Great Wolf Lodge , Ripley's Water Park Resort

Location. Opened in April 2006, the Great Wolf Lodge, Ripley's Water Park Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, is less than three miles from Niagara Falls. Historic Lewiston is seven miles away. The resort is 23 miles from Buffalo, N.Y.

Hotel Features. The hotel focuses on its log cabin, rustic ambience with themed restaurants, shops and decor. Antler Shanty Grub offers a 2,200-square-foot gourmet buffet with a special section just for children. The Bear Claw Cafe serves up specialty coffees, pastries, homemade soups, salads and goodies such as Laura Secord chocolates and ice cream. Rustic campsite ambiance greets guests at Camp Critter Bar & Grille. Selections include Grandma's Beef Pot Roast, comfort foods and a full-service bar. The resort offers several areas for meetings and events with complimentary wireless Internet access. A 600-square- foot fitness room is on site. Elements, the hotel's Aveda concept salon and spa, has feng shui treatment rooms for facials, manicures and pedicures. The spa offers massage services including couples massage. The Cub Club is the hotel's children's activity room where Ambassadors of Fun lead activities and games, and offer tours through the hotel's Grand Living Room. The prize of the hotel is its 103,000-square-foot indoor water park with 13 waterslides in the 90 foot high facility. A seasonal outdoor pool is available as well as an adult's only year-round spa tub. A game room with more than 100 video games is on site.

Guestrooms. The 406 all-suite guestrooms include microwave ovens, refrigerators and coffeemakers. Most guestrooms include decks or patios. Separate sitting areas offer cable television with premium channels and wireless Internet access. All guestrooms feature log cabin-themed decor with antique accents.

Expert Tip. A timber wolf family and other woodland creatures live above the fireplace in the hotel's majestic five-story lobby. The animated critters come to life to delight guests of all ages. The nine minute show takes place twice daily.