Great Wolf Lodge - Gurnee, Gurnee

The heart and soul of Great Wolf Lodge - Gurnee is its 80,000-square-foot indoor water park. Splashy rides such as Alberta Falls—a four-story double-raft water slide—and a zero-depth-entry wave pool with 3-foot swells surround the park’s iconic hub: a four-story treehouse with a 1,000-gallon tipping bucket. Younger kids will have a blast with the water slides and gentle spray features of Whooping Hollow and Cub Paw Pool.

The water park, which hovers around 84 degrees all year long, isn’t the resort’s only family-friendly activity, where one can also find an arcade with more than 100 games and mini bowling at Ten Paw Alley.