The water park gets 8 *'s.
The hotel and crappy over-priced restaurants get negative-3 *'s
... so we'll settle at 5 *'s.
Some tips:
**All the rides are awesome; there's only 1 that you need to be 48" to ride
**On day 1 it seems idiotic, but On day 2 standing under a 1000-gallon bucket seems like a great idea.
**You can arrive at 1pm the day you get there, and stay as long as you want the next day. One night + 2 days is plenty.
**The "wolf-it-down pizza" is a pretty good deal - $11.99 for a cheese
**The breakfast buffet is usury - $12.99 for adults, $7.99 for kids. Next time we will bring breakfast and eat it in the room.
**Dinner should also be avoided; the strip-mall hell just outside the park grounds is at least cheaper, and Charlotte is only 20 min away by car
**The "Magicquest" does not appear worth what you'd spend
**They quote $150 for the cabanas - if you can get them down to $100 (which some folks we met did), that's a pretty good deal for the day