Thanks to the fundraiser a non-profit was having, we were able to purchase some day-passes for Great Wolf Lodge at more than 80% off the ticketed price. I couldn't resist. We scheduled our visit for this past Monday... however, even I couldn't find a way to justify this as a school field trip! So, last week we had school on Labor Day, and that made me feel better about taking this Monday off!
The kids were sooooooo excited. In their minds, GWL ranks right up there with Disney World. Poppa was able to join us for the day, too, which was just icing on the excitement cake.
When we first got inside, I shot this video:
The younger two had never been there before, but had heard recountings by Strider over and over. Still, I don't think they were quite prepared for the magnitude of it all. Poor Colsen was trying to be brave!
Almost immediately they warmed up, though... especially loving the Wave Pool:
And Strider loved getting dumped on by the big bucket...
Waiting, waiting:
Crash!
Poppa was a good sport and went on some of the big waterslides with the kids (This is him coming down Alberta Falls with Rayna-- she's the little head inside the raft):
Rayna's favorite slide, though, was Mountain Edge Racer. She probably did it 7 or 8 times......
Strider, of course, liked the fastest and scariest one -- the Howling Tornado. Poppa went down once and that was enough for him. I naively went down once, and vowed never again, too. So Strider had to resort to riding with strangers, such as those below.
He ended up doing it 10 times, and by the end said it was so tame it was almost boring. He's crazy!! That funnel drop is insane.
THIS kind of slide was more my style (video on left). Colsen like it, too (on right):
So, everyone found
We all went to sleep that night feeling like we were still racing through waves!
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