Great Wolf Lodge, Minneapolis, MN

On our Christmas visit to Minnesota, we spent a night at the local Great Wolf Lodge. The place is a hotel with a water theme park (indoors), a MagiQuest adventure game, food, and other amenities. The wolf outside was appropriately snowy, considering the sub-zero temperatures.

Do not ask for whom the great wolf howls...

The water park was a blast though we did not get any pictures of us playing. They have six slides, including one massive one that is seven or eight stories tall. The lazy river was relaxing. The wave pool was a little more stimulating and the surf section had too long of a line for me to try it out. The youngest in our group enjoyed the kids play area.

View of the water park from the "Hungry as a Wolf" restaurant

View of the water park from our hotel room

Our hotel room faced the Minnesota skyline, which was far away. Still, it was exciting for our geograph-phile child.

Skyline at day

Skyline at night

We brought our wands from our Williamsburg Great Wolf Lodge adventure and shared one with our cousins. My kids did a lot of running around, interacting with various decorations and screens on the first two floors of the lodge.

Working together

Getting an assignment

Getting an ice arrow

Getting the drop on a dragon

The dragon dropped

The lodge has other activities like a climbing wall, a high ropes course, and a stage with various performances (including a knighting ceremony for anyone who finished the MagiQuest). We did none of those. Maybe if we had stayed longer we'd have done even more. The water park is the star attraction.

Some other kid on the rock wall

High ropes adventure

Maybe we will visit another Great Wolf Lodge in the new year!