GWL has so many reviews, here we hope is a little different take on it:

TV: My 8 year old son thought it would be good to review the TV. They offered Treehouse, YTV and Teletoon. However, the Teletoon network was snowy the entire visit. CNN, CBC Newsworld were offered for the adults.

Staff: They were great, the lifeguards never smiled, but they took their jobs very seriously.

Food: Expensive, bring your own.

Waterpark: Has lots of waterslides any 8 year old would love, but his back hurt afterwards because of all the pressure from the slides.

Digital Pictures on slides: Woolly Mammoth, Canada Vortex, and Niagara Rapids Run. Its fun to scan your wristband right before you ride, but it is $11.99 for one 5 x7 picture. Expensive.

Stayed all-inclusive for 3 nights with 3 kids (6, 3 and 6 mos.) in the "Kid Cabin" suite and had a blast! Clean, well-kept facility and amenities, room was excellent, buffet was great. Our main concern was that our 2 children with severe food allergies were accomodated. We emailed the resort in advance and received a fast response from the food and beverage manager indicating accomodations would be made. First night at dinner we told the server we had food allergies and the chef came out within 5 minutes to address our concerns and take us through every single item in the buffet to let us know if it was safe for our kids based on their egg, nuts and dairy allergies. Received same response next morning at breakfast - chef again came out to go through all the items in the buffet. At the waterpark, manager at the "Spirit Island" food venue was very knowledgable of all the ingredients and indicated again whch items were safe for them to have. I was extremely impressed. They obviously deal with food allergies a lot and take them seriously! Of course caution is still required as there is food everywhere inside the water park (no specific designated "food areas") but it was no real concern for us - no different than any other amusement park or dining out experience. I felt much more comfortable here from a food allergy standpoint than any of the much more expensive resorts we've gone to with the kids! Great job Great Wolf Lodge!

Took my girlfriend here for her birthday. At first I was unsure if we would feel out of place as 26 year olds in a water park designed for kids, but once inside, we saw enough adults there to make us feel comfortable (even if they were with their kids). The park had a good variety of large slides, and the lineups weren't too long (this was because only hotel guests were allowed into the park). The indoor wave pool was very shallow and not worth the time we spent in it walking around. Stick with the water slides, they are great--some slides are set-up next to one another, so you can even race your partner down to the pool.

Rooms were big and consistent with the lodge theme. Bedroom jacuzzi was magical ;)

Complaints? Price is a bit steep, but considering that they only allow hotel guests to use the water park, it's understandable.

We took an overnight trip to Great Wolf Lodge after getting a really good rate through a coupon code. After reading some of the reviews here, I had some trepidation, but we thought it'd be a fun time for our boys, ages 3 and 7, who both LOVE the water. It's so close to us (Buffalo, NY) we decided it'd be worth a try.

We had a BLAST! We just had a standard room, but it was fine. Absolutely immaculate. The boys adored the water park. Our 3-year-old went down waterslide after waterslide in the kids' area. Our 7-year-son swam and played water basketball and swam some more. It was very warm in the park (too warm, we thought at first, but once you're in the water it's nice) ... I'm usually always cold and even I was fine.

The staff was wonderful. Person after person took to time to engage the boys and tell them things about the hotel and the park. My 7-year-old has a disability and sometimes it's tougher to engage him than other kids, but they took the time and effort to do so. He loved it, and my very social 3-year-old was in heaven. Everyone was very polite and everyone was smiling.

Yes, the food is pricey. But it's comparable to other spots in Niagara Falls. We ate one meal there (dinner buffet, which had something for everyone) and brought a cooler with other food. All the rooms have fridges and microwaves, so it's easy to help your budget out a bit this way. The boys just wanted to gobble things down to get back to the water (and the arcade) anyway.

We'll be going back. And I just want to note again that the staff was fabulous, and I hope someone from GWL reads this and sees how much this little family appreciated it.