I thought that staying at Great Wolf Lodge was not unlike a theme park.
Our reservation included unlimited access to the park's massive indoor water park plus other daily attractions and entertainment options such as a drawing class, character meet-and-greets, arts and craft projects, family-friendly yoga and aerobics, nightly dance parties, and much more.
Beyond the included activities, the resort also sold passes for premium attractions for an additional fee. There were two options for $59.99 each that provided access to different activities, and a Wolf Pass for $79.99 that combined those passes for access to all premium activities.
We chose the Wolf Pass, and received an interactive magic wand with unlimited access to play an accompanying wand game, a preloaded arcade card, candy, one game of indoor bowling, one scoop of ice cream, a bag of sand and gemstones to mine, an XD theater show with 3-D glasses and moving seats, one game of laser tag, one round of outdoor miniature golf, swimming goggles, and other games.
It ended up being more than our family could do in three days, especially because our kids loved spending time at the water park. But we took advantage of nearly everything our passes had to offer and I can't think of any Disney hotel that comes close to offering so many activities on-site and out of the parks.