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[quote=Anonymous]I LOVE GWL.  We're leaving to go there for our annual trip on Sunday - Tuesday.  We'll be there for only 1 full day, 2 nights, but we'll get to use the park for the day we arrive as well.  That's generally enough time to thoroughly get sick of the pool.

If you have a toddler as your oldest, I'd say "don't waste your money".  The slides on the large playset are not tandum...one at a time, so if you have a baby, you wont be able to go down these slides with him/her.

There are 2 slides that use tubes. You can go single (in a ring tube) or go double (in a tube that looks like a figure 8).  They are fast and fun.

Then there are also the bigger, more thrilling slides. One is a large raft that you can sit in.  You can take a baby in that because it is a very enjoyable ride down and you're not touching the water...you are IN the raft.  The most extreme ride there is the Howling Tornado.  My 9 YO DD screamed in fear and cried afterwards.  It is fast and furious and you have to be able to hold on in order to go down this slide.

So, yes...there is something for everyone!!  I'm a kid at heart, so I enjoy the slides tremendously with my kids.

Other water fun includes a wave pool, a lazy river, 2 hot tubs, and other pools to play around in.  There is a large toddler pool also with smaller slides.

It can be spendy if you go unprepared.  If you go, come with hotdogs, sandwich ingredients, and a large jug of water.  There is a small frig and a microwave in the room.  If you go to the restaurant with the food bar for every meal, you'll double what you expected to pay at this place.  There are ways around it though.  There is a Pizza Hut in the lobby, and there is a shop downstairs that sells salads and sandwiches at a better price than an all-you-can-eat bar.

I typically let my older children go off by themselves to play MagicQuest.  If you have young kids, you'll be stuck walking the hallways to do this with them.  My 11 YO might actually get sick of it this year though.

If you're going to make a reservation, sign up for their emails and wait for the emails to come with the big coupons.  The room that we're getting this weekend is the largest suite and generally goes for over $700 per night.  We got it for $350 due to the sales that they offer.  The first year we went, we payed $500 for a mediocre room...we did not know about the specials that they offer at the time.

I love this place.  Especially around Christmas...they have Santa there for photographs and do lots of festive things around the holidays.

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