Minnesota's upper Midwest location, with long winters and cool summers, makes it an ideal place for indoor water park hotels. In addition to water park rides and pools, these hotels offer on-site restaurants and a variety of room choices.
Edgewater Resort is on Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota, and features 300 hotel rooms. Rooms have one king or two queen beds and include free high-speed Internet, a refrigerator and work desk. Select rooms offer a lake view, whirlpool tub and fireplace. Guests receive a daily complimentary breakfast and local newspaper. Amenities include a gift shop, coin-operated laundry and complimentary local shuttle. Tiki Tom's, the resort's onsite restaurant, serves American cuisine and has a full-service bar. The indoor water park is 35,000 square feet and features water slides, a lazy river and large play structure as well as a zero entry pool for toddlers.
Edgewater Resort and Waterpark
2400 London Rd.
Duluth, MN 55812
800-777-7925
duluthwaterpark.com
Grand Rios is 10 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis and features 224 guest rooms and suites. Rooms have one king or two queen beds and include free wireless Internet, in-room safe and video games. Amenities include a garden courtyard with seating, fitness room and arcade with prizes. The hotel has two onsite restaurants--The Beach House Bar, which serves steak and seafood, and with Coconut Charlie's in the water park, which serves sandwiches and ice cream. The onsite indoor water park has a tropical theme and includes a lazy river, body and tube slides and large play structure with dumping bucket. Additional features include several pools, hot tubs and a special area for toddlers.
Grand Rios Indoor Waterpark
6900 Lakeland Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55428
763-566-8855
grandrios.com
Arrowwood Hotel is on Lake Darling in Alexandria, Minnesota, and offers 170 guest rooms. Rooms come in a variety of layouts with one king or two queen beds and bunk beds in the family suites. Standard rooms, loft rooms and apartment suites all include a microwave and refrigerator with a full kitchen in select rooms. Facility amenities include four onsite restaurants, a marina, an 18-hole golf course, a horse stable and full service spa. The indoor water park is 38,000 square feet and includes three four-story water slides, a lazy river, children's play fort, several swimming pools and hot tubs.
Arrowwood Hotel
2100 Arrowwood Ln.
Alexandria, MN 56308
320-762-1124
arrowwoodresort.com
