Castaway Bay at Cedar Point
Not only is Cedar Point home to a world-class amusement park, it also has an indoor water park. The Castaway Bay at Cedar Point hotel offer 237 rooms and suites, as well as "a day spa, fitness center," arcade, restaurants and shops and, if that weren't enough, there's a marina next door. Castaway Bay features a Caribbean theme that will make you feel like you've reached your "island paradise." Its 38,000-square-foot water park is surrounded by palm trees and huts and features inland lagoons. There's some type of water fun for everyone with several tube slides, a wave pool, a toddler's tide pool, and the family funhouse.
Castaway Bay at Cedar Point
2001 Cleveland Road
Sandusky, OH 44870
419-627-2106
castawaybay.com
Fort Rapids Waterpark Resort
Fort Rapids Waterpark Resort offers everything under one roof. The indoor water park features 800,000 gallons and 60,000 square feet of water fun for everyone, with 12 different water rides, a play tower, an activity pool, and a 1,000-gallon tipping bucket. After a day at the water park, have some more fun at the resort's Gold Rush Arcade or enjoy a meal at the Branding Iron Grille. Then, spend a night in one of its 277 guest rooms or 60 suites. Fort Rapids Waterpark Resort is just minutes away from Port Columbus International Airport, Easton Town Center, and downtown Columbus.
Fort Rapids Indoor Waterpark Resort
4560 Hilton Corporate Drive
Columbus, OH 43232
614-868-1380
fortrapids.com
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge has two locations in Ohio, one in Sandusky and one in Mason. Both offer a full-sized indoor water park "where it is always 84 degrees," with the convenience of an adjacent hotel. They both have a Fort Mackenzie, a "four-story interactive treehouse water fort" with fun for the whole family. Great Wolf Lodge, Sandusky also has Big Foot Pass, a water-based agility course for kids. The one in Mason has MagiQuest, a "live-action adventure game" where the family, armed with "high-tech wands," must "solve magical challenges through the resort to gain powers and move to higher levels of the game." Both resorts have their own restaurants, arcades, fitness centers and spas. The one is Sandusky is just minutes away from Cedar Point; the one in Mason is a short drive from Kings Island.
Great Wolf Lodge
4600 Milan Road, Route 250
Sandusky, OH 44870
1-800-641-WOLF
greatwolf.com
Great Wolf Lodge
2501 Great Wolf Drive
Mason, OH 45040
866-227-2929
greatwolf.com
Kalahari Ohio
Kalahari, in Sandusky, Ohio, is part of the Kalahari chain of water parks. It bills itself as "America's largest indoor water park." You can have your "own private indoor cabana" at the water park. Each cabana comes with its own "security safe, refrigerator, chaise lounges and table." While your kids surf in the "five-foot ocean-like waves" in the FlowRiders area of the water park, or splash around in the 12,000 square foot wavepool, you can work on your tan under the "Texlon transparent roof." After all the fun and games in the water park, you can go shopping, get a massage, or play miniature golf before settling down for the night in one their many rooms or suites. Amenities include free wireless Internet in each room and available laundry facilities. Hotel packages include admission to the waterpark.
Kalahari Ohio
7000 Kalahari Drive
Sandusky, OH 44870
877-525-2427
kalahariresorts.com
