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Congratulations on the closing and the upgrade! Way to go celebrating at Great Wolf
Thank you! We had a blast
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Congrats on the house! Sounds like a great time at Great Wolf!
It was a really great time - and we enjoyed just letting the boys dictate what we did
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The boys woke up early the next morning - which shocked me because they weren't in bed until after 10pm. Nevertheless, Cullen woke me up at 6 am. True to his nature, he was content with a cup of cereal and orange juice. I showered, Brian then showered and we got the other two up and around. We decided to try the breakfast buffet, and would be paying cash because we wanted to save the food credits for when we were in the water park.
We were quickly seated, and I'd alerted both the front desk and our server that we had people with a food allergy. A chef came to the table and asked what the allergy was. When I told him the younger two had a dairy allergy he said, "can they still eat eggs?" We get this a lot. They can have eggs, but they cannot have any type of cow protein. Once I explained to him what they had to avoid he said he couldn't help because he was a "white" coat chef and he needed to call a "black coat chef" over. Our server explained that the coats were coded to show who was the head chef and who the sous chefs were. Black= head chef.
The head chef said he'd be able to send up scrambled eggs and an order of DF pancakes. The only "Safe" buffet items came from the fruit table where bowls of fresh fruit were placed along with prepackaged cereal.
The buffet price of $14.99 for adults included a breakfast beverage. I found it a bit odd that the kid price of $7.99 didn't include any type of beverage. In tiny print is stated we could add milk for $1.00 Our server was a bit flustered when we asked to substitute apple juice for the kids' milk. In the end, we had to settle for lemonade because juice isn't an option for breakfast.
The food was typical breakfast fare - eggs, breakfast meats, Keilbasa and peppers, and three versions of pancakes. The fruit bar contained strawberries, oranges, apples and bananas. There were a few containers of yogurt and cream cheese as well as a toasting station with various bread.
In all, we had a good meal, but I wouldn't rush back to repeat it. Next time, we'll bring more in the way of breakfast foods for our room.
After breakfast, we got ready to go down to the water park. Because it didn't open until 10, we took our sweet time and tidied up the room too. Nolan left a cute note for the person cleaning our room and we headed down to the park. We spent two and a half hours in the water park - most of it outside. We'd brought lunch stuff for the kids, so we headed to the room to dry off, eat and relax a bit. Actually, the entire family ended up taking a nap.
After naps, we headed to the lobby for some activities. The younger boys each got a balloon animal and colored a fish to hang up and they played a version of a scavenger hunt.
By 3:30, they were ready to return for water fun! We swam and played downstairs until 7 pm before ordering hot dogs (Patrick), chicken strips (Cullen) and two slices of pizza (Nolan) along with hot pretzel (Patrick) and two orders of fries (Cullen and Nolan). We took the food to the room and they ate and then showered. Then it was time for the arcade room. Nolan hit a huge jackpot of 1300 tickets. By the time their game cards were emptied (purchased by my parents as gifts), they had more than enough to get several stuffed animals, some candy and a few other small items.
We stopped for ice cream at the gift shop - Nolan found an Eddy's flavor (Cookies and Cream) and the younger two found Rasberry sorbet.
We returned to the room just shy of 10 pm and discovered - we could see fireworks from nearby Kings Island!
With the waterpark not opening until 10 the next morning, and the lack of a good place to change other than the resort room, we opted NOT to swim on Saturday and instead were on the road home by 10:30 am. We pulled into our driveway a short 45 minutes later, exhausted but happy we'd made the spontaneous trip happen.
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Sounds like you all had a wonderful time at the lodge!
It was a truly fun time - just what we needed after a hectic week getting the house to closing and after the rough year with my foot.
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What a fun day!!
Thanks! It's something the boys still laugh at - we gave them 10 minutes to pack their bags and get in the car
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I love the spontaneous trip. I'm surprised that juice wasn't part of the breakfast option, that's so odd to me.
Right? It was crazy because buffet meals typically include a beverage.
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Sounds like a great time at Great Wolf!
We get this a lot. They can have eggs, but they cannot have any type of cow protein. Once I explained to him what they had to avoid he said he couldn't help because he was a "white" coat chef and he needed to call a "black coat chef" over. Our server explained that the coats were coded to show who was the head chef and who the sous chefs were. Black= head chef.
. By the time their game cards were emptied (purchased by my parents as gifts), they had more than enough to get several stuffed animals, some candy and a few other small items.
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