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Our primary requirement for a place to stay in The Dells was to be as easy to handle with small kids as possible. There were four small kids aged 3 and under in our party. Given the short notice we were pleasantly surprised to find reasonably priced cabins available at the Wilderness Resort. We were told it was a 3 bedroom cabin but when we arrived it was really a 4 bedroom cabin. There were two decent sized bedrooms on the 1st floor, one of which had an attached full bath. There was a 3rd smaller bedroom with bunk beds right by the entrance and a large 4th bedroom upstairs. It was a bit far from the action but a call to the front desk got a shuttle to pick us up within about 10 minutes and take us to whatever part of the resort we wanted.

The kitchen was small but functional with all the appliances you expect and a breakfast bar. There was no dining room. Out back was a deck the full width of the house with a gas grill at one end and a outdoor table with four chairs at the other. The cabin backed up to the golf course so the view was pretty nice.

The furnishings were very woodsy in style but had nice touches such as a plasma TV and DVD player in the living room with surround sound. The three larger bedrooms each had TVs in the rooms too. We all really liked the double-sided fireplace in the livingroom that could be enjoyed inside or from the outside. Nice touch.

We only visited one of the water parks at the Wilderness Resort. We chose the New Frontier Waterpark because of their large "kiddie" areas. The park had a very wide variety of attractions: wave pool, several shallow kiddie areas, indoor and outdoor lazy rivers, many water slides and the highlight was the Hurricane "funnel" ride. The Hurrance was kind of cool. You pick up a 4 person cloverleaf shaped tube, then walk up four flights of stairs where you get into a large water slide which deposits you into the funnel. Once in the funnel you slide up one side, then back down and up the other side and eventually you get funneled to the bottom where the ride ends.

We also liked the variety of water slides. Our favorites were the indoor ones that were "dark" meaning PITCH BLACK! Once in the tube there is no light and you find yourself sliding around with no point of reference or warning of what is coming. It ends with a sudden burst of light and a large splash. Fun stuff. The big kids, also known as adults, really liked those.

Please also check out our more recent trip to the Dells.
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Our 4 bedroom cabin on the golf course.
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View of the golf course from the back.
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The New Frontier Waterpark with one of the "kiddie" areas in the foreground.
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Massive slides and the Hurricane "funnel" in the background.
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Up to 4 riders in a cloverleaf tube in the best ride in the park.
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The Great Wave pool in action.
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Another more tame pool near the front.
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Another kiddie area with very shallow water.
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This massive climbing area was popular with the bigger kids.
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The indoor portion of the water park.
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