The video shows our behind-the-scenes tour of Kalahari Waterpark and Resort in Sandusky, OH that Maris Brenner and Mike Thatcher gave us when we were there for the Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering in February. The tour was interesting, but the most fun at Kalahari is the wave pool!

Other fun things are the arcade and mini golf,

the hot tub, the indoor playplace, the basketball swimming pool, the lazy river, the obstacle course,and the water slides! Some of them were too scary for us, but there were some that were just right for us.

Here’s what we did at Kalahari: After playing all day in the waterpark, at night we went to the arcade, and then we went to the hotel room, which was super cool and pretty and big! And then we went to sleep in the comfy beds and then we did the same thing the next day.

Here are some questions that Maris Brenner answered for us:

Lena wanted to know where they get the baby animals for the pictures?

Maris told us the animals don’t live at Kalahari. A local company has a farm that raises them and Kalahari only gets them for a very short time until they’re too big. So they travel back and forth to work every day. When we got our picture taken with one cub, there was also a little tiger cub sleeping with a big stuffed tiger. It was cute! And then the cub we took our picture with was scooching around on his ball.

Liberty wondered what is Kalahari’s busiest season? Maris said any weekend and any time that kids are not in school is really busy. She said that’s why they love the unschoolers so much, because we go in the middle of the week when they wouldn’t normally be busy.

Noah wanted to know how long it takes to make a water slide. Maris said that was a very good question and she had never been asked that before! Just putting the slide up takes about 2 or 3 months, but getting all of the water and electrical connections going takes a lot longer, like about 9 months.

We’re so happy that we went to Kalahari and we’re going back next month! Go to their website and look at all of the other things they have like the spa, Pottery Pizazz, shopping, and restaurants! Do it NOW!

Lena and Liberty

PS All pictures are courtesy of Kalahari