What is the best/most fun hotels you've ever stayed at with your kids?
Not the run of the mill hotels, but the ones that stand out for the experience. They had fresh cookies available each night, or a great pool, or easy access to fun stuff to do with kids. That little (or big) extra stuff that made it stand out from your every day hotel. Could be a certain brand, or a specific hotel.
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mamajen210
We loved the great wolf lodge! It wasn’t so big I was stressed about losing them, but big enough my 5 kiddos all had something they could do & love! The rooms were so fun, like little cabins & the entire place & everything inside was themed. 3 years later they still beg to go back!
- rachel—We have a great wolf lodge by our house and it is the BEST. It’s our go-to staycation.
ritu2551
Ooh, I have a lot of favorites but I’ll try and condense down to a few.
If you asked our kids, they would probably vote for the Disney Aulani - amazing location, great pools, poolside shave ice, loads of activities on the beach, and all the Hawaii + Disney vibes. The biggest downside is that the actual food at their sit-down restaurants is pretty rubbish but the Four Seasons is right next door with way better food, so we usually just walk over to do breakfast/dinner there instead. And yeah, it’s a bit of a flight to get here.
It’s an even LONGER flight to get here, but I absolutely loved the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa in Singapore. Probably the most kid friendly hotel we’ve stayed at - gift baskets full of toys and candy at check in, complimentary kid-sized toiletries and water shoes and robes in the hotel room, the most amazing breakfast buffet, and a gorgeous pool with what appeared to be totally impromptu dance parties at random times during the day (complete with a million animal floaties and a DJ). Singapore also has a lot of fun activities for kids (and incredible food for everyone) so it’s very high on my list of favorite places to go.
The Taj Madikeri in Coorg is probably the most beautiful resort I’ve stayed at in India - quite remote and hard to get to, but insanely gorgeous and relaxing. The villa we stayed in had a private indoor swimming pool surrounded by giant windows with views of the rainforest! And it was way more reasonably priced than fancy hotels in the US. On the flip side, there weren’t a ton of activities outside of swimming and nature walks through the forest.
And finally, this is not really kid-related, but the absolute best breakfast buffet @jon and I have found was at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich. Room after room of gorgeously displayed artisanal meats, cheeses, pastries, jams, all with very high quality ingredients - I’ve never seen any other hotel reach quite that level of perfection (although the Crown Room brunch at the Hotel Del Coronado puts in a decent effort and gets medium close - the Del is also a fun hotel for other reasons, and very beautiful at Christmas with their beachfront ice rink)
We stayed at The Outlaw Inn in Rock Springs, Wyoming on a whim. The pool was amazing for what we expected. It was large and right outside the room doors. The best part is it is inside so even when it’s cold outside it would be nice. Nothing too fancy but a definite unexpected gem.