robbalvey Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 (edited) Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Great Wolf Lodge's many properties, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the company's properties as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index. Official Company Website Below are some links to past updates from the company, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 October 6th, 2005 - Great Wolf Lodge to sell Cedar Point & Wisconsin Dells properties - SEE BELOW! 2007 March 8th, 2007 - Ohio property sees illnesses reported by guests 2010 January 25th, 2010 - Great Wolf Lodge adding three Proslide Tantrums to properties March 15th, 2010 - Great Wolf Lodge to break Guinness world record June 17th, 2010 - Great Wolf Lodge acquires Creative Kingdoms & MagiQuest June 28th, 2010 - Great Wolf Lodge announces intent to build Garden Grove property 2011 May 11th, 2011 - Great Wolf Lodge switches from Pepsi to Coca-Cola products 2012 March 19th, 2012 - Great Wolf Lodge bought by the Apollo Group March 19th, 2012 - Law suit seeks to halt company sale to Apollo Group April 5th, 2012 - KSL Capital Partners offers higher buyout bid than Apollo April 19th, 2012 - Apollo's bid topped by KSL Capital Partners again, Apollo given 3 days to respond May 4th, 2012 - Apollo completes acquisition of Great Wolf Lodge Resorts 2013 October 20th, 2013 - New ShadowQuest upgrade announced for MagiQuest! 2018 April 17th, 2018 - Two unique slides coming to Great Wolf Lodge Georgia _____________________________________________________ Original Post: http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbc ... 05004/1004 Great Wolf Resorts Inc. of Madison, Wis., will sell a majority stake in its Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark and entertainment complex in Sandusky and a similar property in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The company announced that it will form a joint venture with CNL Income Properties Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based real estate investment trust focused on leisure and lifestyle properties. CNL will acquire a 70% stake in the two properties, while Great Wolf retains 30%. The $114.5 million deal is expected to close later this year, according to a statement from Great Wolf Resorts. Great Wolf will continue to operate the properties and will license the Great Wolf Lodge brand to the joint venture under 25-year agreements. John Emery, CEO of Great Wolf Resorts, said in a statement that his company is expected to receive $98.6 million in the deal. It will “recycle (the) investment capital for future growth, enhance the Great Wolf Lodge brand value with extended management and licensing contracts, and partner with a significant, long-term investor in lifestyle real estate.” The Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky has 271 suites and a 42,000-square-foot indoor entertainment area that features a water park, two 150-seat casual dining restaurants, 6,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center, arcade and gift shop. The Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells has 309 suites and a 64,000-square-foot indoor entertainment area. Great Wolf Resorts, which was formed in 2004 and went public last December. Since its shares hit a 52-week high of $25.88 last March, the company’s stock has sagged markedly. At 1:15 p.m. today, shares were trading for $9.53. According to Great Wolf Resorts’ most recent quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company had $155 million in long-term debt as of June 30. The company reported second-quarter losses of $2.5 million, or 8 cents per share. It had revenues of $26 million during the second quarter, which ended June 30. It's kind of a shame they aren't doing better because they look like such NICE resorts! --Robb Edited April 17, 2018 by jedimaster1227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Nice resorts in prime locations as well. They must have seriously underestimated something along the way, cos those debts aren't small in the least. :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 So now the CP area has Castaway Bay and Kalahari as their main indoor waterpark resorts. Question: I'm assuming that GWL was (or is) the leading waterpark in Sandusky? (Finance-wise) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyBrewer Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Great Wolf in Sandusky is crap anyway. Now Kalahari, that's a place for swimning when it's -20 degrees. And they have a water coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzCatter Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Get ready for them to annouce the selling of the one in KC too with Schlitterbahn in 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 So does Castaway Bay... I actually heard that Kalahari wasn't all it was hyped up to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo41190 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Great Wolf isnt really anything special i mean the one in the Dells has a tornado funnel thing but thats it. I mean the Kalahari is SO much better because it is more of a family place, there is something for everyone. The Great Wolf lodge used to be good but then everyone stopped going there because the Wilderness and the Kalahari were so much better. I mean the Great Wolf had no point of going every year because there wasnt much there and it never expanded (exception to the tonado funnel in 2004). Besides that it hasnt added anything new for about 11 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob O Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I think the competition in the Dells is very tough. You have major competitors in the Kalahari/Wilderness and even others like the Polyensian/Chula Vista and in summer the hotel connenected to Mt Olympus as well as alot of smaller ones that offer good deals for the money. I think they under-estimated how tough ot would be in this marketplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The one in Williamsburg seems to do pretty well, but I wonder if this will last once the novelty wears off. The only competing water park is Busch's Water Country USA, but it's a pretty good one. Winter will tell the tale, I think--tourism is pretty slow around here from January to March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11200599/detail.html MASON, Ohio -- Illnesses reported by guests at an indoor water park may have been caused by chlorine getting into the air after water splashed out of pools and water slides, a county health official said. Investigators have not conclusively determined why dozens of adults and children who visited the Great Wolf Lodge in southwest Ohio suffered rashes, coughing and other minor respiratory or flu-like symptoms. The Warren County and state health departments said the agencies have received about five complaints from groups or families since the beginning of the year. The park, which also includes a hotel, opened in December. Dan Collins, director of environmental health for Warren County, said some of the large amounts of chlorine used by the water park could wind up in the air. "It's a heated building in an enclosed atmosphere and because of the pools being basically amusement rides, there's a lot of water splashing," he said. "The water is coming out of the pool faster than it would in a still pool, so you end up with all these chlorine compounds in the air." Among the people who have become ill, one child was taken to an emergency room, and some have received medical treatment on the scene from paramedics or from family doctors after leaving, Collins said. About 2,000 to 3,000 people are in the park's pools each weekend, he said. No employees have reported feeling ill, he said. In a statement Wednesday, water park officials said health department tests of their pool water showed nothing unusual and the park would take "all necessary steps" to comply with county and state regulations. Park managers informed the county health department that the company that installed the park's ventilation system was asked to inspect it, Collins said. Mason is about 20 miles northeast of Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogmom Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Do I smell hysterical illness? Seriously, the smell of chlorine makes me sick- I couldn't go into a place like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Do I smell hysterical illness? Seriously, the smell of chlorine makes me sick- I couldn't go into a place like that. Ditto. When I went to the Resort (I forgot the name) at CP, when I went into the indoor water park, chlorine was the only thing I smelt. Living around pools my entire life, I'm used to it, but seriously, they're all hallucinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I've seen this kind of thing before. An old girlfriend of mine was a lifeguard. She told me, and showed me what happens when too much chlorine is added to a pool. Burns do happen and breathing is not easy. In an indoor facility, it can be brutal even if you're not sensitive to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I am a swimer. And I have had my share of rashes. This is definately from too mch Chlorine the the pool, then that getting into the atmosphere. Too much isn't going to do much to you, but I would just stay away from the water for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 The local news said "around 20" people have reported being ill since the park opened. 20 out of more than 3,000 people isn't a large amount, in fact it's like 0.6%,isn't it? (I don't know math very well, but I'm sure if I'm wrong someone will correct me) And that is if all 20 people got sick in one weekend, which didn't happen. This is probably in the 0.05% range or below of people going there who got sick. I don't think it's a big deal. Newspapers and local channels are always trying to find the next big exposé-type story. Don't put too much into it, as everything has been tested and appears to be fine. -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Here is the article in today's paper about the situation at Great Wolf. It's starting to sound kind of serious and something that needs to watched at all other places like this. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/03/31/ddn040107pools.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyBrewer Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I was thinking to many Baby Ruth's in the pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Also its a good idea if you smell a lot of Chlorine not to go in the pool. Something could be wrong with the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBNA777 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 For what it is worth, chlorine can create huge medical problems. Chlorine gas is not something to mess with it scars and burns your lungs. There is no process chemical that is more dangerous to more people. It was used in World War I as a biological weapon. The IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) for chlorine gas is not going to be achieved in such a place, but that does not mean someone there isn't hyper sensitive to the stuff. We have people at work that if the Hydrofluoric acid is opened will get skin irritations. I work with nuclear stuff all day (uranium, thorium, americium, plutonium, etc.) and chlorine scares the ever living crap out of me. To sum up my rather long and boring post, there might be some legitimacy to the reports, especially because it was chlorine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 For what it is worth, chlorine can create huge medical problems. Chlorine gas is not something to mess with it scars and burns your lungs. There is no process chemical that is more dangerous to more people. It was used in World War I as a biological weapon. The IDLH (immediately dangerous to life and health) for chlorine gas is not going to be achieved in such a place, but that does not mean someone there isn't hyper sensitive to the stuff. We have people at work that if the Hydrofluoric acid is opened will get skin irritations. I work with nuclear stuff all day (uranium, thorium, americium, plutonium, etc.) and chlorine scares the ever living crap out of me. To sum up my rather long and boring post, there might be some legitimacy to the reports, especially because it was chlorine. Respect the chemicals. Don't fear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMAN962 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Yeah, I went to the one in Canada during our stay in BUFFALO. It smelled a lot like chlorine, but other than that, they seemed to have a very nice, clean environment. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBNA777 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Respect the chemicals. Don't fear them. To hell with that, give me good old predictable detectable radiation. Every time I hear that siren at Mallinckrodt I almost wet myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVE SFKK Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 there wasnt any problem with this when i just went to Great Wolf lodge, but then again, The KC GWL barely has any pools to chlorinate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Respect the chemicals. Don't fear them. To hell with that, give me good old predictable detectable radiation. Every time I hear that siren at Mallinckrodt I almost wet myself. It sounds like you've been exposed to a lot more hardcore stuff than I have. They'd never let us college swine work with HF. Still, I've done some organic synthesis using pretty nasty stuff, had pretty nasty acids drip onto my bare arm, and only girls are afraid of chemicals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Great Wold Lodge in Mason, Ohio has announced that it will add the Triple Twist in time for Spring Break 2010. This new Proslide Tantrum will be enclosed and will feature nighttime LED lighting to add to the evening experience. http://www.greatwolf.com/firstfamilymason Coming this Spring, Great Wolf Lodge Kings Island will introduce our latest thrilling waterslide attraction, The Triple Twist. Prepare yourself for a five-story waterslide featuring a drop into a huge funnel followed by twists and turns and two more funnels. And at night, The Triple Twist takes it up a notch as you are immersed in a full-sensory LED lighting experience. The Triple Twist is the first ride of its kind in the world – don’t miss it!! (Please note that riders must be 42” or accompanied by an adult. We also encourage weak or non-swimmers to wear a lifejacket.) http://www.greatwolf.com/firstfamilykc Coming this Spring, Great Wolf Lodge Kansas City will introduce our latest thrilling waterslide attraction, The Triple Twist. Prepare yourself for a five-story waterslide featuring a drop into a huge funnel followed by twists and turns and two more funnels. And at night, The Triple Twist takes it up a notch as you are immersed in a full-sensory LED lighting experience. The Triple Twist is the first ride of its kind in the world – don’t miss it!! (Please note that riders must be 42” or accompanied by an adult. We also encourage weak or non-swimmers to wear a lifejacket.) http://www.greatwolf.com/firstfamilypoconos Coming this Spring, Great Wolf Lodge Pocono Mountains will introduce our latest thrilling waterslide attraction, Double Barrel Drop. The only one of its kind in the world, The Double Barrel Drop is true to the name. It all begins with a high speed, six-story adventure that starts with a drop into a huge funnel, a 450 degree turn into a dark vortex tunnel and then a second funnel. This is followed by a 450 degree hairpin turn that shoots you into the second vortex before splashing down. Climb aboard! We double dare you! (Please note that riders must be at least 48” minimum in height) All three Great Wolf Lodge Resorts are running concurrent sweepstakes to allow guests a first ride on each respective slide this Spring Break. The Great Wolf Lodge “Official First Family” Sweepstakes seeks fun-filled families to celebrate the launch of our all-new waterslide coming for Spring Break 2010. The winning family will receive: The opportunity to be the first guests to ride the new waterslide on Grand Opening Day. The family surname on the new ride. The family’s photo and commemorative plaque placed in the Grand Lobby of the resort. One of the hotel suites to be named after the family (with a photo and plaque outside the room). Two overnight stays in 2010. The sweepstakes entry form can be found at the address above. Mason, Ohio's "The Triple Twist" layout Pocono Mountain's "Double Barrel Drop" layout Kansas City's "The Triple Twist" layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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