Great Wolf Lodge

Water pours down a three-story play structure inside of Wiley’s Water Park at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Chicago Tribune

June 20, 2018 12:02 PM PT

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The Great Wolf Lodge hotel includes an 80,000-square-foot water park and a 40,000-square-foot adventure park with rope courses, climbing walls, bowling alleys and an arcade, among other things. The Great Wolf Lodge opens on June 22, 2018.

A lazy river runs through Wiley’s Water Park at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Sarah Zwolfer and her 2-year-old son, Grayson Zwolfer, squirt water at each other at Wiley’s Water Park inside the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Isaiah White, 8, left, and his brother Josiah White, 6, lie back on their raft and enjoy the funnel waterslide at Wiley’s Water Park inside the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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An outside pool with deck chairs is part of Wiley’s Water Park inside the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Water park goers enjoy riding a raft down one of several waterslides inside of Wiley’s Water Park at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Five-year-old Carmen Joselyn Soto wears a bright red life jacket as she navigates the waves in the wave pool at Wiley’s Water Park inside the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The Howlers Peak Ropes Course with the Rustic Ridge Rock Wall at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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A raccoon roasts a marshmallow over a pretend fire on the miniature golf course inside the The Howlers Peak Ropes Course at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The Timber Taco bus is one of several places to grab food at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Darthanial Neumann, 8, of Toledo, Wash., climbs the Rustic Ridge Rock Wall, a multistory rock wall, at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The grand lobby at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The Barnwood restaurant at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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Wiley’s Water Park as seen from inside the Barnwood Restaurant at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The family suite room at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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The kids cabin suite includes a special sleeping area just for kids with a single bed and a bunk bed as well as their own TV at the new Great Wolf Lodge on June 19, 2018, in Gurnee.

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