Everything you need to know to plan your family summer getaway to Great Wolf Lodge

Great Wolf Lodge can be a great family getaway with their indoor waterpark, restaurants, arcade and more.

Here's everything you need to know about visiting Great Wold Lodge.

How many Great Wolf Lodge locations?

There are 23 Great Wolf Lodge Locations, seven of them in the Midwest. You can view the full list of locations at greatwolf.com.

How far is Great Wolf Lodge from Indy?

The closest Great Wolf Lodge locations to Indianapolis are listed below, by closest driving distance.

• Cincinnati/Mason, Ohio: 130 miles, approx. 2.5 hours*

• Chicago/Gurnee, Illinois: 230 miles, approx. 3.5 hours

• Sandusky, Ohio: 270 miles, approx. four hours

• Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin: 370 miles, approx. 5.5 hours

• Traverse City, Michigan: 400 miles, approx. six hours

*All links below lead to the Mason location, but it can easily be switched at the top left corner of the webpage.

Waterpark passes for Great Wolf

If you're interested in heading to Great Wolf for just the day instead of staying on site, Day Passes are available for the indoor waterpark for either the full day (open to close) or half the day (4 p.m. to close).

For more information on all the waterpark attractions and deals, visit their website.

Staying at Great Wolf

If you're planning to stay on-site while visiting Great Woolf Lodge, they have standard suites, themed ones and premium suites.

It is important to note when booking your stay, the price per night includes the waterpark fee for each member of your family. Prices vary depending on what suite and what date you choose.

To start planning your stay, you can head to greatwolf.com/mason/plan.

Dining options at Great Wolf Lodge

There are several dining options on-site at Great Wolf, there's even one that doesn't even require leaving the waterpark called Buckets.

There's Hungry As A Wolf (pizza and pasta), Grizzly Rob's Bar (waterpark bar), Loose Moose (buffet open for breakfast and dinner) and the Lodge Wood Fired Grill.

At their branded restaurants, Great Wolf prioritizes allergy accomodations.

"At Great Wolf Lodge, our chefs are passionate about preparing culinary options to accommodate the food allergies and dietary restrictions of our guests," the website reads." We are more than happy to assist with your dietary needs, and encourage you to speak directly with our chef so your meal can be prepared safely."

There are also grab-and-go options like Freshwoods Market for snacks and Wood's End Creamery for desserts.

There's also a Dunkin' located in the lodge so you can get your caffeine and donut fix.

What else is there to do at Great Wolf Lodge?

Besides the indoor waterpark, Great Wolf has their Northern Lights Arcade, Glow Golf, Ten Paw Alley, Oliver's Mining Sluice, an on-site Build-A-Bear Workshop and a few different interactive quest games, called MagiQuest.

MagiQuest takes you on an interactive adventure seeking out items throughout the resort to complete quests. Once you complete MagiQuest, there is also ShadowQuest and Compass Quest, for more missions to complete.

To participate in these quests, there are additional costs to purchase a wand, play the game, accessories and more. The good news is that your wand will remember where you left off, so on your next visit you're able to purchase more game time to pick up right where you left off.

To get the most out of these attractions, you can buy a separate pass to give you access to several of the attractions mentioned above. There are three pass options: the Wolf Pass, Paw Pass and Pup Pass.

You can view all the activities, as well as what's included on each pass at greatwolf.com/mason/waterpark-attractions/attractions.

Katie Wiseman is a trending news intern at IndyStar. Contact her at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @itskatiewiseman.

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