Great Wolf Lodge Invests in Families and Fun This Summer

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. ^® (NASDAQ: WOLF), North America’s largest family of indoor waterparks, is bursting at the seams with new features and amenities at its Great Wolf Lodge^® resorts from coast-to-coast that promise to make summer 2010 at the Lodge sizzle with excitement.

Not only has Great Wolf Resorts invested in brand-new waterslides and slide enhancements in select waterparks nationwide, but it has also added a variety of new kid-centric activities and amenities to many of its properties, including Compass Quest^™ – the next generation of the popular MagiQuest^® game, the new "Picture Perfect Summer” activity program, and improvements and enhancements to one of the resorts’ Scooops^® Kid Spas.

"We’re delighted to introduce so many new amenities and activities that help us do what we at Great Wolf Lodge have always set out to do – put family and fun first,” said Tim Black, executive vice president of operations. "We’re in the business of investing in families, and I can’t think of a better way to accomplish this goal than to add new and improved ways families can have fun and make memories together.”

The debut of the newest and cutest wolf character, Violet, and the exciting introduction of www.greatwolfkids.com – an animated, interactive website complete with car games, themed activities, and downloadable coloring pages – are just the beginning of the exciting new additions Great Wolf has in store for its guests this summer.

Here’s what else Great Wolf Lodge visitors can expect at properties across the country:

New Waterslides Loaded with Special Effects

Six Great Wolf properties are the recipients of new waterslide experiences for their indoor waterparks. At the Pocono Mountains location in Pennsylvania, guests are already lining up to try out the new "Double Barrel Drop^™,” a six-story thriller with LED lighting, sound effects, and a 450-degree hairpin turn into a dark vortex tunnel. At the Kansas City, Kansas and Kings Island/Mason, Ohio locations, "The Triple Twist^™” ride features a drop into not two, but three huge funnels at high speeds, dropping a full five stories from start to finish. And in Grand Mound, Washington, Grapevine, Texas, and Williamsburg, Virginia., visitors to the resorts there will want to check out the "River Canyon Run^™” family raft ride makeover, with LED lighting, fog and sound effects adding to the exhilaration of the ride.

Compass Quest is the Next Generation of Interactive Adventure

The MagiQuest live-action adventure games at Great Wolf Lodge properties in Grapevine, Kings Island, the Pocono Mountains and Williamsburg are all going into overdrive with the next level of play called Compass Quest. Players must first achieve Magi Master status before they can take on the Compass Quest challenges. Players move through interactive way-finding expeditions on their way to solving mysteries and slaying dragons. It’s that combination of video gaming and role playing that has proved itself so popular with kids and their parents. In addition, players can now purchase an online MagiQuest experience to continue the adventure at home. CDs are available for purchase at all MagiQuest locations, or the game can be downloaded at www.magiquest.com.

Kids Spas Get Fluff and Buff

They’re called Scooops Kid Spas, and the resort in the Pocono Mountains now features expanded areas for treatments and retail offerings, along with extra space for birthday parties. These spas were designed specifically with four to 12-year-olds in mind, and offer ice cream flavor-inspired spa services.

Kids Rule at Great Wolf with "Great Wolf Kids”

All of the Great Wolf Lodge locations are debuting a new brand aptly named "Great Wolf Kids,” designed to entertain and enlighten the youngest guests of the resorts. This summer’s theme for activities at the Cub Club^™ activity centers is the "Picture Perfect Summer,” with a focus on photography lessons, daily scrapbooking projects, photo scavenger hunts and waterpark photo bingo.

New themed birthday party packages mean birthdays at Great Wolf Lodge are more than just cake and ice cream. Kids can select from new party packages, available at all the resorts that may include a manicure and pedicure at Scooops Kid Spa, a party in the waterpark, or fun and games in MagiQuest.

Kids love the Great Wolf family of characters, so much so that a new critter has been welcomed into the pack. Violet, a wolf who fancies birthday parties and ice cream, is making her debut this summer. She and her fellow Great Wolf Kids friends, including Wiley the Wolf, take turns greeting the littlest visitors each evening after story time in the lobby.

There’s a second Great Wolf website now as well – this one is for the kids and it’s loaded with activities, downloadable coloring pages and even games to play in the car on the way to a Great Wolf Lodge. This online playground may be found at www.greatwolfkids.com.

For detailed information on these latest additions to Great Wolf Lodge locations across the country, visit www.greatwolf.com.

About Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.^® (NASDAQ: WOLF), Madison, Wis., is North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts, and, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, owns and operates its family resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge^® and Blue Harbor Resort^™ brands. Great Wolf Resorts is a fully integrated resort company with Great Wolf Lodge locations in: Wisconsin Dells, Wis.; Sandusky, Ohio; Traverse City, Mich.; Kansas City, Kan.; Williamsburg, Va.; the Pocono Mountains, Pa.; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Mason, Ohio; Grapevine, Texas; Grand Mound, Wash.; and Charlotte, N.C.; and Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center in Sheboygan, Wis. Through Great Wolf Resorts’ environmental sustainability program, Project Green Wolf^™, the company is the first and only national hotel chain to have all US properties Green Seal^™ Certified – Silver.

The company’s resorts are family-oriented destination facilities that generally feature 300 – 600 rooms and a large indoor entertainment area measuring 40,000 – 100,000 square feet. The all-suite properties offer a variety of room styles, arcade/game rooms, fitness rooms, themed restaurants, spas, supervised children’s activities and other amenities. Additional information may be found on the company’s website at www.greatwolf.com.