The Willes Family

Review of Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin...

My family and I spent one night at the Wilderness ...

My family and I spent one night at the Wilderness and we had an absolute blast. I would love to give this resort 5-stars but I just cannot do so, and here is why:

This is a family friendly resort with three large indoor water parks. Although the water parks were a lot of fun for my 2-year-old daughter, I could not help but notice the insane amount of alcoholic beverages that people were consuming. One water park appears to be geared more toward small children with a large lazy river surrounding it. This water park was best suited for my 2-year-old daughter and we had a wonderful time. My complaint is this.... If you have one water park geared more toward smaller children, it seems inconsiderate to have a bar serving drinks the size of your head. I witnessed several intoxicated individuals arguing, cursing at one another and eventually the cops were called. We moved our table to the other side of this water park and then had to deal with a heavily intoxicated couple indulging in lewd behavior that was entirely inappropriate for children to witness.

WITH that being said, this hotel would receive 5-stars from my family had their water parks not been serving alcohol at all three pools. Just pick one water park that is family friendly all around for little children under the age of 7 -- with no alcohol, please.

Aside from the water park fiasco, our room was clean and quite spacious. We loved Polka Dot Pots where you can paint your own pottery! We toured this entire resort, each water park and visited all the shops. Overall, this was a great stay with a few flaws -- over-serving alcoholic beverages around small children being the biggest flaw of all which will most likely hinder us from returning.