Love waterparks that are open all year round including indoor waterpark hotels? They are fun for the entire family and a great way to spend those cold winter months or rainy spring afternoons. We’ve rounded up some of the BEST Midwest Indoor Waterparks!
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Kansas
Great Wolf Lodge – Kansas City, KS
10401 Cabela Dr., Kansas City, KS 66111
Enjoy several waterslides, fort treehouse, pools, and more. We recently visited and share 7 Ways to Save at Great Wolf Lodge and 6 Tips for First Time Visitors!
Iowa
The Waterfront at Bridges Bay Resort – Okoboji, IA
630 Linden Dr., Arnolds Park, IA, 51331
Boji Splash is the area’s only indoor waterpark and offers waterslides, lazy river, water cannons, dump bucket, and more.
Ramada Tropics Resort – Des Moines, IA
5000 Merle Hay Rd., Des Moines, IA 50322
The Buccaneer Bay Indoor Water Park offers 18,000 square feet of splash-tastic fun with two large pools, zero-entry pool with Pirate Ship and slides, two 160-ft. tube slides, and Water Basketball and Volleyball.
Kings Pointe Resort – Storm Lake, IA
1520 E. Lakeshore Dr., Storm Lake, IA 50588
With both indoor and outdoor waterparks, King’s Pointe offers exciting aquatic adventures! Race down their high-speed slides, leap from lily pad to lily pad, climb through water playgrounds, and enjoy a relaxing float down the lazy river. See our review here!
CLOSED: Honey Creek Resort – Moravia, IA
12633 Resort Dr., Moravia, IA 52571
Guests of The Lodge, The Cottages, and RV Park receive complimentary wristbands for Buccaneer Bay Indoor Water Park each day when the water park is open. Buccaneer Bay is also available for parties every day of the week.
Minnesota
Great Wolf Lodge – Bloomington, MN
1700 American Blvd. E, Bloomington, MN 55425
Families will love the thrilling slides and more at the Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park in Minnesota!
Arrowwood Water Park – Alexandria, MN
2100 Arrowwood Ln. NW, Alexandria, MN 56308
Aquatic adventures await you in this huge indoor waterpark! At the Big Splash Minnesota Indoor Waterpark, you’ll find 38,000 square feet of fun featuring three 4-story-tall waterslides.
Wisconsin
Wilderness Hotel – Wisconsin Dells, WI
511 E. Adams St., Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Enjoy more than 200,000-square-feet of indoor water parks in addition to tons of outdoor waterpark fun, too! Klondike Kavern Indoor Waterpark includes thrill rides, a lazy river, and the towering Bonanza Bluff play feature with a dumping bucket, water blasters, and slides. The Wild Waterdome Indoor Waterpark features America’s largest indoor wave pool, family raft rides, and a zero-entry area. Wild West Indoor Waterpark offers indoor thrill rides and bumper boats while Cubby’s Cove Indoor Waterpark features blasters, a lily-pad rope challenge, slides, and geysers.
South Dakota
WaTiki Indoor Waterpark Resort – Rapid City, SD
1314 N. Elk Vale Rd., Rapid City, SD 57703
With more than 30,000 square feet of swimming pools and waterslides, WaTiki Indoor Waterpark Resort is the largest indoor waterpark in the Dakotas.
Omaha
CLOSED: Holiday Inn Downtown – Omaha, NE
1420 Cuming St., Omaha, NE 68102
Indoor Waterpark is CLOSED January 3 – March 14, 2022, for renovations. Hotel guests have exclusive access to a small waterpark featuring a leisure pool, whirlpool, water slide, and activity center with a splash pad.
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