Wilderness at the Smokies

The kids have been itching to go swimming this winter. Our weather is so crazy that we actually have some winter days that feel warm enough to go swim. We read up on a few places that have indoor water parks. One being Wilderness at the Smokies. So, we packed the family up and headed South. An indoor water park is the perfect answer to wintertime blues for those that love to swim. Wilderness at the Smokies had a surf zone, wave pool, three water slides, and 2 kid areas (one intended for those under 42 inches, and one intended for the little tykes). Best of all, there was a huge hot tub that actually ran outside of the hotel. When we went it was sleeting, so we were enjoying the hot and the cold all at the same time. Pretty neat! There was height restrictions on most attractions. Fortunately, Evan and Elizabeth were tall enough to ride on almost everything. The only con to the water park is that we stayed cold. The water was about 80-82 degrees which is really too cold. The perfect temp would have been 85-90 degrees. Plus, they had large fans running which made the air cold. We had a lot of fun, but it was cold. Eating in the hotel was also very expensive. Here are some pics from our trip. The random little boy in one of the pictures above(I don't know his name) took up with Evan in the little tyke's area and kept calling Evan "cousin". We got a kick out of them playing together.