Our hotel room was fantastic, as it had a separate lodge-themed bunk bed area for the boys with their own TV and a large bathroom with a comfortable roll-in shower. There’s so much more for the kids at the GWL in addition to the water park, including MagiQuest, an outdoor ropes course, a bowling alley, an arcade, and story time. When it comes time to use the restroom or change, the locker rooms have accessible stalls and showers, and the separate family restroom in the water park area also has a roll-in shower. There is also a pool lift outside, and you can watch a video of me using the Great Wolf Lodge indoor pool lift. But the real treat for me was getting a personal tour of all the accessible features! GWL in Concord has several manual water wheelchairs that can be used in the zero-entry wave pool, the outdoor zero-entry wading pool, and the large splash pad. It has several water slides, including two that use rafts, a wave pool, a large outdoor wading pool, a regular swimming pool with an obstacle course, and a huge splash pad area that’s two stories high.

To say it’s enormous is an understatement. We were given wristbands that served as both water park passes and room keys that were embedded as a chip! My best friend Erin’s room was ready, so we dropped off our things there, the kids changed into their swim clothes, and we headed to the water park! Our room wasn’t ready yet, but I was able to check in and bypass the main line to use to lowered portion of the front desk designated for wheelchair users. When we arrived from Raleigh around 1pm, the resort was very busy but I was able to find a wheelchair van parking spot very easily. I had my mom and two sons with me (ages 9 and 7), and my best friend brought her two children (ages 11 and 9) for an overnight stay. It sounds a little scary, but it’s actually one of the most exhilarating experiences at the extraordinarily wheelchair accessible Great Wolf Lodge resort and indoor water park in Concord/Charlotte, NC! I had the chance to visit this awesome place for both kids and adults as part of a family road trip from Orlando to North Carolina. Then you hear the tolling of a bell up above, indicating that the bucket is about to tip over…and dump those 1,000 gallons ON YOU. By huge, I mean a bucket that holds 1,000 gallons. Imagine sitting in a wheelchair two stories below a huge bucket of water.

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