Great Wolf Lodge Water Park | Kansas City

"Overall Impression: This location is basically a ship running at idle until it beaches itself somewhere for its final resting place. The atmosphere of the facility is dated, worn out, and most the people that work there look to be debating if it’s their last day or not. Taking into account it’s easily $300 - $600 a day for a family to enjoy this facility depending on room selection, entertainment packages etc. you are unfortunately left with a bare minimum attempt to keep most things above water. Take mini golf for example, please just sweep the sidewalks and maintain your putting greens. It shouldn’t look like someone dumped bags of wood chips everywhere so that it’s unplayable. The pipes are broken on one of the holes so your ball gets stuck never to return, the trash is overflowing , and the 18th hole has never been emptied so there’s just dozens of balls everywhere rolling around because no one‘s actually come out there to clean it up. Some Employees are mainly sitting down at their locations on their phones. Please dust the hotel. There is a noticeable layer of dust like a ceiling fan that hasn’t been cleaned in a year in several areas. (Look at tree in dining area for starters) As for the magic quest, you will spend more time in the shop just asking the employee to complete the quest for you on the computer, because the machines or videos don’t work, don’t register your wand, or are frozen. I will say on the plus side there were some select employees that did smile and were bright and had positive energy. But other than that, most others, even the managers I saw, seemed like they’d rather just get in their car and drive home for the day. Once again, if it was half the price, then probably not that big an issue. But as it currently stands, the price just doesn’t match the value that you receive back. Maybe it will get better, but for now I cannot recommend it."

"We booked a 2 night stay. We decide on a no balcony room due to having little kids, BIG mistake as it was SUPER loud being right next to the magic quest. Quiet hours aren't till 11pm. The restaurant is a buffet with no menu available. We tried it for dinner and breakfast. It's very expensive and lack luster for the quality. We had dinner at 6:45pm and the dinning room was empty, this should have been a red flag. Food was all fried or previously cooked and then reheated. Most nursing homes offer better food. Our family unfortunately got food poising as a result. If you have a vehicle please go out for food. There are plenty of good options a short drive away that are much better. Staff was hit or miss. Some hit it out of the park and others were visibly miserable. The rooms are on par with a Motel 6 or an early 1990's Holiday Inn. Hotel had no laundry!!! No laundry is horrible!!! The Water Park is 10 out of 10. We had an amazing time and the cabana offered great privacy. A cabana is worth the expense for kids. If you are looking for a water park it's a great place. If you are looking for anything other that this is not the place for you."

"We took our 2 year old and she loved it. We spent a lot of time in the arcade and about 2 hours at the pool because it was just a lot to keep up with her running around. I would say that the pool area would be better suited for children 3 and up as the play area has some tall steps and the small child area is limited to 2 small slides and a shallow pool/splash area which she got bored of pretty quickly. I also wish that the pool opened earlier than 10am as we are early risers and had to wait 3 hours for it to open. I think even 9am would be reasonable. In addition, they give you access to the pool on check in and check out days but that is useless if you want to go back to your room and change as you wont have time to do so seeing as it opens at 10 and check out is 11 unless you want to deal with using the locker rooms. I don't give 4 stars lightly and the sole reason I am giving this 4 stars is because the food is pretty terrible. I will disclose that we did not try the breakfast as it seems this is generally well rated so I cannot speak for that but we tried pizza and the lunch area in the pool and both were pretty disappointing. Luckily there are plenty of options in the area for food so we just got meals to go, but it was kind of inconvenient to have to leave. The ice cream/coffee shop is the best deal in the whole place. We got ice cream every evening and for some reason the prices were very reasonable compared to the other dining options. They had an agent stay in contact via text to ensure your needs were met which was nice. We are partial to whether or not we will return. It is about 4 hours away from us so kind of a hassle for what it is."

"This was such a lovely place to visit with a young child. We took my 3 year old here during the winter time. It was very icy and cold outside, but in the resort the temperature was cozy, especially around the inside water park. The water park area was warm enough for us to have a good time & was definitely my son’s favorite part of the resort. The slides are a ton of fun for the whole family. It was crowded, which I expected but it didn’t make it less enjoyable. Aside from the water park, we loved the daily scheduled activities that were geared towards kids, including story time, craft time, bingo, & more. The breakfast buffet was delicious & super easy with a young child. I loved how safe the entire place felt, with kids running around enjoying their family vacations. I don’t think I’d recommend this for a couples getaway or adult vacation, because the rooms & amenities aren’t luxury by any means, and the activities were largely catered towards kids, but it’s the perfect spot for a family trip. My only complaint is that there is not a fitness center, which would have made our stay perfect, as my husband likes to work out every morning."

"Awesome place to take the family. The water park is fun, nothing over the top and needs a little maintenance, but overall great and fun for the whole family. Rooms are nice with siding glass doors and private patios at least on the first floor which is rare, the staff were awesome and one of the best parts. The staff truly were friendly and really were great and made you feel truly welcome! My biggest not really complaint, but more of a comparison was the quality of the food for the price. It was not bad by any means, but for about the same price as Disney in Orlando the quality at Disney was much better tasting and larger portions for the price. Overall, the location was great and close to shopping, a WM Super Center if you need to grab stuff on the cheap, nice race track, and surrounded by lots of restaurants and things to do. We will go back and take the kids again. Laser tag was a blast because it was just me and my 19 year old son playing. There is a great arcade in the hotel, cafes, candy and ice cream store and a cool gift shop. You get free wolf ears also if you howl or kindly ask for some at the gift shop. We went close to Christmas and they had the place decorated so nice and had so many activities and interactive games for the kids. The story time at night, meeting Santa, Lodge mascots, etc. was really fun."