Our experience took an unexpected turn when a park employee questioned the validity of my youngest daughter's yellow wristband during her playtime. While our son enjoyed the larger rides, our daughters delighted in the children's area, which was equipped with fun and inviting water slides. Our children were provided with wristbands: a green one for our son and yellow ones for our two daughters. On arrival, we were immediately swept up in the excitement of this state-of-the-art water park. Our much-anticipated first trip to Great Wolf Lodge, which occurred from June 11th through the 13th, unfortunately fell short of expectations due to an unsettling incident. I would definitely visit the Lodge again in the future.… The “big” slides are fun, but adventurous kids might get bored of them quickly. I think a preteen or teenager might get bored early on. At Great Wolf, you get 2 full park days and a hotel room for the price of one night, which I think is a reasonable cost. Water parks in my area are $50-$60/person for a day pass. Overall, I think it is a good value, even visiting at a peak time. My 4 year old enjoyed all of the attractions he was able to and the adults enjoyed the bigger water slides. The cocktails were good and food bars were fast, tasty and reasonably priced for amusement park food. The water park is busy but we were still able to find seats and enjoy all of the attractions. They were able to check us into our room at noon which was really appreciated. The lodge is very large and busy, but it never felt overly crowded. The room was a good size and very clean with plenty of room for 3 people. We had 2 adults and 1 child in the basic room for an overnight trip. You’re better off ordering food at Dunkin and calling it a day!… “Egg omelet” seemed to be made of powder. The food wasn’t stocked well and the quality was terrible. For $20 a head you’d think they’d at least have fresh eggs. The ugly- DO NOT PAY FOR THE BREAKFAST BUFFET! It was one of the worst, lowest quality breakfasts I think I’ve ever had. From this point on I was over the trip and it really had just begun. We weren’t purposefully trying to break rules, honest mistake, calm down. Ok, cool… got her the life jacket, I could have done without the attitude. She went on to say it doesn’t matter if she is on a swim team, it’s a liability. She then told me it was posted (by the lifejackets, that I wasn’t even looking at because, again, my daughter can swim). I explained to her I didn’t realize this because she can swim and no one explained “rules” of any sort to us. When we walked into the wave pool area she stopped me and with quite a bit of attitude told me my daughter needed a life jacket because of her size. Lifeguards were ok, but there was one that was very rude. Wait times for slides at the water park are long. $10 for a regular size that fits a purse and/or other small items. $15 for a “large” that fits about 1 backpack. $25 for a “jumbo” that fits about 2 backpacks. Well, that was half true- the lockers are pretty small (wouldn’t fit our small carryon bags, which we had to leave outside the water park ) and pricey. Our room wasn’t ready, which wasn’t a big deal… but they told us we could store our things in lockers inside the park. The water park is very small and reeks of chlorine. 2 burgers, 1 chicken sandwich, one pretzel, 2 sodas, 2 margaritas- $120… unbelievable. Mind you, the food quality is pretty low and the bartender who served us seemed lackluster at best. Lunch for my family of 4 with 2 alcoholic drinks was about $120. The bad- this place is so small and the price is exorbitant for what you actually get. The good- not much to share here other than maybe the ability to order coffee on mobile ahead of time to go down to Dunkin Donuts for pickup. If you’re curious about this place, don’t be- I do not recommend. Hotels near San Joaquin Valley College - SJVC Modesto.Hotels near ITT Technical Institute - Lathrop Campus.Hotels near The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley.
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