We have stayed at the Grand Country Inn for the past two years with our extended family to celebrate Christmas. The management and staff are awesome! Thanks for sharing in our memories!

We thought an indoor waterpark would be a great treat in the middle of winter, and expected it to be along the lines of Great Wolf Lodge, which my kids love. Unfortunately it was freezing inside the waterpark, if people just watching the 'swimmers' are in hoodies, you know it's cold. I know it's January, but the indoor waterpark should be too hot for people in hoodies and jeans, even some lifeguards were in sweats and winter beanies! So getting my kids to run through the water was not easy, they were shivering. There were only 2 waterslides. Supervision of the hot tubs was non-existant, an even though it said no children in the upper hot tub (the one that is actually hot) people kept letting their little kids get in, which was not relaxing, and just gross whenone got overheated and threw up. They over chlorinated all the water, the hot tub had froth, like a bubble bath, kids were putting it on their faces pretending to be santa. The over chlorinating of the water led my 6 year old to be in tears after just 3 hours in the place. We had to get eye drops from an employee to flush out her eyes (apparently it's a common problem). We left after just 3 hours, my kids can usually spend all day in other waterparks, indoor or outdoor. And I haven't even mentioned the 'changing rooms', which are just bathroom stalls. There is 1 handicapped stall which has a baby changing station,and of course everyone wants to change in that one because it's the only place you can actually turn around in, which means you can forget about diaper changes, or getting dressed without standing in line forever. I would not recommend this place, save your money and buy season passes to white water, or find a great wolf lodge near you!

I am rating this resort as average but there are some areas that are above average. We took our 5 year old grandson for 2 night package. I was a little worried after reading some of the reviews, but you must remember this is a place for kids(of all ages) to have fun. If my kids have fun, then I am having fun & our grandson had a great time here. We appreciated the fact that we did not have to leave the property unless we wanted to--there was plenty to do right there. Check in was fast & easy--staff was very friendly & informative. In fact, everyone on property was friendly & helpful. The rooms are very clean, nothing fancy, but we were not in our rooms much. Towels & sheets were nice & soft. Grandson loved the water park--kept him busy for hours. I was glad to see so many lifeguards present although we were with him most of the time. It was crowded on Sat. but that is to be expected. He loved the Amazing Pets show---I thought it was average--comedian/emcee was pretty funny though. Fun Spot geared to older kids, but he did have fun with some of the games & Ballocity. We thought the pizza place & the buffet were both good.

Ok, sorry about the rhyme. So it is off season to begin, so make sure you stay in a nice place! Not this place to start.

The place tries to sell its self based off the water park. There are other indoor water park in Branson... One I know that is linked to the hotel! Every guest must find their way to the water park by walking. We where across from it luckily, but it still because a lot of work in Jan when you have a young one.

We didn't venture the shows, or the Buffett, so I can not talk about them. The fun spot... Only fun if you like everything to cost money, even as a guest. Ballpit, money; bumper cars, money; laser tag, putt putt, ...money! The only time we had fun here is we ventured on the chance of fun spot featuring a party on a Saturday night from 9:30 to 10:30pm. All was free but the video games, including refreshments, cake, popcorn etc... For anyone that walks in. We kept our toddler up for the very end for just the balloon drop. She loves balloons, but did not know what to make of all the balloons popping. Very few balloons held prizes. Afterwards we finished with some custard, which was good.

As for the water park... Water was cold, multiple level with steps; so be careful with little ones. Our toddler only made it 15 or 20 minutes both visits before she was shaking because she was cold. They did have a warm gaccuzzi next to the hot one for us to warm up our toddler every now and then. Kids around the age of 6 and up appeared not to be effected by the water temperature.

On a last note, we rented a fridge which was worthless. Froze everything we put in it. Even at 3 and half full, everything would freeze. Our money was refunded without hassle. Just be warned. When you rent one, change the temp maybe to 2 or 1 and see how cold your items are. After a few hours. Ours arrived at 5. I would suggest a good cooler.

Hope this was helpful. It is a fair review in my opinion. No punches because the experience was not perfect or anything. Staff was not rude. As with most places I have stayed, the cleaning staff hardly knew English. I would love to see more reviews that cover this aspect. Important to some. But I have become very good with signing what I need, hahaha