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Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center – reviews, photos

1305 Kalahari Drive, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
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Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center
4.0 of 5 stars 746 Reviews
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  • Water park(42)
  • Great time(27)
  • Indoor theme(25)
  • Very nice(24)
  • Wave pool(13)
  • Ropes course(13)
  • Ivory coast(12)
  • Ferris wheel(11)
  • Lazy river(11)
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE(10)
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Bolingbrook, Illinois
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Awesome family resort”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 January 2012
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We just came back from Kalahari resorts Wisconsin Dells on Jan 17th. This is our 4th year in a row staying there with our family and friends we have gone with as many as 7 families at a time and the resort is extremely accommodating with all of us. We have so much fun taking a break from the cold and hanging out in the indoor water park. The rooms are generous in size and nicely appointed. We generally book the Dessert room which accommodates up to 6 and has a refrigerator and microwave 2 double beds and a sleeper sofa. The room is nice and wide with lots of floor space. The resort has a huge indoor water park and they just added 3 new slides, they also have a large wave pool, lazy river and like 8 water slides previously there. They also just added another big childrens area for kids like 5 and under with a lazy river just their size. The have a ice cream shop and desert shop. They have restaurants and an indoor amusement park, that is an additional charge but reasonable we paid $20 each for the 3 days we were there for the kids to use the indoor amusement park which included go carts. I recommend giving Kalahari a try. We enjoy it every January for a nice break from the winter weather.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Kassie Rizzo, Social Media Coordinator at Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, responded to this review
31 January 2012
So happy to hear you are able to visit us every January! It is our pleasure having you! Thank you for taking the time to review our resort. Your tips are much appreciated for future guests. Looking forward to having you back next year, and the year after that and the year after that! Hope to see you soon! Thanks again!
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Schaumburg, Illinois
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
“First time, great stay, will return!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 January 2012
2
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Hi. Myself, my wife, 2 year old and my in laws spent 4 nights at the Kalahari Resort. We stayed at Lodge Room in Sands Building which we would recommend for party of 4 or 5. Room was big with full kitchen (pots, pans, silverware) and living-dining room and pull out sofa. Other room was bedroom with king size bed. Enough room for us. Room were very clean and spacious. Resort itself offers a lot. From water park (great slides and playground for little ones) thru game rooms, theme park (go-karts, arcade, climbing wall, bowling, mini golf) to cinema. Several restaurants and bars offer great food. The best part - it's all under one roof!
I suggest if u stay for more than 2 night get a package for one night with theme park admission and dining credit. It's worth it!
All the staff were very friendly and helpful.
We would recommend the place to anyone.

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Kassie Rizzo, Social Media Coordinator at Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, responded to this review
31 January 2012
Thank you for taking the time to review our resort. Very pleased to hear that you had the opportunity to experience our Lodge Room Style with the full kitchen. I understand for families this works out just perfectly. It also sounds as if you got to experience quite a bit of the resort. There is so much to do and things are constantly changing, so it is a terrific tip to try and stay more than one night. I hope you were able to give our new thrill-seeking water slides a spin. Thank you again for your time and visiting us. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!
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Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Play and Stay Fun”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 January 2012

We rented one of the Private Villas for my friends bachelor party. This place was amazing as we had 5 bedroom, 5 Baths and and outside Jacuzzi (only open during late spring and late fall or when it get to cold out.

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Kassie Rizzo, Social Media Coordinator at Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, responded to this review
31 January 2012
So glad to hear you had a terrific experience with your friend's bachlor party. The Nyumba Entertainment Villas are perfect for groups up to 44 people, so it is no wonder that they were fitting for you! I am just so happy you were able to visit us. Thank you for taking the time to review our resort and we hope that you will visit again.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Excellent!!”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2012
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Just got back a couple of hours ago, we went with our 11 yo, 2 1/2,and 4 months old boys, it was excellent. we are tired as dogs because the kids didn't stop once, lol.

We rented a suite in the sands building. It had a kitchen, with a b-fast bar, a dining room, living room, with two comfy chairs, a leather sofa that opens up to a queen size bed, and a gas fireplace with a timer, which we loved.

When they tell you "fully equipped kitchen" they are not kidding, that kitchen had everything you might need!!!! We like to make our own pizzas and brought our pizza pan and cutter, well they had that, they had from measuring cups and spoons to wine glasses, everything that you can imagine, you seriously only need to bring the food.

Everybody was so incredibly nice I was amazed, the first day we left a tip for our housekeeper and she left the nicest note, I had to put it in my purse and bring it back home <3 if you have a suite with a kitchen housekeeper will put your dirty dishes in the dishwasher and run it (yes, there even is a dishwasher)

The indoor waterpark is great. Our 4 month old was not ready to enjoy it yet ;) but our 2 yo and our 11 yo were amazed, the new kiddie place is just great! Do bring some sort of thick body lotion, maybe even hydrocortizone, my boys and my skin were a mess at the end of the second day, nothing that a bit of cortizone and Aquafor didn't take care of.

We also enjoyed the theme park, it is extra money but if you buy the wrist band at the beginning of your stay is good for t he reminder. Arcades games are not covered with wristband, those you need to pay extra.

We didn't try any restaurants because is a nightmare to sit the youngest boys for longer than 10 minutes, that's why we got a room with kitchen, but did order room service and it was very good and fast, they even have wine by the glass or bottle, at restaurants price of course.

Check in took longer than expected, even though we were at the Sands building where lines are shorter, but check out was a breeze, they let all the papers under the door, I just signed it and dropped it off by the front desk.

It was lots of fun for the boys, we will definitely come back soon!

  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Kassie Rizzo, Social Media Coordinator at Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, responded to this review
30 January 2012
Wonderful tips and information provided. Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for taking the time to review our resort. It was our pleasure to have you. We are very happy you were able to take advantage of all that we offer within the "full" kitchen. That is what it is there for and it seems as if that fit perfectly within your plans and needs. We are looking forward to having you return again soon. Thank you!
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Westville Illinois
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“left trash for paradise......”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 January 2012
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my wife and I took our 9 yr old son 5 yr old son and our 2 yr old daughter to the wilderness resort in the Wisconsin dells on a vacation in January or 2012 and right away where very unhappy, the water parks are way to far from each other, the hallway floor to all the rooms are always wet due to this, and the water was freezing, advertisement says alway 88 degrees,,,,, nothing could be farther fron the truth, So my wife and I decided to thrown a fit at the front desk to get refunded our money for the 2nd and 3rd nights that we where going to stay and left and went to the Kalahari, we have stayed at both of their properties ( wisconsin dells and Sandusky Oh) and they never disapoint, NEVER DISAPOINT,,,,, We will return as much as we can....

Room Tip: the desert room looks small in pictures but is actually really roomy, we had me my wife in one queen...
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  • Stayed January 2012, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Kassie Rizzo, Social Media Coordinator at Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, responded to this review
27 January 2012
So sorry to hear about your negative experience before joining us, but the important part is you finally got to enjoy yourself. So glad to hear Kalahari fulfills your expectations. Everyone on our team strives to deliver an experience it sounds like you have consistently had. Thank you very much for sharing. Also, thank you very much for taking the time to review our resort. It was our pleasure having you. We look forward to having you again, and again, and again!
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Address: 1305 Kalahari Drive, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
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