By Contributing Writer
The Great Wolf Lodge has extravagant amenities for guests. This family-friendly hotel has an exclusive indoor water park the size of two football fields. They kids will enjoy the nine water slides, four-story tree house fort and seven swimming pools. The Lodge also has an on-site game arcade, playground, picnic area and miniature golf course. Guests can watch the Great Clock Tower chime three times a day with mechanical moving and singing figures.
Amenities for adults include a full service health spa that offers beauty treatments, a spa tub, a fitness center and massage. The hotel has a concierge service, a 24-hour front desk and safe deposit boxes. The lobby features a fireplace and gift shop. Laundry facilities are available. Guests can rent out the ballroom, conference center and audio-visual equipment.
Guest Suites
Like everything else at the Great Wolf Lodge, the guest rooms are family-friendly. There are several different suites with unique floor plans and style. Some have separate sleeping areas for adults and children, offering such options as bunk beds and a tented-off "wolf den" or a "cabin" within the room for the kids. The rooms have a living room with a sofa bed separated from the bedroom by a partial wall. Roll-away beds and cribs are available. Snacks and meals are easy to prepare in the room with the refrigerator, microwave, wet bar and coffeemaker. Cable TV with pay movies and wireless Internet access are also provided. The rooms are decorated in the lodge's rustic theme. Some suites come with furnished private balconies.
Dining
The lodge has three restaurants. The Camp Critter Bar and Grill has private dining tents inside a woods-themed restaurant with rustic decor. In addition to serving lunch and dinner, Camp Critter Bar and Grill also has mixed drinks. The Loose Moose Cottage Buffet Restaurant has both buffet and a la carte menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you are looking for snacks, a quick meal or Starbucks coffee, the Bear Claw Cafe and Confectionary is open from early morning to late evening. In addition to coffee it serves soups, sandwiches, sweets and potato chips that they make on-site.
Contact and Location
Located at the north end of Williamsburg, the Great Wolf Lodge is within 2 miles of historic Williamsburg, Waller Mill Park, Camp Peary Navel Reservation York River and the York River State Park.
Great Wolf Lodge
549 East Rochambeau Dr.
Williamsburg, VA 23188
757-229-9700
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