HotelChatter - Tag: Indoor Water Parks

Albuquerque: Indoor Water Parks Are Somehow Still En Vogue as Radisson Albuquerque Opens 'Splashtastic'

MsRebecca — 2010-02-26T10:22:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/waterparkNM.jpg" class="top">If you don't have kids or consider "fun parks" the least fun thing on the planet, you'll want to file this news under "Another place to avoid when traveling." But if you have rugrats you need to occupy, or you're a big, waterslide-lovin' kid yourself, rejoice! The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Radisson+Hotel+Albuquerque/ian/260840">Radisson Hotel Albuquerque</a> has a new waterpark, opening on March 12, just in time for spring break. If you're not familiar with the waterpark concept, firstly: commiserations. Waterslide collisions are the stuff childhood is made of. The Radisson's set up includes all the waterpark staples: indoor and outdoor slides, an activity pool, wading pool, hot tub, lazy river, tipping bucket, and the most unfortunately named thing we've heard of

Gatlinburg: Glenstone Lodge Has the "Biggest Indoor Pool in the Smokies"

JetSetCD — 2008-03-21T09:00:01-05:00

[Ed. Note: From high teas to indoor hotel pools in the Smokies, Hotel Maven JetSetCD certainly lives up to her name. Enjoy.]

Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennesee might be known best as the home of Dollyworld, but it's Gatlinburg's Glenstone Lodge which holds the power in this area where gimmicks and indoor pools reign supreme.

The Smoky Moutains aren't exactly a luxury destination, and you can't expect mints on pillows in a region hotly anticipating the spring "Wildflower Pilgrimmage" and "An Evening with Jimbo Whaley." It's not secret that Gatlinburg's hotel offerings are outdated and still survive on depositing a sheaf of pamphlets in the entryway at the nearest IHOP.

Indoor Water Parks Think They Are Here to Stay

juliana — 2007-05-07T12:49:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/greatwolf_waterpark.jpg">We were really hoping that the whole Midwest <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Indoor%20Water%20Parks">Indoor Water Park</a> hotel trend would die a fast death but then the <a href="http://www.wsj.com">Wall Street Journal</a> had to go and do a feature on it in the Weekend Journal. And we learned that this trend is not just reserved for Midwest budget chains. Oh no, these places are popping up in Texas, Arizona and North Carolina, along with newer Midwest locations like Nebraska and with a vengeance. They are also not just heavily chlorinated indoor-pools filled with screaming children, giant bear statues and frazzled adults--although that is what you can expect to find most of the time. Some of the newer places are getting "hip amenities" like cabanas with

WI: Happy Thanksgiving from a Wisconsin Hotel's Indoor Water Park

juliana — 2006-11-22T14:31:11-05:00

Tomorrow's Thanksgiving and we decided to pack our bikinis and head for Wisconsin where we took a groovy ride down a massive slide in the hotel's indoor water park.

We'll see you again next Monday with more tales of chlorine, wedgies and of course, Turkey.

(You know, we're joking about the indoor water park right? That's not really us in the video. We actually look much better in a bikini than these girls.)

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· Maria and LJ [YouTube]
· Indoor Water Parks [HotelChatter]

Albuquerque: Indoor Water Parks Migrate West

juliana — 2006-09-25T13:32:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/radisson_waterpark.jpg">Indoor water parks are no longer for the Midwestern family weekend getaways. Now, a hotel in Albuquerque is getting in on the action. Even though you could probably swim outside in a real pool here, the owner of the <a href="http://www.parkplaza.com/webExtra.do?rmcCode=&hotelBrandCode=PKP&numberChildren=0&selectedBrandCodes=&checkoutDayMonthYear=09%2F26%2F2006&corporateAccountID=&checkinDayMonthYear=09%2F25%2F2006&backUri=%252Freservation%252FhotelSearch.do%253FcountryAndState%253DUS%252BNM%2526country%253D%2526promotionalCode%253D%2526numberChildren%253D0%2526checkoutDayMonthYear%253D09%25252F26%25252F2006%2526checkinDayMonthYear%253D09%25252F25%25252F2006%2526numberAdults%253D1%2526city%253Dalbuquerque%2526crossBrand%253DthisBrandOnly&numberAdults=1&key=&hotelCode=NMABQPK&promotionalCode=&travelAgentID=">Park Plaza Hotel & Conference Center</a> has decided an indoor water park is just what the town needs.True, the peeps of Albuquerque can't go surfing so the planned Surfrider feature of the water park might be a big draw, despite how much we detest these hotel-waterpark hybrids. Also included in the park rides are: <blockquote> a 34-foot-high, 325-foot-long water tube ride; a 275-foot-long water slide; a lazy river feature that turns to rapids at night and a bucket