Great Wolf Lodge


The Great Wolf Lodge, located in Traverse City Michigan, acts as the perfect vacation spot for kids and adults alike with its attractions being suitable for all ages.  With the attached theme filled hotel featuring rooms especially for families, Great Wolf Lodge is the perfect year round vacation getaway.

The hotel features many rooms which are perfect for small and large families alike.  The most popular room, the family suite offers two queen beds secluded from the rest of the room perfect for getting a great night’s sleep.  The room also offers a pull out sleeper sofa in the living room area for the little ones to rest on.

For families who want to take on the full adventure, the lodge offers both the wolf den suite and the kid camp suite.  Both offer separate themed kids sleeping areas with televisions ready to play movies.

No matter which room you and your family choose to stay in, you are guaranteed to get a great night’s sleep in your comfortable relaxing rooms.

The indoor water park at the Great Wolf Lodge features a stunning 225,000 gallon of water.  This alone makes it not also visually spectacular but also one of the largest in the nation.  This particular indoor water park features eight water slides of all different sizes accompanied by five pools and a water fort.

The main attraction of the water park is the Fort Mackenzie water playground.  This structure features multiple levels of fun as kids can run up and down stairs to reach other parts of this massive water playground.  This attraction is great for the whole family as it features bridges cargo nets and surprise spray stations.

There are a few different types of slides features at the Great Wolf Lodge.  The Alberta Falls water slide features over four stories of perilous twists and turns.  While you go down this slide, you actually travel outside of the lodge and back inside through the fully enclosed tube style slide.  As this slide is only for the extreme, there is a height restriction stating you must be over 42 inches tall to ride.

For those who may not be tall enough to ride the slide, there are more activities on the lower parts of the park sure to entertain.  The Big Foot Pass gives kid an agility challenge as they attempt to jump between the floating tree stumps.  Fail to make the jump and you will be making a splash into one of the five pools in this indoor water park.  Mesh netting positioned above the stumps, gives taller kids the ability to guide themselves across.

For visitors wanting a lazier experience at the water park, the crooked creed ride is a great choice.  Based off of the lazy river theme park ride, this slow moving waterway attracts visitors of all sizes to ride through its curves being slowly moved by the water.  This feature gives you a great tour of the water park making this a perfect first stop on your stay.

Once you have had enough of the water, you can make your way over to the eagle’s peak rock climbing wall.  This 25 foot tall wall gives climbers who are and are not experienced a great adventure in a controlled environment.  Each climber is equipped with both a harness and rope to ensure a safe experience.

The Great Wolf also offers an arcade getaway for those who tire of being in the water.  This arcade offers games suitable for all ages to play for hours of fun.  Most games also give tickets to those who play that can later be turned in for prizes and souvenirs.

The Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, Michigan offers many great attractions for every age who visits.  With great rates on combined room and water park tickets, many of its visitors choose to stay for extended amounts of time to fully take in all this indoor water park has to offer.