Part 2 of our winter vacation was a short trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, NC. The claim to fame of the GWL is their indoor water park. Awesome!
By a stroke of bad luck, the two best roads from Chattanooga to Charlotte are currently closed due to rock slides that happened in the fall. That meant our trip from one city to the other either meant going all the way back to Atlanta (yuck!) or heading up to Knoxville and going over the mountains. We chose the (slightly) more scenic route. Despite the freezing weather, the roads were no longer (very) icy and we had a fairly easy drive and arrived just in time for the kids to get a little bit of water park action on Sunday night.
We had a cool themed room called a "Kid Cabin" that included a small room for the kids with a bunk bed and a single bed. The cabin area had log cabin printed wallpaper complete with friendly critters, a window, and a small tv for the kids. They really enjoyed having their own space. We had a larger area with a queen size bed, a sitting area, a balcony, and a bigger tv. Unfortunately, the theming was where all the money went because the beds were horribly uncomfortable and the pillows were like rocks! Ugh.
And those little details became a lot more important when I suddenly came down with what we now suspect was the flu. Bummer. I started feeling sick at bedtime Sunday night and never even left the room on Monday. I did get to spend a little time at the water park on Tuesday before we left.
Craig and the kids spent all day Monday having a blast at the water park, though! They went on all the slides, played in the wave pool, raced on the mat racers, and generally had a terrific time. When I asked what their favorite thing was, both boys said the giant dumping bucket that periodically filled up with water and dumped hundreds on gallons down on everything, and Amy Grace said it was the big green slide that you raft down in a multi-person raft.
All-in-all, we loved the GWL and would love to go back some day! Visiting a water park while it was 32 degrees outdoors was a lot of fun and we highly recommend it!
Hanging out at the lobby fire place.
Wave pool
Boys on the mat racers.
Amy Grace and Daddy liked the mat racers, too!
The boys on the big green slide with a homeschool friend (and his dad) they met.
Wahoo!!
My little frog hopping across the pond.
Goodbye, Great Wolf Lodge!
Wow - you got great pics there! I took my P&S when we went, and my pictures were horrible! So sorry you were sick... GWL is so fun - I hate that you missed out on it!
Posted by: Ann | January 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Thanks, Ann! It was definitely a hard place to get good pictures. I was using my new 55-200mm lens and I think that helped. :)
Posted by: denise | January 19, 2010 at 09:03 AM
Aw...I'm looking for this kind of vacation. Fun and have many activities. I hope to come over there some time.
-liz
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