TIP: Great American and Key Lime Cove make great mini vacation

If a family vacation is out of financially out of reach for you this year, check out the waterpark resorts right here in Illinois. For the price of your room, you get admission to the waterpark. Usually you can use the waterpark from check-in time until the evening of the day you check out. No worries about the weather, either, most are indoors.


One of our accounting staff, Sarah K., visited Key Lime Cove in Gurnee with her family last fall. Here's what she had to say:

"My husband, son, and I went there last November for the grand opening and
had a lot of fun. The rooms were spacious, clean, and having a fridge in
the room is always a plus. One thing I suggest to anyone going there is to
bring light clothing, such as shorts, and short sleeved shirts as it is very
warm in there. While we were eating dinner, a man on stilts came through
the restaurant – that was pretty cool. They also had a live band while we
were eating dinner. It’s an indoor paradise….very well decorated and lots
to do with the arcade and water park. We are planning on going back later
in the year with some extended family."

Pair your Key Lime Cove stay with some discount tickets to Six Flags Great America and you've got a mini-vacation. Hawthorne is selling discounted tickets to Six Flags at a $24 savings off the gate price and $2.50 cheaper than the online ticket price. Key Lime Cove is running a special now through June - get the details.