Spring Break is coming up and my nephew Jason will be out of school for a week. With Charlie Homeschooling we can also take the week off or continue school its our choice.
For school this week I asked Charlie to put together a list of Attractions he would like to visit during Spring Break. I had him pick out places we could use for PE.
iT’Z Family Food and Fun
Charlie said we can take out children to iT’Z Family Food and Fun for Bowling, Video Games, Cartoons and even dinner or lunch. You can use the Climbing Wall.
Visiting iT’z Family Food and Fun is the perfect way to get our children up and moving. We can use our visit here for our Physical Education class as well as Math as they can count the tokens they win which they will turn into for prizes.
Dave & Buster’s
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Dave and Buster’s contains numerous electronic, skill and sports-oriented games. There are many simulator games such as formula race cars, fighter jets, and motorcycles, as well as a golf simulator.
David and I like to go her because Dave & Buster’s offers Retro games like Ms. Pacman and Galaga. Charlie and I like to play Shuffleboard and Billiards. If you go to Dave & Busters on Wednesday you can enjoy half-priced games.
Through David & Busters Children Homeschooling will be able to use this for PE as they will be walking and even using math when they turn there points in for prizes.
Great Wolf Lodge
My family hasn’t ever had the opportunity to visit Great Wolfe Lodge but we have been wanting to and Spring Break is the perfect time to come out and check out this attraction.
No matter what the temperature or weather inside the Great Wolf Lodge its 84 degrees. You will find themed restaurants, interactive arcades, full-service spas (and even a version for kids), fitness centers, and special spring break activities for the kids.
Spend all day relaxing as the current sweeps you along the endless, winding lazy river. The kids will enjoy the four-story interactive tree house with spray stations and soaker buckets.
You know you will get plenty of Exercise here walking from attraction to attraction allowing you to get PE in for Homeschooling. As well as Math by keeping up with the money your spending.
Visit LEGOLAND Discovery Center where the kids can build buildings and watch movies. They will get in plenty of Exercise here which is perfect for PE. Counting for Math and reading for Language Arts and Reading class. As well as Art as kids can draw what they see.
How about a game of adrenaline-pumping laser tag or indoor climbing in Texas’ only indoor gravity ropes course? This unique entertainment complex also offers rock climbing, bowling, billiards, arcade, and other activities.
The park will re-open for Spring Break March 10-18 and March 23-25 to allow thrill seekers of all ages to let their hair down and not only enjoy coasters but also live entertainment. From karaoke to local and party band performances, Six Flags Over Texas will have musical tunes running through the park both day and night. 20of 23
The award-winning North Texas family entertainment destination will offer daily operations, combo passes, and special activities during Spring Break—all with no hotel stay required.
Grand Prairie, TX— Spring weather can be iffy, and spring break hotel rates can be pricey. But neither are an issue at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark—the largest indoor waterpark in Texas—which will be open daily for weatherproof fun during Spring Break 2020, with no hotel stay required.
The 80,000 square-foot family entertainment destination offers climate-controlled year-round fun—rain or shine, cold or not—thanks to an enormous retractable glass-paneled roof that keeps inclement weather out while still allowing plenty of daylight (or starry night skies) to flood the park, not to mention gorgeous views of the surrounding EpicCentral Grand Prairie campus.
Special Spring Break activities happening in and around the waterpark this year include arcade challenges, bean bag tosses, dance contests, karaoke, and yellow duckie scavenger hunts—as well as concerts and DJ music, goat yoga, a petting zoo, and outdoor movies on the GrandLawn Amphitheater next door.
In addition to Spring Break activities, guests will enjoy the usual lineup of Epic Waters attractions, including adventures on slides offering thrills “from mild to wild”; catching an epic wave on the FlowRider ® surfing simulator (beginners welcome!); floating down the “action river” (Epic Waters’ not-so-lazy indoor river; the longest in Texas); tiny tot fun in Rascal’s Round-Up (a children’s play area) and splashing in The Swimming Hole—all amidst a beautiful, resort-quality setting with amenities that include recently-upgraded boardwalk-styled flooring, a prize-counter arcade, full-service bar, and complimentary parking.
Another amenity guests won’t want to miss is the Hungry Wave Café, home of The Epic Waters Pizza (featuring a one-of-kind crust and a delicious original sauce), The German Pretzel (a 24-ounce pretzel stuffed with Earl Campbell spicy sausage), and Texas Poutine (French fries smothered with BBQ beef, topped with pepper jack cheese and jalapeños)—as well as a range of menu offerings (including gluten-free options) in the burger, salad, and sandwich/wrap categories.
For Spring Break, the park will also offer a DIY Walking Taco Bar, where hungry guests can build-their-own scoopable taco on top of partially-open bag of Fritos.
Best of all, Spring Break revelers can access everything that Epic Waters has to offer without purchasing a hotel room—unless they want to. “We offer a world-class indoor waterpark experience without a required hotel stay, which makes us one of the most budget-friendly of the top-tier family entertainment destinations across Texas,” said Richard Coleman, CEO of American Resort Management, the waterpark’s operator. “However, there are plenty of affordable hotel options within minutes of the waterpark for guests who do need them, and we’re also no more than a tank of gas away for guests from the border states and other parts of Texas. That makes us an excellent choice for a world-class but affordable Spring Break getaway.”
Ways to Save/Tips for Spring Break Guests…
Guests are encouraged to pre-purchase tickets online in order to guarantee admission on higher-guest traffic days.
Arrive before 9 a.m. [March 7-15] and receive a $5 arcade card.
Consider purchasing a “Wet-Dry Combo Pass” which offers discounted all-day access to both Epic Waters and The Epic (the waterpark’s sister facility/neighbor and a premiere arts, entertainment, and recreation center); or a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Combo Pass” that allows guests to enjoy both destinations at a discounted rate.
From March 7-15, Epic Waters hours of operation will be 8:30 a.m. to 9 pm. Hours from March 16-30 will be 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
About Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark:
Situated west of Highway 161 between Arkansas Lane and Warrior Trail near the southwest Dallas County-Tarrant County border, Epic Waters is an 80,000-square foot, resort-styled, indoor-outdoor waterpark that offers year-round operations delivered courtesy of an enormous retractable roof and a climate-controlled wintertime interior. The facility is the largest indoor waterpark under a single retractable roof in North America.
Billed as a “cruise ship on land,” the park boasts wet and dry attractions for every member of the family, including 12 waterslides, (three of which are waterpark industry firsts), the longest indoor “action river” in Texas, a children’s play area that’s equipped with an aquatic fort, a double FlowRider® surfing simulator, a 45-game arcade, a café, full-service bar, private event space and table-service cabanas, and much more. In 2019, the park added a 10,000 square-foot outdoor wave pool.
Epic Waters is operated by American Resort Management, Inc., an award-winning hospitality management company headquartered in Erie, PA and Grand Prairie, TX. Since opening in January of 2018, the park has attracted guests from all 50 states and 11 countries. Awards and accolades include a 2018 Leading Edge Award from the World Waterpark Association and a 2019 Best of Aquatics Award from Aquatics International Magazine, as well as inclusion in the Travel Channel’s “8 Of the Most Incredible Indoor Waterparks” list, USA Today’s “10 Best Dallas Waterparks” and the “Best of Dallas 2018 Critic’s Pick” list from the Dallas Observer. In 2020, the park will host both the national and world flowboarding championships.
Epic Waters is a headline destination in an area known as EpicCentral Grand Prairie, a 172-acre recreation and entertainment development owned by the City of Grand Prairie. Other destinations at EpicCentral include The Summit (an award-winning, country club-styled recreation facility for active adults age 50+); the GrandLawn Amphitheater (an open air concert space that opened in August of 2018); The Epic (a 120,000 square-foot recreation facility that opened in November of 2018); and PlayGrand Adventures (a phased-development, ADA-accessible playground that opened in January of 2020). Wrapped around all of these walkable destinations are expansive green spaces, lakes, and a paved walking trail. In the next few years, these amenities will expand to include hotels and restaurants.
To learn more about Epic Waters, visit the park’s website or Facebook page. To find out more about development at EpicCentral and throughout Grand Prairie, visit the City’s economic development website.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
