Coming soon to a town near you: a resort with giant indoor water park. At least that's how it seems, these days.

It started in Wisconsin Dells, where a bunch of resorts build water parks; now two brands are colonizing other towns.

Great Wolf Lodge has 10 locations and counting. Signature features -- besides indoor and outdoor water parks -- include Grand Lobby with giant stone fireplace and storytelling, and Howl-o-Ween and Snowland seasons.

The Kalahari Wisconsin Dells has progeny too: its Kalahari Sandusky property claims to have "America's largest indoor water park" at a resort. And now a Kalahari Virginia is being built, in the "Celebrate Virginia" tourism district of Fredericksburg. Expected opening is December 2009.

^{*FlowRider photo courtesy of Kalahari Sandusky.}

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