Great Wolf Lodge

 We went to Great Wolf Lodge from Sunday through Tuesday. The last time we were here, Ellena was 2 years old and we only stayed for one night. We played in the water park, but did not have time for the MagiQuest game. This time we got an extra night to have fun, fun, fun!

The cousins with their new wands! Ready to battle the red dragon! MagiQuest is this cool game in the hotel where you purchase a wand and load the game onto the wand. You receive challenges and must figure out riddles to complete the challenges. The game spans 5 floors of the hotel and there are pictures and objects throughout that you wave your wand at and it activates the objects or completes the challenges you are on.

Bunk beds in the room. Ellena ended up sleeping on the sofa sleeper, but it was still fun to climb up and hang out on the top bunk!

There is a deal for a free photobook with special Great Wolf Lodge layouts. Since I would probably make a photobook anyway, might as well get it free! But because it's a water park, I was leaving everything locked up in the room - wallet, keys, iphone and camera. Our room key is in the wristband, so I really didn't have to carry anything around with us. On the last day, I realized, if I wanted to make a photobook, I was going to have to start taking pictures! By that time, Evan was done with the waterpark and just wanted to finish up the MagiQuest game. I told him to let me get a few pictures of the waterpark first and then we would play the game. Ellena and Pops went for a final swim. She really enjoyed the wave area!

When it was time for us to all meet up at the arcade, Evan was exhausted from going up and down the flights of stairs to finish the game, so he opted to play at the arcade while Momma, the one person in our family who didn't purchase her own wand, completed the last two challenges. We were told we would earn a special prize to take home only after the last 2 challenges were completed, so I stepped up and finished it. What was the prize? Certificates printed out on their color laser printer! We were expecting something a little cooler, but oh well. Kids were happy, though!