, and then you get dropped into darkness with flashing colored lights and music. The tube rocks sideways down the track for most of the ride. An extreme adventure! The water slides were enjoyable for everyone - not too scary for the younger ones. The lazy river ride is also a relaxing tube ride with no drops in it, and you can just keep going around the track. For smaller ...