Waterpark in February

As I've mentioned in a few posts we recently took a trip to an indoor waterpark.   Here's the whole scoop...

In December we saw a great deal on Living Social. The deal was for about $200 for one night/two days, breakfast included plus water park passes for everyone for both days at Six Flags Great Escape Lodge in the Finger Lakes. 

We then used a 25% off promotion Living Social was running,  % off with ebates or shopathome (I don't remember how much), and we had a credit from a bat mitzvah limo service we ended up canceling. There was a $30 service fee when we finally booked it, but it was still a pretty good deal.  I think it worked out to be about $170 give or take after fees.

We gave it to the kids as our big family Hanukkah present and booked it over Presidents Day weekend (Sunday to Monday).

Wipe out!!!

It's been a particularly snowy winter in Upstate New York (as you can see by the snow on the windows).  It took about 4 hours with no traffic going up on Sunday.  Snow as far as the eye can see.

As soon as we arrived we went to the room to change and headed to the water park.  We had a blast on all the rides. After a few hours, we headed to our rooms, changed, relaxed then went to dinner at the onsite Johnny Rockets. The food was okay and didn't have much selection, but it was fine.  Then, back to the room to change and the kiddos and hubby returned for more water fun.  (I had more than enough and was happy to relax.)

The next day we had our free breakfast, packed up our room, put everything in the car except a change of clothes and winter gear to go home.  Then we went for our final round of waterpark fun. 

Recap:  Oddly, the place was designed exactly like Great Wolf Lodge waterpark in Pennsylvania.  I don't think the two are affiliated.  This Six Flags resort was nice, and save for one annoying towel attendant, it was a very pleasant stay.  We went over a holiday weekend, so it was pretty crowded, but not too bad.  The Great Wolf Lodge waterpark was a little larger, but much, much more costly. 

The kids' favorites were the Lazy River and the coasters. I liked the hot tub and surf ride.

With traffic it took about five hours to go home.  We had a great time and a well needed getaway.  

Happy Hanukkah!!!

Yes, there was that much snow outside.

Crazy prices for lockers. And they weren't big enough.

That's our stuff from the greenish bag to the end.  We started the trend. When we arrive it was empty on top.  

Vacation is over!