Youth and School Group Outings
While Great Wolf Lodge-Traverse City is a popular vacation spot for families, we are an equally popular destination for group day trip planners for school, church, and other youth outings. Trip planners for class trips, Girl Scouts, Boys Scouts, sports team and other youth groups love the flexibility and ease of planning a group excursion at Great Wolf Lodge. And group leaders applaud our efforts to be environmentally friendly through Project Green Wolf. We are the first-and only - US hotel chain to be Green SealTM Certified-Silver.
*Group discounts rates are only available when you reserve 10 or more rooms per night. For group reservations with less than 10 rooms, please contact a Customer Service Representative at 866.478.9653. Rates and availability may be limited for popular dates.
Use Us As A Base Camp
We can arrange comfortable gathering space indoors for meetings and group interaction or you are welcome to take it outside for a variety of educational activities. Have photos or presentations to share? We can provide audio or video equipment to enhance your group’s experience.
Explore The Area
Skiing, canoeing, paintball and other off-site adventures can also be arranged at any number of Traverse City's first-class attractions. Whether your stay is for a day or a week – Great Wolf Lodge’s friendly and fun staff will work with you to plan every detail from boxed lunches, tickets or transportation.
Shh! They Won’t Know They’re Learning
As an organization that places a high degree of importance on education, we can provide any number of educational programs which meet the Standards of Learningfor your school or organization. Some of these programs may be included in your stay while others will cost an additional modest fee. Our popular educational programs include:
- Recycling and Conservation
- Interactive Team Building Exercises
- Fun and Educational Scavenger Hunts
- Customized Programs Suggested By You or Your Group
- Plus much more!
Kids Love To Eat
Kid-Friendly Meal Plansand snacks are especially popular with trip planners as they are kid-testedand sensibly priced. Our group sales team can assist you with all the details including arranging private banquets, boxed lunches, pizza parties or reserved restaurant seating in our themed restaurants.
When It’s Time To Play, The Sky’s The Limit
Between our enormous 38,000 square foot indoor waterpark and other fun, kid-friendly amenities such as:
- MagiQuest, a live action adventure game popular with kids of all ages,
- Northern Lights Arcade with over 100 games and ticket redemption for prizes,
- Scooops Kids Spa, where ice-cream themed pedicures and manicures are always on the menu, and
- Howl-In-One Mini-Golf Course
There is no end to the fun at Great Wolf Lodge. To plan your next youth group or class trip, contact us at tcsales@greatwolf.comor call us at 231.941.3600.
* To receive group discounts you must have ten or more rooms.


