10 best kid-friendly hotels with water parks

Who doesn’t feel like a kid again when at a water park? Whether you’re visiting with your own kids, or are just trying to revive your inner kid, a water park can be just what you need for a little fun this summer. We’ve visited tons and tons of water parks during our travels, and have seen all kinds of slides, waterfalls, pirate ships, lazy rivers — you name it! But we whittled them down to the best of the best to show you. So check out our slideshow of the best water parks in the world.

1. Nickelodeon Suites Resort

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Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida

Guests at the Nickelodeon Suites Resort have free access to two on-site water parks. The Lagoon water park, seen here, has a zero-depth entry pool, a four-story water tower, waterslides, two whirlpools, and a 400-gallon "dunk tank."

2. Atlantis Paradise Island Resort

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Bahamas

Larger-than-life Atlantis is home to an exceptional water park and 11 superb pools, several of which are just for kids. One of the hotel's main pools is seen here.

3. Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

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Maui, Hawaii, United States

Maui's Grand Wailea resort has an extraordinarily elaborate pool complex. Its highlights: four waterslides, whitewater rapids, caves, a lazy-river pool, rope swings, and a "water elevator" inside a man-made volcano.

4. MGM Grand Hotel & Casino

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The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada

With rivers, waterfalls, caves, hot tubs, palm trees, and five pools, the pool complex at MGM is one of the most impressive in Las Vegas. The River Pool (seen here) has waterfalls and grottos along the way. Though the pool caters to boozing adults (even though there is an adults-only pool on-site nearby), kids will be just as happy.

5. Disney's Coronado Springs Resort

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Disney World, Orlando, Florida

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort is home to "The Dig Site" -- a huge pool and waterslide complex -- plus a small, quiet pool near each building cluster.