Where to Book Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort Wisconsin Dells:
Wilderness Resort
What’s Special About This Resort
Grab your swimsuits and prepare for some exhilarating fun sliding down tube and body slides galore. Wilderness Resort has one of the largest waterparks, covering 600 acres. The vast selection of water slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and interactive splash zones ensures that everybody has fun.
The extensive range of activities beyond the waterparks, like the mini-golf courses, arcades, and even an indoor go-kart track, will have your kids smiling from ear to ear. It might even be hard to tear them away from all the fun.
Whether you’re looking for a cozy, rustic cabin or a luxurious suite, the resort offers a variety of lodging options to suit your family’s needs. Plus, waterpark passes come with your stay.
The Wilderness Resort is a complete family vacation due to its extensive range of waterpark and entertainment options, diverse dining choices, and impressive scale.
Things we like:
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The room keys (and room charges, unfortunately) are all done with the wristbands
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The lifeguards are vigilant
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There is generally good seating available in all the parks; you do not need to spring for a cabana, although you do want to get there early to get a good table near the water or with an umbrella
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Free shuttle between the waterparks
Things we don't like:
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There are constant upsells (a daily call to the room asking if you want a tour of their timeshare properties)
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Bad reviews for and over-priced on-property food
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Weekends get busy and crowded
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Long walk to anything
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Rooms are outdated
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Beds and pillows are uncomfortable
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Mixed reviews on customer service
Where to Book Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort Wisconsin Dells:
Wilderness Resort
What to Do
The Wilderness Territory has multiple indoor and outdoor waterparks, tons of attractions, an award-winning spa, and a golf course. The Wilderness Resort has the majority of activities within the Wilderness Territory, including the outdoor and indoor waterparks, Take Flight Aerial Adventure Ride, Wilderwoods Indoor Go-Karts, and the Dodge ‘Em City Family Adventure Park, where you can play laser tag, mini golf, and much more.
If you purchase the Fun Pass, you can get one ticket for seven attractions, and if you upgrade to unlimited, you can ride as many rides as you want. This might be preferable as it gets very crowded during the weekends.
The WildKids Club offers a fun way for kids and families to do arts and crafts together. You can make your own slime, a glitter tattoo, stuff-a-critter, and even enjoy root beer floats (some crafts cost extra). There are also free events that range from duck races bingo, and horse-drawn wagon rides.
Guests have access to the shuttle bus for transportation to the main resort and golf course clubhouse. Golf tee times at the main Wild Rock course and the Woods short course are an extra fee. Stay and Play Packages are available.
The Wilderness Resorts are close to many other Wisconsin Dells activities, as well as being nearby the Christmas Mountain and Cascade Mountain Ski Resort for excellent ski slopes.
What to Eat & Drink
Guests can choose from a range of restaurants, 21 offering diverse cuisines and dining experiences.
You’ll find places to eat in the waterparks and the lobby, with plenty of breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices. Families will love the options of gourmet chicken tenders, pizza, Korean BBQ, burgers, and so much more. You can even finish your snack off with funnel cakes, milkshakes, and caramel apples.
Room Guide
The Wilderness Resort has numerous guestroom styles, from a standard room to luxurious five-bedroom cabins. The rooms are spacious, but some guests find them basic for the price. Guestrooms include a flat-screen HDTV, a microwave, a mini-fridge, a coffee maker, and free Wi-Fi. Accessible rooms are available.
Doubles – The Queen Sofa includes two queen beds, a flat-screen HDTV, and a sleeper sofa. The Double Suite has two queen beds, a semi-privacy wall, two TVs, and a sleeper sofa. The Double Suite Wet Bar includes two queen beds, a semi-privacy wall, a sleeper sofa, two TVs, and a wet bar with stools.
These recently renovated rooms can be upgraded to a Woods View, Pool View, or Pool View Ground Level. Previous guests recommend the walk-out pool rooms on the ground level.
Double Queen Sofa Wet Bar Fireplace Room– Recently renovated, this features two queen beds, a flat-screen TV, a sleeper sofa, a wet bar, and a fireplace that sleeps up to seven.
The Grand Double Queen Sofa Fireplace, also recently renovated, is a new room style and the most spacious room, sleeping up to seven. It includes two queen beds, a sleeper sofa, a fireplace, two TVs, a wet bar, and a larger balcony/patio. Upgrade this room to a Pool View or a Pool View Ground Level for an additional fee.
King Sofas – These recently renovated rooms include a king bed, a sleeper sofa, and flat-screen TVs. The King Sofa Fireplace has a fireplace and wet bar but does not have balcony/patio access.
Monty’s Suite – This unique suite has a primary bedroom with a king bed, a living room with a Murphy queen bed, two TVs, a dining area, a wet bar, and a fireplace. There is no
balcony/patio access.
2 Bedroom Vacation Villa – This villa sleeps nine with a king bed, two queens, and a sleeper sofa. It also features a living room with a fireplace, three TVs, two baths, a two-person whirlpool, a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a dining area, and a washer/dryer.
3 Bedrooms – The 2,279 sq. ft. Frontier Condominium includes a king bed, two queen beds, a sleeper sofa, and two full-size beds that sleep up to 14. This condo also has a living room with a fireplace, 4 TVs, three baths, a whirlpool tub, a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a dining room, an open loft, a washer/dryer, and a screened-in patio. The Frontier Condo needs to be updated.
The 1,300 sq. ft. Golf Course Cabin has a king bed, a queen bed, bunk beds, a sleeper sofa, and a full-size bed in a loft, all in all sleeping 10. The cabin also includes a living room with a two-sided fireplace, 4 TVs, two baths, a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a washer/dryer, and an outdoor deck.
There is no daily housekeeping service. For the larger 4 and 5 bedroom cabins
4 Bedrooms – The 3,000 sq. ft. Golf Course Cabin sleeps 18 with a king bed, six queens, and two sleeper sofas. This cabin has a living room with fireplace, six TVs, an upper loft area, three baths, a family room with fireplace and wet bar, a full kitchen with breakfast bar, a dining room, a two-person whirlpool, a washer/dryer, and a large deck.
The 2,800 sq. ft. Retreat Cabin has a king bed, five queens, and three sleeper sofas. The cabin also includes a living room with fireplace and wet bar, six TVs, three baths, a two-person whirlpool, a full kitchen with breakfast bar, a dining room, a family room with fireplace, washer/dryer, and a large deck with outdoor seating.
The 2,279 sq. ft. Frontier Condominium has a king bed, a queen bed, two full-size beds, and two sleeper sofas. This condo includes three baths, a two-person whirlpool, a den, a living room with a fireplace, 5 TVs, an open loft, a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a dining room, and a washer/dryer. The Frontier Condo needs to be updated.
The 2,700 sq. ft. River Ridge Cabin has a king bed, six queen beds, and a sleeper sofa. This unique cabin has a living room with a fireplace, six TVs, a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a dining room, a family room with a fireplace, a washer/dryer, a large deck, and private stairs down to the Wisconsin River. The River Ridge Cabin is 2.5 miles from the Wilderness Hotel, and the Resort Shuttle Bus service is unavailable for this unit.
5 Bedrooms – The 3,910 sq. ft. Treehouse Cabin is a brand new accommodation that sleeps up to 22 people and has five bedrooms with two king beds, five queen beds, and two sleeper sofas, plus there are two sets of bunk beds in the treehouse room.
It also has a full kitchen, a breakfast bar, a living room with a fireplace, a rec room with a fireplace and gaming table, nine TVs, a wet bar, 4.5 baths, a washer/dryer, multiple balconies, and a patio.
The 3,500 sq. ft. Entertainment Cabin has a king bed, three queen beds, two sets of bunk beds, two sofa sleepers, and a Murphy queen bed. It also has a living room with fireplace, four baths, six TVs, a full kitchen, a breakfast bar, a dining room, a family room with fireplace, a wet bar, a theater room with a two-person whirlpool, washer/dryer, and a large deck. The Entertainment cabin needs to be updated.
The 3,200 sq. ft. Media Cabin has a king bed, six queen beds, two sleeper sofas, and a Murphy queen bed. The cabin also has a full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a dining room, a wet bar, an upper loft area, three baths, seven TVs, a living room with a fireplace, a family room with a fireplace, a two-person whirlpool, a theater room, washer/dryer, and a large deck.
The 3,200 sq. ft. Retreat Cabin includes a king bed, five queens, two sleeper sofas, two sets of twin-size bunk beds, and a sofa sleeper. This cabin has a living room with fireplace, four baths, a full kitchen with breakfast bar, a dining area, 7 TVs, a family room with fireplace and wet bar, a two-person whirlpool, a wet bar, washer/dryer, and a large deck.
Special Experiences
Spend the holidays at the Wilderness Resort and enjoy fun family-themed holiday events.
They offer a huge Thanksgiving and Christmas buffet, Santa visits, their Take Flight ride – Journey to the North Pole, their annual New Year’s Eve party, and so many more family experiences throughout the year.
Things we like:
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The room keys (and room charges, unfortunately) are all done with the wristbands
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The lifeguards are vigilant
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There is generally good seating available in all the parks; you do not need to spring for a cabana, although you do want to get there early to get a good table near the water or with an umbrella
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Free shuttle between the waterparks
Things we don't like:
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There are constant upsells (a daily call to the room asking if you want a tour of their timeshare properties)
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Bad reviews for and over-priced on-property food
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Weekends get busy and crowded
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Long walk to anything
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Rooms are outdated
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Beds and pillows are uncomfortable
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Mixed reviews on customer service
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