At Mom’s Nite Out back in May, I won a two night stay at CoCo Key Indoor Water Park Hotel & Water Resort in Waterbury, CT. Last week, my family went for our stay. We had a blast!
My entire family enjoyed our stay at Coco Key. The kids were not ready to come back home. To my surprise, Sean ended up enjoying the trip the most. He still has not let us take off his wristband that allowed us to access the water park. I guess that he has not given up hope that we are going back right away. We came back on Saturday and the whole ride home (it’s only two hours from NYC), Sean kept saying, “I don’t want to go home. I want to go to CoCo Keys.” The next day as we prepared for church, Sean continued his vigil. “I don’t want to go to church. I want to go to CoCo Keys!” he declared. Oh well – we don’t always get what we want. He will be alright.
We liked CoCo Key so much that we’re going to see if the families in our church want to do a retreat there. It’s close to the city/near a Metro North for those who don’t drive. It’s very reasonably priced. You get the hotel room and passes to the water park for around $130/night for a family of four. The food is also affordable. In fact, if you eat in the restaurant, kids can eat a free buffet that’s prepared just for them. Also, since it’s an indoor water park, we can go any time of the year and it will still be 84 degrees inside. (In fact, the day that we went inside the water park, it was raining outside. It didn’t event matter.) I wouldn’t recommend this place for a long vacation getaway, because you can literally do everything in the water park in three hours or less. I would recommend this spot for a two night stay though. It’s a great family experience at a very affordable price!