Dells Waterparks - Kalihari

Day Two of our waterpark break found us at what is probably one of the biggest indoor waterparks anywhere.

Kalihari sits on a 200 acre site, with a large convention center, hotel, luxury condos, both an indoor and outdoor waterpark and indoor theme park.

Given Wisconsin's seasons, they've built the indoor waterpark to be their key attraction. .

The indoor waterpark had a dozen slides, wave pool, surfing pool, two sport pools, three or four hot tubs, two separate kiddie areas, and one of the longest lazy rivers I've seen.

They also had several private cabanas (all booked with people watching the NCAA tournament), and a sports bar.

The dozen or so slides kept our oldest kids occupied all day. And I mean all day -- we arrived just after 10am, and aside from a break for dinner, didn't leave until 9:30pm...

There was one minor negative... Kalihari's convention center was the site of a cheerleading competition, and the place was mobbed by the participants with way too much,er, spirit... The boys didn't mind so much, but Competitive Cheer Moms are a little too close to being Pageant Moms, but at least they're less prone to having multiple tattoos or body piercings (see my post about Mt Olympus)...

Biggest negative to Kalihari is the price. At $35 per ticket, waiting in line for 30 minutes to ride a slide for 60 seconds (or less) got old towards the end of the afternoon. As it turned out, we spent more on the waterpark tickets than we did on gas for the motorhome....

Fortunately, it cleared out in the evening enough for me and The Queen to try a few of the slides.

Of the two parks we tried, I'd consider Kalihari again, but only if there isn't a cheer convention...