Great Wolf Lodge & swim diapers

[MagicalMom]

We leave in the morning for Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg for a quick over night trip. I was just looking over the rules & it states that children 4 & under must wear swim diapers. Does anyone know if this is strictly enforced? If so I hope I can find the instock somewhere this time of year. Maybe they sell them onsite? DS 4 is going to be pretty upset if we have to make him put on a swim diaper. He'll swear we are trying to treat him like a baby, poor thing has been potty trained for years. Wish us luck!

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Wow, I hope that is not the case. That seems SUPER strict. I don't think when my kids were 4, they would of gone for that.

 

[icebrat001]

Lol, when thinking of the preschoolers I teach, I don't think they would go for a swim diaper. For your sons sake, I hope they don't enforce that rule.

Maybe it should be 3 and under or for all children that are not potty trained. Goodluck!

 

[kilee]

The indoor water park in Erie PA definetly enforces this. We go there often for the day since we get a resident discount. Anyhow, I've seen multiple times where the rule has been pointed out to families. I am sure they'll sell them onsite.

 

[Bob Slydell]

The indoor water park in Erie PA definetly enforces this. We go there often for the day since we get a resident discount. Anyhow, I've seen multiple times where the rule has been pointed out to families. I am sure they'll sell them onsite.

Really? We were there last year when DS was 4 (and potty trained for like 2 years), and nobody made any mention of the rule (nor did I even see it listed anywhere there )

 

[DawnCt1]

I can't imagine that anyone would push the issue with a four year old who has been potty trained for a while now. Swim diapers aren't all that reliable with regard to contamination anyway. I guess it gives them a false sense of security. Before I would make a four year old wear diapers, I would lie about his age. He can be "almost five".

 

[kilee]

We go about 3-4 times a year- and we've seen it twice now where they've enforced it. The kids I've seen it enforced w/ were very obviously only 1-2 yrs of age. So, if a child looks close to 4 I don't know they'll say anything.

The diapers don't do the best of job "holding" things in--- but if someone did "poop" in the water they'd have to shut a lot down to filter/clean all the water. That would create some angry parents. Also-- I can tell you-- in 2004 after a visit to waterpark I mentioned-- I had an awful stomach "bug"-- or so I thought. After I got sicker and sicker it was determined that I had a parasite infection (after a lot of testing) -- most commonly found in community swimming pools. I will have to look up the name after work-- but it was awful. It lasted almost 6 weeks- until they found the right diagnosis and the right med. I honestly thought I was dying- I was so sick. It was the only "community pool" I was in in the prior 6 months so it had to be the culprit. So, there is a reason for the swim diapers-- I just don't know they really do their job.

 

[MagicalMom]

No one said a word about the swim diapers. We had a blast!