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Wisconsin Dells Winter with kids recs
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items When my daughter and I need a winter getaway, we head to Wisconsin Dells for a pick me up! It’s nice to get out of the house and have some fun!
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Places to Stay
Kalahari is a great weekend getaway in Wisconsin, especially if you have the winter blues. The waterpark is amazing! There’s a swim up bar for adults, an outdoor whirlpool, tons of rides, and a wave pool. If you are on a budget, get the waterpark day...
Wisconsin Location | Kalahari Resorts
This is another resort to beat the winter blues. It has a nice indoor waterpark and it’s great that it’s located by Buffalo Phil’s restaurant and an outlet mall. This waterpark has day passes too if you just want to go for the day.
Indoor Water Park & Resort in Wisconsin Dells
This is my 2nd favorite resort for beating the winter blues. It has an indoor waterpark, big whirlpool, wave pool, and tons of great rides. This waterpark has day passes, so if you are on a budget, you could just go for the day.
Chula Vista Resort
This resort has a great indoor waterpark with a wave pool. Take Flight is a fun activity for kids and adults! My daughter has gone multiple times and loves it every time!
Wilderness Resort
The affordable option weekend getaway in Wisconsin dells. Pool, whirlpool, and breakfast included is all you really need just to get out of the house.
AmericInn by Wyndham Wisconsin Dells | Wisconsin Dells, WI Hotels
Things to do
Check out this ski and tubing resort near wisconsin dells! It’s great exercise for the whole family and a short distance from the indoor waterparks.
Christmas Mountain Village
A wristband is highly recommended for this park. My daughter loves going here and we could easily spend an entire day playing here.
Knuckleheads Trampoline Park Rides Bowling
This park is connected to Kalahari resort and indoor waterpark. It’s the perfect way to keep kids busy and have fun in the middle of winter.
Tom Foolerys Adventure Park
What I like about this escape room is that there’s a slime lab where kids can make their own slime!
Booby Trap Escape Rooms
This is a fun place to take kids, there’s so much to see. When I took my daughter. We spent a whole afternoon walking around.
Wizard Quest
This is a great place to take kids. Everything in here is weird and my daughter laughed at a lot of the things she saw here. It’s fun along with Wizard Quest, which is a short walk from Ripley’s
Ripley's Believe It Or Not
This is a great activity to beat the winter blues! It feels like you are riding on a drone going across the world! So many great sites and a way to travel at a much cheaper price!
Take Flight at the Wilderness
My daughter has loved going here for years. She likes to try each station and puzzle. It’s a great way to get kids off the iPad and have fun together.
Tommy Bartlett Exploratory
This is fun and definitely fun for your kiddos. My daughter loves going to the theater and she was entertained by the theme and watching the show.
Sneaky Pete's Wild West Dinner Show
This outlet mall is outdoors, so dress warm in the winter. It has all the usual stores. I love that they have fire pits to keep warm in the winter. The stores we shop in are Under Armour, Five Below, American Eagle, and Old Navy.
Outlets at the Dells
Restaurants
The food is excellent, the kids love receiving their food on a train, and there is a giant arcade, bowling alley, indoor mini golf, and trampoline park. Get a day pass wristband. Great way to keep kids busy!
Buffalo Phil's Pizza & Grille
Great pizza and wings, great restaurant to take your kids.
Moosejaw Pizza & Dells Brewing Co.
Pizza Pub has been in the dells my entire life, 4 decades! They make the best pizza but I don’t go here for the pizza— I go for the salad bar which since Covid it’s hard to find a salad bar in Wisconsin.
Pizza Pub
This is a classic breakfast place that’s been around forever in the dells.
Denny's Diner
Breakfast recommended here. There is a Paul Bunyan’s but the lines are long and it’s not as fun as the traditional Cracker Barrel.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store