Fire dancers and hula girls!
This water park ROCKS! I took gobs of photos for you people. Should any of you ever visit Bombadee's Garden from far away THIS is the hotel I will suggest to you. It's about half an hour from my house and the rooms are pretty nice. Dan and I spent our wedding night there 10 years ago, it was a wedding suite with a jacuzzi in the floor and that's all I'll say about that. Anyway the hotel recently decided to remodel and add this indoor water park to reinvigorate it's reputation and I am indeed newly impressed.
The cocktail party: Politicians, builders and local celebs all in attendance a few little kids and lots of hotel people smiling from ear to ear. Free beer and wine and munchies abound; chefs frying scallops right there in front of you with sprinkled sugared toasted coconut on top, Oh. My. God. I could've lived on these alone, also served: crab claws, shrimp, oysters, tiny scallops marinated in mango basil pineapple, shrimp pastries with apricot jam, fruit, fruit and cheese. Fresh fresh fresh! We watched the mayor of Rockford do a hula dance and then proceed to the locker room where he got to be the first swimmer to stuff his socks into a locker, oh and he also got to be the first swimmer down the water slide. (Surreal) Goodie bags included a photo frame and a pic of yourself with the parrot (or on the beach or underwater, yeah for green screens).
The amusements: The arcade attached to the water park includes Whack an Alien, Skee Ball and Ms. Pac Man and I shouldn't have to say any more. The water park includes three water slides, a giant play area and a place where the toddlers can play while the parents relax in chairs pointing towards the giant movie projector screen against the wall (it's the thing that looks like a ship's sail). Yeah, you can swim AND watch movies, I know! There is an area with basketball hoops in the pool and a bar next to the jacuzzi which includes a tunnel that goes to the outside jacuzzi (yes, open in the winter). There's a 'lazy river' to ride and little cabanas to rent for private parties.
The nitty gritty: The locker rooms have lockers that are activated by waving your wristband in front of the sensor, lots of private showers, complimentary towels and a little machine that spins the water out of your swimmy suit. Passes for the day $30.00 per person, during the week.
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5 comments:
Ok when is our first casserole slumber party?
I won't hate you, only because you came back and included pictures and story so I could live vicariously.
The Tot's are big fans of these parks. We used to head to the Dells twice a year for a long weekend at indoor waterparks up until SugarLips was born.
While I tend to get a little chlorined out after a full day, I love them. The girls are going in February on a park district function that was planned on a day with no school. They can't wait.
I can just picture the Bombadee's here...Mom and Ella splashing in the pool as Dad sits in his (dry) trunks and Hawaiian shirt on a lounger reading his PDA.
Sooo true!Or Khaki shorts he wouldn't see the point in putting on trunks if he wasn't going to get wet.
Wow! That is an impressive looking waterpark! I wish it was an hour from my place. And a cocktail party to launch it's opening just makes me feel even better about it :)
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