92,000 square-foot indoor Connecticut water park will feature 13 slides, wave pool, lazy river, water play areas

Families may enjoy water-filled thrills at the brand-new Great Wolf Lodge in Mashantucket, Connecticut, including sliding down slides, jumping over waves, floating down a lazy river, and getting soaked by a thousand gallons of water from a gigantic tipping bucket.

Families in the Northeast will soon be able to enjoy the resort’s year-round 84-degree indoor water park and a variety of family-friendly experiences, entertainment options, and attractions thanks to its recently announced May 23, 2025 opening date.

The main draw at each Great Wolf Lodge location is the indoor water park. There will be 13 slides, a wave pool, a lazy river, and water play zones in the Great Wolf Lodge’s 92,000-square-foot indoor water park in Mashantucket.

Otter Cave Waterworks, a multi-level interactive water play structure with an intricate theme, is a standout feature of the new design. This main attraction, which includes four twisting body slides, spray jets, interconnected leaky water pipes, and Great Wolf Lodge’s iconic 1,000-gallon tipping bucket, is inspired by the fantastical exploits of the Great Wolf Pack, the resort’s cast of character companions.

The water park’s highlights include:

• NEW! Pequot Plunge: A new exhilarating family raft adventure, named by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, debuting at Great Wolf Lodge Mashantucket. Up to five riders enter a raft and quickly accelerate down the slide before dropping into a cone-shaped tornado. After sloshing up one side and down another, they exit into a 360-degree loop and then head down a long straightway before entering a giant bowl that will spin them around. Finally, the raft will freefall down into the splash channel, completing the adventure.
• NEW! Rapid Racer: Rapid Racer is an exciting tube slide where riders race each other side-by-side with only a low wall separating them. At one point, riders experience a thrilling water coaster element where high velocity water forces the tube up a hill, immediately after riders are plunged down.
• High Paw Holler: A body slide filled with constant excitement and anticipation as riders surge through enclosed flumes, race along the outer wall of open-air saucers, and experience a few more twists and turns before splashing down into a water filled runout.
• Alberta Falls: A tandem tube ride that takes riders on four stories of exhilarating adventure. Swiftly banking turns and steep pitches will take riders outside of the building and back again before a final drop into the plunge pool.
• Forest Flume: This open flume body slide accelerates riders through 360 loops, high-banking turns, and quick acceleration drops to provide an exhilarating ride from top to bottom.
• River Canyon Run: A rollicking family raft ride that sends up to five riders on a white-water adventure down one of the park s longest slides. As you slide down, you ll pass enchanted hieroglyphics, and with no steep drops, this a great slide for families to enjoy together.
• Slap Tail Pond: A family favorite. The audio cue of a howling wolf brings this gigantic wave pool to life with waves reaching up to three feet in height. The active surf rolls through every five minutes, to the giggling delight of every child in the pool.
• Crooked Creek: A reprieve from the more active attractions in the waterpark, guests can relax and float on tubes down this winding lazy river that encircles the Otter Cave Waterworks play structure.
• Otter Springs: A special section of the waterpark designed exclusively for toddlers and younger guests. This play pool is filled with perfectly sized water slides featuring gentle slopes and tiny turns, making them the go-to attractions for the under 42 inches set.

For those seeking a more tranquil getaway, the resort will also have a zero-entry outdoor pool, a neighboring hot tub, and an opulent outdoor cabana.

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