Family Vacation 2009 Part 2--Waterparks, Arcade, and Playland

May 22-31, 2009---The resort we stayed at, The Wilderness Territory, is fantastic for families. We can walk indoors to four indoor waterparks, four outdoor water parks, two putt putt courses, two arcades, a four-story 30,000 square foot playland, shops, etc all within the resort. None of the waterparks are large but it is nice to have variety and have them spread out over the campus (cuts down on the long lines). We were a little tired from the day before, so we got up slowly on Sunday (05/24), got some breakfast, went to the grocery store, had lunch and took a nap. After the nap, we tried two of the four indoor water parks on the campus.

We tried Klondike Kavern first--lazy river, kiddie area w/splash bucket, three big waterslides, hot tub, and two indoor/outdoor pools with basketball goals:







The second indoor water park we tried was Wild Wild West---kiddie area w/splash bucket, indoor/outdoor hot tub, and three big water slides.










The parks stay open until 10 pm, but we quit at 7:30 pm so we could come back, shower and eat dinner. The kids went to bed without any objections!


On Monday (05/25) we took a break from the waterparks and opted to do some of the other activities at the resort. First, we had a "15 minute" timeshare discussion with Wyndham. That lasted from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm with a 1 1/2 hour break in between. But, we did get $50 of arcade tokens for the hassle. The kids cashed the game room tokens in at a game room that was about the size of a Chuck E. Cheese place. It was pretty cool, but they are a little too young for most of it. In the end, we played games until the $50 ran out, which actually took about two hours. The kids had enough tickets to cash in and get candy, prizes and other "valuable" trinkets.




















We also did the 3D, black light, Putt Putt game that is played around an aquarium area. The Putt Putt was challenging because all the obstacles were glowing and floating in space. The hole appeared to glow and move as you moved. It was a very unique Putt Putt game.

After all that, we came back and napped. After naps and dinner, We explored the Timberland Playland. We were there for two hours and it was AWESOME. Think of a four story circular maze that combines a McDonalds play gym with a ball pit and American Gladiators For Kids on steroids. The maze was circular and you went up rope ladders, slides, climbing walls, etc. on the sides to get between floors. Some of the corridors had barriers you had to climb between/over/under. On each floor, there were pneumatic guns that you loaded with foam balls. The balls were able to be shot from floor to floor and you had a three story war with everyone else. There were guns, sling shots and other devices to use as weapons. Those players on the ground floor had other devices that could launch 30 balls in all directions to all floors. There were other devices that would vacuum the balls off the ground and send them to various floors. It was amazing. There were as many parents as kids playing. We will definitely be going back. The pneumatic guns would fire the balls at a pretty quick pace, but they didn't hurt when they hit you. You could also hide behind walls and columns to avoid direct hits. There was also a toddler area for the wee ones. Two hours went by pretty quickly. We came back to the play area three or four times over the week.