Oh the weather outside is frightful but inside her...

Oh the weather outside is frightful but inside here its humid and balmy. We're you expecting me to sing a Christmas song? Ha! The actual interior is always a balmy 84 in the winter. In the summer I have no idea.

It must be winter and time to visit an indoor water park. Now is it the biggest indoor water park? I'm not sure but it is full of fun.

There's a lazy river where you can float your worries away. Plus there are water slides. The best thing about water parks are the stairs. It is a great workout. It is funny to see all of the out of shape kids and parents who are huffing half way up the stairs. I always find it funny how they try to get some sympathy from me. I've probably heard every excuse in the book. Actually it would help us all to do a little more walking and climbing. I guess I'm here to have fun and not listen to the whining about the stairs. Just Do It!!!

The hotel is kind of a mini resort. There's a restaurant, pizza parlor, hot dog stand, desert place and a snack bar. The food is over priced and doesn't look very good. There are so many restaurants in and around Gurnee, so I typically will do carry out from one of those places. We'll have a picnic in the room.

The rooms are basic and nothing special. I'm not even sure if they have suites. We have always gotten a typical room with two double beds. The style of the room is very Hampton Inn meets Disney All-Star Resort.

There is also an art room that has activities for the kids. They can draw, watch a movie, play bingo or make a craft. Just check the schedule for what the staff is doing. Don't talk to the staff cause the girls in the day are a little catty.

This location will also do theme nights based on the season. Once we stayed for the Mardi Gras package and there was a fun staff parade in which the staff members decorated there own floats. Hotel guests got to vote on there favorite ones. There was also a band rocking. It was a lot of fun without going to New Orleans plus it was kid friendly.

You can Check-in at 1pm to use the water park but you can not get into your room until 4pm unless its clean already. There's also a giant list of upgrades like $50 for a jacuzzi in your room.

So as the snow falls and you are looking for a warm indoor family place, then I recommend you stop in here. It's the closest place you're going to find to a summer vacation. So throw your trunks on, ditch the sun screen and Hang 10 in a tube because its time to be a kid again.