3/5 George Wheeler (. 1 year ago on Google
It's
a
wonderful
experience
for
the
kids.
The
hotel
was
clean,
the
staff
was
friendly,
and
the
water
park
was
a
ton
of
fun.
However,
if
I'm
being
critical,
which
I
should
be
for
a
review,
there
are
three
things
that
could
use
some
zhuzhing
up.
First
are
the
showers.
While,
I
understand
that
it's
hard
for
a
hotel
to
control
the
hot
water
when
everyone
is
using
it
at
similar
times,
it
did
run
out
pretty
quickly.
To
boot,
it
didn't
have
any
water
pressure.
So
their
weird
shower
head
just
sprayed
water
in
your
eyes
gingerly
but
didn't
have
the
force
you
needed
to
feel
clean
quickly.
It
felt
like
sticking
your
head
out
of
the
car
window,
at
10
mph,
during
a
light
rainstorm.
Next
was
the
television.
Sure,
you
can
make
the
argument
that
you're
supposed
to
be
at
the
water
park
and
doing
other
activities
during
the
day,
but
it
closes
at
9:00
p.m.
and
then
you're
trapped
in
the
room
with
screaming
kids,
fumbling
to
find
a
movie
or
show,
to
satisfy
the
whole
family.
The
Great
Escape
Lodge
had
regular
cable
and
Showtime.
So
we
did
a
search
for
Christmas
movies,
and
a
bunch
of
loosely
based
holiday
options
came
up
that
may
have
had
a
quick
holiday
scene.
The
only
thing
that
came
close
to
a
family
movie
was
the
1988
film,
Ernest
Saves
Christmas
--
who
is
essentially
a
dumb
North
American
redneck
version
of
Mr.
Bean.
The
kids
checked
out
almost
immediately,
and
we
tolerated
it
until
we
found
Home
Alone
on
normal
TV.
Anyway,
my
point
is
that
it
would
behoove
Great
Escape
to
put
in
some
kind
of
a
Amazon
fire
stick
or
Google
smart
TV
that
you
can
cast
videos
from
your
phone.
Then
you
could
downgrade
to
basic
cable,
saving
a
ton
of
money,
and
everybody
would
be
happy.
Finally,
the
"arcade".
And
I
think
it's
fair
to
use
that
term
lightly.
For
an
alternate,
after
water
park,
activity
It's
pretty
awful.
There's
an
upper
level
mini
arcade
that
has
actual
video
games
in
it
such
as
a
Miss
Pac-Man/
Galaga
machine,
some
shooter,
and
a
racing
game,
but
the
main
arcade
is
just
a
horrible
cash
grab
with
almost
no
regular
games.
First
of
all,
you
have
to
spend
$25
for
a
game
card
that
the
kids
burn
through
because
the
cost
of
the
machines
is
so
jacked
up.
Then
you
gain
points
to
spend
at
the
concession
stand
based
on
how
good
you
are.
This
translates
to
my
kids
struggling
to
spend
the
80
points
they
earned
on
three
15pt
mini
rubber
balls,
and
four
10
pt
jolly
ranchers.
THAT
which
has
an
actual
estimated
value
of
$1-2
cost
me
a
whooping
$25.
I
cannot
stress
enough,
how
absolutely
awful
it
is
for
a
company
to
be
doing
it
this
way.
If
they
would
replace
all
but
one
of
scammer
"crane
games"
down
to
one,
and
replace
them
with
traditional
video
games
like
Street
Fighter,
Pac-Man,
and
others
that
kids
and
adults
might
be
familiar
with,
the
kids
would
have
a
fighting
chance
gaining
points,
and
it
wouldn't
feel
like
such
a
loss
of
an
experience.
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