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Great Wolf Lodge Offers Great Holiday Events! #Giveaway

October 29, 2013 by dadofdivas 2 Comments

About Great Wolf Lodge

Your Great Wolf Lodge adventure begins in our massive, 84-degree indoor water park. Splash the day away in over 39,000 square feet of water-packed excitement, including jaw-dropping slides for thrill seekers or zero-depth entry areas for little ones. Outside the water park, the fun continues. Grab a wand and battle a dragon in MagiQuest or get an ice cream-themed manicure in Scooops Kid Spa before gathering your family in our Grand Lobby for nightly fireside Story Time, the perfect ending to a Great Wolf day.

On top of all of this Great Wolf Lodge also offers some great holiday themed experiences as well that you and your family will love. Some of the ones that are coming up this fall include the two below:

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Howl-o-Ween runs through Thursday, October 31. Some activities vary by lodge, but all resorts participate in the nightly costume parades, trick-or-treat trails, and the Monster Bash family dance party on the weekends. Most lobbies are decorated with our giant balloon spiders and are decked out in Howl-o-Ween décor.

This October, grab your costumes and join us for spooktacular family events throughout your stay.

Costume Parade

Each night, children of all ages are welcome to attend our Costume Parade. Everyone will have the opportunity to show off their costume to the crowd, allowing parents a chance to snap photos to remember the events. Each participant will also receive a prize.

Trick-or-Treat Trail

Bring your costume and grab your goodie bag – it’s time for Trick-or-Treating at Great Wolf Lodge. The whole family will enjoy meeting our characters as they collect their ghostly goodies along the trail. Parents may attend the Trail with their children, however ghostly goodies are provided to children only.

Spooktacular Story Time

Don’t be late to the Great Clock Tower Show each night at 8:00 p.m., followed by Spooktacular Story Time. Enjoy stories that are just a boo-bit scary with a visit from a character of the Great Wolf Kids Pack.

Monster Bash Dance Party

Show off those monster moves at the Monster Bash Dance Party. Bring your spooky pack to the Grand Lobby for tons of fun, games and cool prizes. (Fridays and Saturdays).

Snowland begins November 30 – January 4, 2014. The tree lighting ceremony (at all properties) will be on November 30, and this is also the day that Santa makes his arrival to Great Wolf Lodge! Greatwolf.com/Snowland has all of the general information – but we will also have the dining inside the life-size gingerbread houses again this year. Guests can make reservations to eat in the gingerbread house for a $20 sitting fee that will be donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters. We are still gathering the information as to how guests can make these reservations, so details are still to be determined.

Snowland Events

Dine in our life-size Gingerbread House

Make your holidays a little sweeter when you dine inside our life-size Gingerbread House! The delicious aromas that drift from this giant Gingerbread House may start a craving for sweets, so we’ve made room inside for you to eat with your pack! Reservations can be made at the hostess stand upon arrival. $20 will be added to your bill and donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Santa Visits Great Wolf Lodge

Santa Claus is coming to Great Wolf Lodge! He will make his grand entry during our annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, November 30. Additional visits from Santa vary by lodge. Children can also write letters to Santa at Santa’s Letter Depot. He’ll be sure to respond after his world tour on December 25.

North Pole University

Children can become a Snowland expert by enrolling in North Pole University. Complete 4 fun activities on your task list to obtain your “Snowploma” and a limited edition trading card!

Giveaway

How would you like to win this for yourself or for your family? All you need to do is fill out the below form to be entered. The contest will run for one week and will end on November 5, 2013.

Winner must be a resident of the U.S.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

the complimentary stay is for a one-night stay in a Family Suite with one breakfast for 4 people and 2 days of waterpark admission included. Valid at all Great Wolf Lodge properties in the U.S. (excludes Niagara Falls, Canada.) Gift certificate is nonefundable and non-transferable. Reservation is based upon discount availability, valid every day of the week. Blackout dates do apply. Certificate expires December 31st, 2013 and does not carry cash value. Recipient must be at least 21 years old.

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Great Wolf Lodge Announces First Resort in New England

September 27, 2013 by dadofdivas 1 Comment

New England families will soon have something to howl about, as Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. begins construction in Massachusetts on its newest resort.

Great Wolf Lodge New England will be a first-class destination resort, providing families with more than 100,000 square feet of entertainment offerings and lodging amenities to enjoy, all under one roof. The centerpiece of the resort will be more than 68,000 square feet of indoor waterpark fun, the largest in the state. With signature Great Wolf Lodge water rides and attractions, including the thrilling six-story funnel slide, Howlin’ Tornado; Slap Tail Pond wave pool and Fort MacKenzie – a multi-level interactive tree house – the new resort will feature water fun for everyone.

“As the leader in indoor waterpark resorts, we are thrilled to expand our brand into New England,” shared Kim Schaefer, chief executive office, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., “We are bringing a unique, yearound family entertainment resort to the market, as well as introducing new experiences and amenities to the brand that are exclusive to this new property. Great Wolf Lodge New England will feature the very best in family-focused vacations. ”

The 406 guest suites will provide the perfect place for families to relax after a full day of waterpark play. Each suite will comfortably accommodate at least five people and include an inoom refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker. Families can choose from several suite styles, including the kid-themed Wolf Den, and KidCabin suites, which feature bunk beds and colorful spaces.

The resort will also debut never-before-seen suite styles, including the Majestic KidCabin and the Grizzly Wolf Dens.

The Majestic KidCabin will sleep 11 people and feature two bathrooms, a separate king bedroom, two queen beds and a themed cabin for kids, complete with a daybed and a set of bunk beds. The Grizzly Wolf Den will sleep ten people, have two separate bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room area and themed kids Wolf Den, complete with bunk beds.

Families will delight at the wide variety of activities found throughout the entire resort, perfect for children of all ages. Attractions and amenities include:

The brand’s first and only indoor play area, boasting over 16,000 square feet of entertainment complete with a multi-level ropes course and indoor miniature golf;
MagiQuest, a live-action, interactive game where kids use wands to battle dragons and save pixies;
Scooops Kid Spa for ice cream-themed manicures and pedicures;
Ten Paw Alley mini bowling;
Daily kids’ activities as part of the resort’s Cub Club on Wheels program; and
The Great Clock Tower Show and evening Story Time by the fireplace – a Great Wolf Lodge tradition that brings everyone together in the Grand Lobby each night

Great Wolf Lodge New England will also feature several dining options and food outlets including the brand’s new Lodge Wood Fired Grill restaurant and bar, the Bear Paw Sweets & Eats confectionery café, Hungry as a Wolf handcrafted pizza and pasta and a Dunkin’ Donuts^®.

Event planners can also look to Great Wolf Lodge New England for all meeting and event needs. The property will boast more than 12,000 square feet of flexible conference space, six breakout rooms, a dedicated group entrance, built-in audio/video technology, customizable catering options and a world-class team of industry professionals.

Access to Great Wolf Lodge New England’s indoor water park is included with each suite and is exclusive to resort guests, providing a great value and the perfect place for families to spend time together.

Great Wolf Lodge New England will be the company’s twelfth resort. It will be located off Route 2, 45 minutes from Boston and is expected to open in late spring 2014.

For more information on Great Wolf Resorts and its brands of indoor waterpark resorts, visit greatwolf.com/newengland.

Shadowquest to debut at Great Wolf Lodge

September 4, 2013 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

For the past several years, guests at Great Wolf Lodge have become Master Magi as they played the unique, live action, interactive gaming adventure, MagiQuest®. Now, a new experience is coming to the family entertainment resorts that takes players on quests through new worlds and offers fun for everyone with the wave of a wand. ShadowQuest, the latest game from Creative Kingdoms, LLC, creators of MagiQuest, challenges players to embark on a journey to save the light.
ShadowQuest will debut at Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells, WI on August 23, followed by installation at six additional Great Wolf Lodges this fall. The resorts in Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Grand Mound, Washington; Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Concord, North Carolina will soon challenge players of all ages.

ShadowQuest is a completely new adventure and game. Utilizing the same wand technology of its sister game, MagiQuest™, ShadowQuest takes players through the resort in search of crystals, artifacts and magical places. They can also summon Lumina, leader of the light pixies to help choose which quest to embark on.
ShadowQuest features ten quests, a “Vanishing Light” adventure and for those who successfully accomplish each step, a final battle against the evil yeti Malaki. The game, with its fantastical theme and rich, digital environments will blend into the Great Wolf Lodge resorts alongside the MagiQuest stations. Players can start and stop the game at any time; each wand stores every feat and battle
played for easy pick up on a future visit. The same wand also stores players’ MagiQuest games and accomplishments.

“We are so excited to debut ShadowQuest at our resorts,” said Kim Schaefer, chief executive officer, Great Wolf Resorts, “We have wanted to bring a new experience to families who already love MagiQuest, as well as add something to engage kids who haven’t yet played the game. With the wave of a wand—literally—the entire family can take an adventure together.”
Players will select from a variety of quests and adventures that result in a collection of special powers. As these powers increase, players proceed to higher levels of the game where the level of difficulty also increases. ShadowQuest is not confined to a computer screen. It places players inside a three-dimensional, interactive fantasy world where they must follow clues that lead deeper into a mythical realm populated by an array of characters and creatures.

Guests can learn more about ShadowQuest – and when it will debut at their favorite Great Wolf Lodge resort – by logging on to www.greatwolf.com/shadowquest.

Shadow Quest brings adventure