We decided to spend Labor Day Weekend at Wisconsin Dells (which is a 2-hour drive) in continuation of Rinoa’s birthday celebration. Mica and Rinoa had an incredible time, and there was so much to do that I wondered why we never considered visiting this town before. It’s like the Las Vegas of waterparks.
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We stayed at Great Wolf Lodge, which had a woodland theme and which we found to be one of the most children-friendly places in the area. Three times a day, they have an animated clock tower show here in the lobby. And every night, children in their pajamas gather here for storytime.
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Our room, which sleeps 7 people, had a children’s cabin with a bunkbed that Mica and Rinoa went gaga over (shown behind Mica in the picture). I’m also showing Troy who went nuts with a glow stick that Mica and Rinoa won at the arcade.
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Our room included free passes to the waterparks for the length of our stay. The hotel had three themed waterparks. It’s surprising to see Rinoa so fearless. She went down a 5-storey water slide about 8 times – the one that made Troy purple when he tried it once.
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Mica had the most fun at Magiquest, a live interactive pixie/dragon adventure game. It was quite interesting. You purchase a wand and go on quests throughout this 4-storey building. It took Mica two days to complete all her adventures/quests.
To make the most of our stay at the lodge, we purchased a Paw Pass for each of the girls. The pass included the following:
- Magiquest wand and adventure game
- wand decorating workshop (well, where you get to decorate your wand)
- stuffed animal (similar to Build-a-Bear)
- 50 arcade tokens
- souvenir sipper cup
- coupon book for the nearby outlet mall (which I was able to use)
The Paw Pass was $40 or $50 each. (I don’t remember exactly). But it was just $5 or $10 more than simply purchasing a wand and a game, so we went for it.
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We also went to the Wisconsin Deer Park, which is located downtown. Mica and Rinoa were thrilled to be up close and personal with the deer.
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And this is for my good friend, Rhea. Troy and I thought the sign was hilarious. =)