Ok. This is a fun place with a great waterpark. T...

Ok. This is a fun place with a great waterpark. The little kid areas are gated and the giant dumping bucket area has only one entrance so you can keep tabs on kids while giving them a little freedom. We went Sunday-Monday and Monday was pretty empty compared to Sunday which was nice. It is organized chaos with a really neat wrist bracelet system that you can charge things to your room instead of needing to carry cards or cash. It also doubles as your room key which is also amazing. The kid's bracelets work also. The people are super nice and it runs like a well-oiled machine. Now for the complaints. We have been to the one in Traverse City twice. We were thrilled when we heard the Gurney, IL location opened because it's an hour closer to my house in Michigan but we wish we would have made the drive. The one at Traverse City is rustic and authentic. Hand-carved decorations and taxidermy. Story time at Gurney was a giant projector and a big screen. If I hadn't been to the one up north I wouldn't know what I was missing. That's why 4 stars. Also - they have this silly thing they do up north where they bring these fake pumps out and the kids think they are starting up the water park. Silly? Yeah but the kids loved it. In Gurney they have a rock climbing wall and a 9 hole mini golf course and a ropes course. It costs a small fortune to do all this stuff and we dont go for that. We go for the water park. Which was amazing and we loved the slides. They have a neat locker system that connects to the bracelet but it costs between 10 and 15.00 PER DAY to use. Sheesh. They got 200 bucks to have me use my room for sleep and I have to rent lockers also? We had a great time but go with the right expectations.