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Great Wolf Lodge At Pocono Mountains, PA: Day 1, Trip Day 4

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So I woke up before everyone and started draining coffee. Great Wolf Lodge has some nice single serve coffee packs and I actually will put in some effort to make sure I have plenty. This will help me get a proper start to my days here since I have made the irresponsible decision to not watch my food intake. The kids eventually woke up and we all waited on Brandi. We started our day with a bang – in the Water Park.

I walked around the water park and it was noticeably bigger and better than the lodge in Grapevine, Texas. There were a lot more people, but the place never really felt crowded. Anyhow, onto the photos!

This was the view from our balcony at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos. When I saw this I was already making lunch plans!
When you enter the water park of the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos, this is the first thing you see. To the right is another section that is just as large as this one.
I love the waterslides, but these stairs are for the birds. My cardio is garbage and my legs are shot. Luckily, when I needed a breather I at least had some cool stuff to look at.
This wave pool was really fun! It made big waves that wiped people that were not paying attention. The kids loved it.
This is another view from a platform after climbing stairs. I wish I lived near one of these places because I would here every day and I would be in some wild shape. Unlike the lodge in Grapevine, some of these slides went straight into the Crooked Creak (Lazy river).
This is the top view of the bowl in Coyote Canyon. This was a fun slide that Abby and I actually got stuck on. That was fun!
That blue tunnel is the tunnel for the most fun slide in the whole park. The Hydro Plunge!
Wesley was very excited that we were riding this slide together. It was an exciting slide that combines the best parts of water sliding while using elements of a rollercoaster to give some boosts up ramps. I could ride this all day!
This child is a menace. We ate lunch and yelled at people on the ropes course. We kept it positive, though, and cheered every time someone did the zipline. I had a total blast with my little “Big back.” BAHAHAHA!
We had a fireplace in our room, and it came in handy. It was cold, and while everyone was waiting on the shower, they didn’t have to freeze. Also, it became our way of drying our wet clothes because the lodge here did not have guest laundry.
Abby wanted to turn the fire on and I told her to take a nap. She did and she actually slept well.
There is a candy shop here and one of our package specials was a couple of cups of candy for free. The kids picked through their favorite candy and Abby had me try a gummy pizza. The candy was all pretty good, it’s just a shame that it sets the blood sugar back so much!
Yes, that is a disappointed Wesley who hit that gutter ball. This dude is so competitive.
Abby is not so competitive, and is just interested in having a good time. She used bumpers, and a strike or a gutter, she was all smiles.
Such good form!
Yeah, I am Bowser and I stomped on these fools! BAHAHAHA!
The Glow Golf was fun, but Wesley did not like it very much.
Wesley really does not like putting.
Crocs and Socks under the blacklight. I’m glad I had a putter, because the women were on the attack!
I took the kids to the Mirror Maze and they got wild. Wesley ran headfirst into a mirror and he hit the ground. He wanted to tear up some, but when I checked him out and started laughing he got up and we finished the maze.
This maze had minigames and this game required the kids to connect wires to magnets so they could blow up some TNT.
More mini games. This required the kids to work levers back in forth to bust down some rocks. It’s kind of hokey.
The arcade of the lodge is expensive, but part of our package meant $50 in tokens. Abby can win 500 tickets or 70 tickets and she will always act so excited just to win. Wesley is only interested in WINNING!
We ended our night setting up our Magiquest game and she bought a cloak with her own money.

Ten Paw Bowling is really fun. All the balls weigh about 3 or 4 lbs and are the size of cannonballs or shotput balls. The lanes are very short—even shorter than the ones in Grapevine, TX. The game only lasts five frames, which sucks because if you’re paying per game, you’re paying a lot. Getting an unlimited bowling package is the only way to go.

My bowling time was interrupted by a Walmart delivery, so I had to step out for a bit. I was happy to win with a strike at the end, plus some extra pins (I don’t know what that’s called). In Grapevine, when we wanted to play, we just asked, and they gave us tokens. Here? The attendant had to set up the game manually, which really messed up the flow.

Speaking of Walmart, their delivery service came in handy on this trip. We have Walmart+, which allows free deliveries. The best part is you can change stores and addresses, so it works wherever you go. We ordered food, supplies we forgot at home, and drinks. It kept us from driving off-site, which was incredibly convenient.

I’m happy we got a free $50 game card for the arcade, but we burned through it in less than ten minutes. I ordered a pizza, and we drained the card to zero before the order was even ready. That’s alarming—if you were there for a few hours, you’d be dropping serious cash.

You’d think with how expensive the games are, the prizes in the gift shop would be reasonably priced. Nope. Even the tickets were overpriced. I won about 170 tickets playing my favorite game (an extra-large version where balls drop into holes for different prizes).

I tried to get Wesley to play Magiquest this time, but he still refused. Abby and I decided to use our two free wands (included in our package) to get two free wand toppers instead. We started strong, but she tired out quickly. I learned that a few slices of pizza and a big salad gave me enough energy to outlast her. The only downside was my slow walking pace due to foot pain—though it wasn’t as bad as last trip. I kept a comfortable speed for myself.

The mirror maze was cool but definitely a “one-and-done” experience. Maybe it’d be better alone if you wanted to take it all in, but overall, it was just meh. Wesley hit his head pretty hard and cried a bit, but after checking that he was okay, I held out my hand and told him to get up—he was fine. He toughened up, and we finished the maze together.

Mini golf was fun, and I hope we play again next time—without keeping score. Being the scorekeeper while juggling candy was annoying. The holes don’t have pedestals for scorecards, and the area was cramped, especially with what felt like a family of ten behind us. Nothing ruins mini golf more than feeling rushed. Still, we all had fun—even though Brandi beat me at my favorite game. Wesley struggled (he needs practice), but Abby picked it up quickly.

I love this place!