Great Wolf Lodge (Gurnee, Illinois)
| KeyLime Cove Resort | |
|---|---|
  Location within Illinois | |
| General information | |
| Location | Gurnee, Illinois, United States |
| Address | 1700 Nations Drive Gurnee, Illinois 60031 |
| Coordinates | 42°23′00″N 87°56′41″W / 42.3833°N 87.9447°W |
| Opening | February 29, 2008 |
| Closed | April 19, 2017 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
KeyLime Cove was a resort and indoor waterpark of 30 acres (12 ha) located in Gurnee, Illinois near Six Flags Great America. KeyLime Cove was listed as the "Official Resort of Six Flags Great America". [1] The resort was located about an hour away from Chicago and less than an hour from Milwaukee.
History
KeyLime Cove was a resort that featured an indoor waterpark, similar to its neighbor Six Flags Great America's Hurricane Harbor. It had a Key West theme. On April 19, 2017, Key Lime Cove closed permanently. [2] Great Wolf Resorts announced that Great Wolf Lodge would be on the Key Lime Cove site and that it will be opening on July 1, 2018. [3] The new resort's opening was delayed, but it opened on July 22, 2018. [4] The resort was changed completely. The Great Wolf Lodge resort's theme was changed from the Key West theme that KeyLime Cove had to a forest, wooden theme that Great Wolf Lodge now uses.
Relationship to the Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen
At 3:00 PM, Amy Fry-Pitzen and his son, Timmothy Pitzen checked into the resort. The next morning, they checked out of the resort, then driving to another resort, a Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. [5]
See also
References
- ^ "Hotels & Lodging | Six Flags Great America". web.archive.org. 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- ^ "KeyLime Cove's Stay in Gurnee Coming to An End: Report". NBC 5 Chicago. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Great Wolf Lodge Illinois Ready to Splash July 1". Great Wolf Lodge. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "New Great Wolf Lodge opens in Gurnee, Ill". Hotel Management. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^ "Timmothy Pitzen Case: What We Know So Far". NBC 5 Chicago. April 5, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
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Further reading
- Graham, Doug T. (June 22, 2018). "Chance the Rapper hits the waterslides at new Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee". Daily Herald. Retrieved July 18, 2018.