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Great Wolf Lodge pushes up opening date again, reveals more attractions (PHOTOS)

By Florian Martin – Reporter, Houston Business Journal
Apr 30, 2024

Good news for those who have been waiting for one of Greater Houston’s most anticipated attractions: Great Wolf Lodge in Webster is now slated to open on Aug. 29, in time for Labor Day weekend.

The Chicago-based Great Wolf Resorts has also revealed new attractions for the 500,000-square-foot water park resort being built east of Interstate 45 and just south of the NASA Bypass.

Such attractions include the Howlers Peak rope course, which lets kids and adults balance on ropes and bridges up to 23 feet above the ground with a safety harness. It's the first Great Wolf rope course with a 150-foot zip line and an adventure trail where visitors climb through an interactive tree fort.

Also underneath the rope structure will be a nine-hole miniature golf course with a Great Wolf Pack theme. Great Wolf Pack is an animated series released by Great Wolf Entertainment, a division of Great Wolf Resorts.

Other attractions in the 61,000-square-foot family entertainment center in between the 532-room hotel and the 92,000-square-foot indoor water park include:

-Virtual Frontier: Visitors go on virtual adventures where they dive in the ocean, solve puzzles and walk among dinosaurs.

-Oliver’s Mining: Kids can sift through silt and sand at a wooden sluice to find their own gemstones to take home.

-Northern Lights Arcade: A 24-hour arcade with more than 100 interactive video and redemption games that allow guests to redeem points for prizes.

-Ten Paw Alley: Family-style bowling with pint-sized bowling balls.

-MagiQuest: Great Wolf Lodge’s brand-exclusive interactive fantasy adventure game, where players use their magic wands to collect relics and runes on their journey to become a powerful Magi.

The waterpark will be one of Great Wolf Lodge’s first locations with the “Generation 4” design, which features a slightly larger water park, the newest slides and attractions, and different food and beverage options.

It will have 13 different slides, some of which can already be seen curving in and out of the building under construction.

One of those slides, called Texas Twirler, is a first of its kind for Great Wolf. Up to five riders on a raft quickly accelerate before dropping into a cone-shaped “tornado,” where they slosh up one side and down another before exiting into a 360-degree loop. They head down a long straightway before entering a giant bowl that will spin them around before freefalling down into the splash channel, according to Great Wolf’s description of the ride.

Guests can already book stays at the resort starting on opening day. Standard rates for a family suite start at $199 for a weeknight, which adds up to about $277 after taxes and a $40 resort fee.

That includes a room and two days for the waterpark but not food or other attractions. A full attractions package will set parents back another $85 plus tax per child.

Currently, guests can take advantage of a 30% discount code for stays through Feb. 28, 2025. The code expires on May 5, but a similar discount previously expired before the current discount code was introduced. Discounted stays can be booked on the Great Wolf website or by calling 1-888-983-WOLF (9653) and using the promo code LABORDAYOPEN.

Currently, guests can only book overnight stays, though day passes may be offered in the future.