The overpriced rooms were filthy from the pubic hair in the sink, soap scum in the shower and stains in the sheets to the scraps of garbage coming out from under the furniture, sticky hand printed windows and worn out carpet... and that was before we made it to the broken down waterpark. 2 of the 3 big waterslides were broken as well as most of the other parts of the "main attraction" of the waterpark. If you stay here, you will be paying too much for the filthy room and you might want to bring some lysol wipes and don't take your shoes off.
When I advised the staff of my disappointment, they indicated that it was my fault.

We decided to take our children here as a last minute decision for a fun night out of the house. Have been here several times and have loved it, however this time were very disappointed. We called on Saturday morning for a reservation, only to get there and get dressed for the waterpark to find out the two body slides were broken! Why weren't we told this when we made the reservation or at least when we were checking in, probably wouldn't have choosen to stay. So there was only 1 slide open for our 8 year old son. The water was freezing cold! The play structure was really worn with lots of rust. Lots of the play features on the structure were broken. The bell that usually rings before the bucket dumps didn't work either. The rooms smelled like smoke and sheets were rough. There were a lot of tubes that were flat in the waterpark and the water was dirty and had sand in it in places. Complained to the front desk and they didn't seem to care. This was a great place to go for the weekend, but has really gone down hill in the last year. Will be looking for a new place to stay next time!

Should be 2 1/2. I felt the price was great. We got a great deal with the hotel stay, waterpark passes, and museum passes. We arrived around 11 a.m. and we were able to check in right away...which was a huge plus! The hotel is within walking distance to the museum, although we walked since it was kind of cold outside. The waterpark was okay. We've been to much nicer waterparks, but the kids still enjoyed it. Two of the slides were broken, so that was a drawback. It also looked to be quite worn with rust and water stains all over, but I guess that's to be expected in a waterpark...? The arcade was lots of fun for the kids.

The major complaint is that the room was very dirty. It was just deep-down dirty. In addition, there were strands of long, black hair all over the bathroom (not our hair). The floor in the room was very dirty too and we found a tootsie roll and a gumball laying on the ground (actually my son found the gumball)...this could have been potentially dangerous considering we have a 1 year old and both could have been choking hazards!

I read some of the reviews about the customer service here, and I completly disagree we spent one night here with 6 kids and 2 adults (brave) and the rooms were nice we did have some gum stuck to our floor but its a hotel based off kids what can you expect? The rooms were clean and didnt smell at all. The man behind the desk at the front door was extremly helpful with us finding a place to eat because the built in restraunt was out of our budget and serves steak and ribs, so we ordered pizza from dominos and we were able to eat the pizza in the arcade where they had a couple of tables set up. I didn't have any of the "horrible" experiences some of these people claim to have had, our trip went great and we are from close by Davenport. We also brought snacks and soda for the kids and they have small refrigerators and microwaves for your unlimited use lol. Its not the Kalahari but it is really nice!!! GO HAWKEYES!!!!!!