In lieu of our (cancelled) Disney cruise, we took the kids to the new and local Great Wolf Lodge in Scottsdale. We picked the kids up a little early for school and spent Friday evening (the 23rd) and Saturday morning (the 24th) at the Lodge. We picked up pizza from Barro's on the way and ate it in our room before heading out to the water park. It was a relief to go into the waterpark area and be mask-free. It was as if covid wouldn't enter the water park, but apparently it was on a rampage in the lobby because everyone was masked up. The kids had such a fun time in the water park. There isn't a whole lot to say about the waterpark other than the kids loved it and had the time of their lives. I feel like the Great Wolf in Wisconsin was bigger, or at least spread out. The kid's area in Wisconsin was in it's own separate section. This one in Scottsdale seemed more condensed. Gabe and Elisa's favorite activity in the water park was the slides. They went down over and over and over again! It's amazing how much energy the kids have when it comes to things they enjoy. Ian's favorite activity was the floating logs. It took him once or twice to figure out how to get across them without falling into the water, and once he did, he was in line over and over again! I can tell his months of gymnastics have paid off! Elisa could get over the logs without falling in, too. Gabe, on the other hand...well he tried once, fell into the water and gave up and never tried again. He was mostly interested in the slides. We spent the night, and the kids loved their bunkbed room. I slept fine that night and in the morning, Erik went to Butter's and brought us all back a delicious breakfast which I ate in bed. We spent the rest of the day (until 1:00 pm) at the waterpark. The only reason we left is because the kids were hungry, even though they wanted to keep playing at the waterpark. Such a fun place to be! Elisa says she wants to have her next birthday party there. I'm sure we'll be back there again in any case!
Barro's pizza for dinner. Yum!
Ian at the little kids section. He didn't hang out too much in this area, he was a little on the older/bigger side to be playing in there anyway. He really liked the wave pool and the play structure.
Gabe and Elisa went down the slides countless times, together
Ian loved playing in the play structure. Like a playground with water!
Ian going across the logs
Silly girl on her first attempt. What is she doing?
At least Gabe tried. Counts for something!
Gabe and Elisa in the lazy river. That was where I spent most of my time!
Gabe enjoying his pancake breakfast
Some fun pictures in the front of the building and in the lobby.
These two couldn't stop themselves from going down the slides ceaselessly.
Ian performing one of his many floating log crossings.
The waterpark looks like lots of fun. It's great that it's inside with no sun and a nice temperature.
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