So my awesome hubs surprised us with an overnight stay at the Great Wolf Lodge on Sunday night! He had Monday off and I had taken it off to enjoy a day date with him. Little did I know he already had a room reserved and the dogs taken care of for some time! We had so much fun last year at Kalahari and I was pumped about sharing the day with Drew at Great Wolf. We left after family pictures on Sunday afternoon and were there around 24 hours total.
Drew LOVED it. Although he wasn't tall enough to do some of the older rides, the kid loved everything he could participate in...
... except one. Have you been to one before? If not, let me warn you about the annoying bucket of water that spills over every 6 minutes. Drew was TERRIFIED that it was going to wash us all away and when Derek went to get in it one time, he about had a heart attack. This went on the entire first day, but then after 8,735 times of seeing it spill with no repercussions, he was ok with it. By the end, he even pushed Derek into it to watch him get dumped on! Either way, the thing is still annoying and the pre-spill beeps go off way too often.
We went back and forth with the lifejacket but ultimately put it on him for when he went down the bigger slides. Nothing would take away from the fun the little guy had though!
After dinner, they had an adorable show at 8pm for the children and then it was time to hit the hay around 9. The kid was exhausted and fell right asleep and didn't make a peep until about 8:30 the next morning. It was a few more hours of pool time and then it was on to the arcade!
After some milkshakes from Steak N Shake, it was time to head home. Needless to say, the little guy passed out within 5 minutes of being in the car and was almost to the point of snoring.
Thanks daddy for such a great day at Great Wolf! Other than being locked out of room for about 30 minutes at one point, it was a SUPER fun staycation!
So much fun!! What a great little getaway!
ReplyDeleteOh fun. We live like 20 minutes away from the capital of indoor water parks and Great Wolf is one of them. We really need to take sydney there or somewhere like it soon.
ReplyDeleteThat looks so fun!! Except for the water bucket, I'm with Drew on that one.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness the spill bucket has pre spill beeps to alert you! I love your bathing suit :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! We are going to do something like this n January! GWL is a bit longer of a drive than another place near us, so we are going to try that one first! What a great way to spend a day@!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun!! Glad you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lot of fun and the perfect night away! Love your bathing suit.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! We love the GWL in Kansas City, it's one of Trevor's favorite places to visit!
ReplyDeleteI told Jason once were all in Texas, I want to take the girls to GWL. It looks like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky little guy. That looks like so much fun!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! We were just at that one (assuming the one in KC) in April and Cruz had a blast! I tell you what, I wasn't sure what to expect because I'd never done the kiddo vacation before but it was great! Loved having everything we really needed right there and the water park was super fun. Also couldn't beat it being right next to Legends! =)
ReplyDeleteHow fun!! We've been talking about going this winter to the one near us, now that Lorelai is a bit older. Do you think one night was enough?
ReplyDeleteWe have gone on a few marriage retreats to Great Wolf Lodge, it's such an amazing place.
ReplyDeleteWe are headed there Thanksgiving weekend with my in laws! Seems like it will be a fun time :) Any advice or tips?
ReplyDeleteWhat fun!!!! :-) Such special family time.
ReplyDeleteAw, what a good hubby!
ReplyDeleteLooks like Drew had a great time flexing his gills! :)
What a great surprise and look at how much fun Drew had! I've heard such great things about those places I think some day we will have to visit too :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE GWL! Such a great place to go and play as a family. Glad you guys had so much fun!
ReplyDeleteY'all are too cute! We love it there too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun staycation!! I wish they had a place like that near me! I love all the pics!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! We debated on staying there in KC last month when friends came into town, but I think C is still a little too small and D was just getting used to his sleep routine and I didn't want to ruin it. Hopefully soon though we can check it out. I didn't know about that bucket that spills water - that does sound annoying. And Drew looks just like Derek in the picture of the two of them on the slide! :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun !!!! Looks like you guys made some awesome Family members. LOVED all the pics
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