After visiting the International Crane Foundation, we headed up US12 towards the Dells. We were surprised that our hotel was in Lake Delton rather than the Dells, very near where US12 and the freeway meet.
We stayed in the Great Wolf Lodge. We got the cheapest room they had, which overlooked a huge construction container in a parking lot. But that was OK - the hotel was great, and the room was cheaper than the ones in nearly all hotels in downtown Chicago.
The hotel had a north woods theme. It had three indoor water parks, and one outdoor one. They all flowed into each other - I think they were added on at various times. They had everything from toddler play areas to 700 gallon buckets of water to dump on your head, to a wave pool, to a pool for basketball, to a couple of huge hot tubs - well, you get the idea. Lots of huge multi story twisty slides. The hotel also had an amenities desk where you could purchase all sorts of tickets to area attractions at a nice discount. And there were restaurants, a gift store, a spa...the list could go on and on and on. In the pool areas there were tons of life guards, so if you had older children you didn't feel as if you had to keep an eagle eye on them for every second. They also gave you two water proof room charge cards when you checked in. That way if you did want to get away from your older children for a little while, you could give them a room charge so they could get a snack or a drink and charge it to the room while you take a nap or go out for a romantic dinner.
We loved it. We had a wonderful time. The kids nearly lived in the water parks, and Dan and I could have a bit of couple time as well as spend some of our time in the water parks.
We did quite a few things in our three days in the Dells, so I am going to break things up into a few entries.
the wonderful hotel: http://www.greatwolflodge.com/Locations/Dells/
http://themeparks.about.com/cs/waterparks/p/dellsgreatwolf.htm
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