The other two areas she really liked were the Chinook Cove (which is pretty much just a pool) and Crooked Creek (lazy river) although she didn’t want to get in a tube, she just wanted the current to push her in her puddle jumper. She still climbed to the top of the Fort, but we had to come back down the stairs once we got up. J was there to catch her at the bottom and L told us the rest of the trip about how scary the yellow slide was. At some point, she flipped over on to her belly and ended up going to down the slide on her belly with her face in the water. Once the slide cleared, she crawled up to the yellow side and took off. L sort of looked at them at first then saw another little girl hop in so she wanted to. Once at the top of Fort Mackenzie, the quickest way down is one of the two slides. She would meticulously make her way up the various nets while I huffed and puffed behind her trying to find a good foot hold on nets that were clearly not designed for adults. For only being a little over 2 1/2, this little girl has no fear. The climbing structure also has a series of cargo net ladders. That wasn’t the only thing she liked about Fort Mackenzie though. L would get right on the edge of where the water hit and we could feel the wind rushing by us as the water rained down. Once the bells started ringing as a warning for the shower that was about to rain down, older kids made a bee-line for the splash zone. The centerpiece is the 1000 gallon bucket that dumps every five minutes. It’s a four-story climbing structure with water elements all the way up. L liked this a lot more than we thought she would. Once we got her to try something new, we headed over to Fort Mackenzie. She loved this area and it was always the go-to when she wanted to sldie. The red one was faster the blue one and it depended on whether L could find a friend to race her down the blue ones. J got L a puddle jumper to keep her afloat and L took the first of many, many rides down the two smaller slides. Once we got inside, L headed straight for the Whooping Hollow. They put one of three colored wristbands on all the kids based on their height and that wristband determines what slides the kids can ride. There’s an attendant at the entrance of the waterpark to check wristbands and check the height of the kids coming in. We all got dressed and headed down to the lower level. ![]() Once we got everything in the room, L was begging to get her “baby suit” (as she calls) it on. The wristbands were just wristbands and the key cards are typical hotel keycards. ![]() At that indoor waterpark, there’s a microchip in the wristbands that get your in to your room, the waterpark, and will work like a credit card at the restaurants throughout the resort. I was really hoping the keys would be tired to our wristbands like they are at Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, IL. I picked the cheapest suite since L is still pretty little, but for a little more money, they have some great suites for kids that have their own tree houses and bunk beds. Once L figured out where we were, she couldn’t get her bathing suit on fast enough.Īfter getting our room keys and wristbands, we headed to our room. While I went to check in, J took L through the large, lodge style lobby that includes a giant clock, animatronic trees and animals, a large gift shop, a Dunkin Donuts, and large windows that look in to the water park. The entrance to the hotel is kind of “around the back” on the north side of the building which is the farthest away from US 31. The resort consists of the water park, hotel, and a conference center. It sits up on a hill and is visible well before you pull up to the entrance. There are a dozen Great Wolf Lodge’s across the country including the Traverse City location on US 31 on the south side of Traverse City. The company was founded in the late 90’s by the brother’s behind Noah’s Ark in Wisconsin Dells (one of my families favorite vacation spots). Great Wolf Lodge is a chain of indoor water parks. I decided to book two nights so that L would have three days to play in the water park. Last month, they were running a booking special for this month which got me a room for less than I have paid at some regular hotels. I started looking at Great Wolf Lodge knowing L would love it. J and I desperately needed some time away from work and started talking about Traverse City. It doesn’t really matter what the body of water is, she loves to swim. ![]() My daughter takes after her Papa and Uncle when it comes to water parks. I was more of a roller coaster rider while my brother and dad loved water slides. When I was growing up, my parents took my brother and I to a lot of water parks.
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