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Great Wolf Lodge Illinois

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Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included-Grizzly Bear) | Balcony view
6 indoor pools, seasonal outdoor pool, pool cabanas (surcharge)
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Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Parking available
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk

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1700 Nations Dr, Gurnee, IL, 60031
  • Great Wolf Lodge Water Park
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Gurnee Mills
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Six Flags Great America
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Chicago, IL (ORD-O'Hare Intl.)
    ‪43 min drive‬

Room options

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Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included-Grizzly Bear) | In-room safe, iron/ironing board, Internet, bed sheets

Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included-Grizzly Bear)

  • Sleeps 8
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed, 1 King Bed and 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, iron/ironing board, Internet, bed sheets

Deluxe Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed and 2 Queen Beds

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Junior Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 3 Single Beds

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Junior Suite (Water Park Included)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Double Sofa Bed and 3 Single Beds

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Suite, Balcony (Water Park Included-Wolf Den)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Single Beds, 1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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Suite (Water Park Included-Wolf Den)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Double Sofa Bed and 2 Single Beds

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Deluxe Suite, Multiple Beds (Water Park Included)

  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Single Bed

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In-room safe, iron/ironing board, Internet, bed sheets

Family Suite (Water Park Included)

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Sofa Bed and 2 Queen Beds

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About this property

Great Wolf Lodge Illinois

Family-friendly resort with 5 restaurants and 6 indoor pools
Along with 5 restaurants, this smoke-free resort has 6 indoor pools and free water park access. Additionally, 2 bars/lounges, a poolside bar and a snack bar/deli are on-site.
Great Wolf Lodge Illinois offers 414 air-conditioned accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. Guests can make use of the in-room fridges and microwaves. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit and hairdryers.

LED televisions are featured in guestrooms. Business-friendly amenities include telephones along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

6 indoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, other recreational amenities include a complimentary water park and a lazy river.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Great Wolf Lodge Illinois. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Great Wolf Lodge Water Park. 6 indoor pools, 5 restaurants and 2 bars are available.
  • Enjoy international cuisine at Campfire Kitchen, one of the property's 5 restaurants and 2 bars/lounges
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Splash around at the free water park with a lazy river or swim in the seasonal outdoor and 6 indoor pools
  • Amenities include meeting rooms, conference space and a gift shop
  • On-site recreation includes mini golf and a ropes course
  • Just a 5-minute drive from Six Flags Great America and a few minutes from Gurnee Mills
As a guest of Great Wolf Lodge Illinois, you'll find a complimentary water park, 6 indoor swimming pools, a lazy river, and a waterslide. There are 5 restaurants on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafΘ and a nearby snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include 2 bars/lounges and a poolside bar.

A children's pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a vending machine are also featured at the family-friendly Great Wolf Lodge Illinois. Parking is available for a fee.

This 3-star Gurnee resort is smoke free.

Campfire Kitchen – This family restaurant specialises in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Barnwood – This family restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Hungry As A Wolf – This family restaurant specialises in pizza. Open daily.
The Watering Hole – On-site bar. Open daily.
Timbers Tacos – This family restaurant specialises in Tex-Mex cuisine. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: High-speed internet
  • Available in some public areas: High-speed internet

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site (USD 15 per day)

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 5 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Barnwood
  • Campfire Kitchen
  • Hungry As A Wolf
  • The Watering Hole
  • Timbers Tacos

Things to do

  • 6 indoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Bowling alley
  • Children's pool
  • Free water park
  • Golf
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Ropes course
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Waterslide

Family friendly

  • 6 indoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Bowling alley
  • Children's pool
  • Free water park access
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Seasonal outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Waterslide

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Pool cabanas (surcharge)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LED TV

Food and drink

  • 24-hour room service
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Free local calls
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Self-parking fee: USD 15 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • The seasonal pool will open in June and close in August.
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Great Wolf Lodge Illinois Resort Gurnee
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KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort
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Great Wolf Lodge Illinois Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 557 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 258 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 94 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 44 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 50 out of 1003 reviews

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kellie

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for a weekend vacation especially with small kids. We can not wait to come stay again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lakeisha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jorge, Chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I always enjoy my stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Erin

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Appreciated that the water park was big enough not to be overly crowded
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Omar

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a great time… I like that the resort was family friendly and very interactive and that the stayed open late… would definitely recommend….
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Francisco

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Kids 3

Kids enjoyed everything and amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Brittany

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Rachel

Travelled with family
Wasnt ready at 4
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brooke

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great. The hotel was clean
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Emily

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

Great and so massively expensive

It was so fun. The beds are like a bad joke. They are incredibly bad! But otherwise the place is perfect for a get away with little kids. Our room has a kids room in IT and or daughters were in heaven. We were particularly helped by: Asher H., Avery, Brendan and Omar. Such lovely staff. The biggest demerit is they started charging for parking when there’s no other way to get there. It’s such a clear cash grab when it’s already a kiddie casino.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Deana

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Alicia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ramon

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Water park
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katie

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

MARIA

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tyeshawn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Brenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Paula, Janesville

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Likes: 1) The property is easy to locate, and the facility is clean. 2) I like the fact that the waterpark can be used all day on the day of a stay check-in, and the day of check-out. 3) The stores for merchandise have a good selection and easy check-out. 4) I love the large number of carts at the front entrance for luggage movement. Dislikes: 1) The front desk staff would niot let me check in under my wife's reservation, even though I made the reservation with my Expedia account and used my credit card to hold the reservation. Married couples should be able to check in with either person. 2) The fountain drink system at the food areas in the water park is ridiculous, and should be abandoned. The cup scanners were not all functioning, and even when they did, the drink spouts were not all working. When we tried to switch to a different drink, it would not allow us to do that, or to re-scan the cup. If losses on fountain drinks are such an issue, which I doubt, the drink prices could be raised a little to compensate for that, or all of the drinks could be poured in the back by staff, but the current system is clumsy for large groups, does not function well and is overall poor. I have not seen that system anywhere else, and that is likely for a good reason. 3) The elevators are slow, and there are not enough for such a large place.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Very nice water park and lots of activities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Vicente

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
all good
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

mirian

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024