Top Indoor Attractions for Cold Weather Travel

Forget flying to the Caribbean to escape the winter cold. There are plenty of indoor attractions in the United States to keep your family excited about winter travel despite unfriendly weather outside. Indoor retreats are great destinations to consider when the snow piles high and the temperatures drop low. Here are a few to consider that’ll make you forget it’s cold outside.  

Woodloch Pines Resort

This Hawley, Pennsylvania, location is a highly ranked all-inclusive family resort. It’ll keep everybody in your crew busy during the winter months. Indoor attractions include fun activities inside. Your kids will enjoy arts and crafts and a kids’ club space.

This Pocono Mountains resort features an indoor toddler area, a treehouse, and a three-level playground. The playground has slides, a pool, and a splash zone. There are scheduled activities the entire family can enjoy throughout the day, such as games and family-friendly nightly entertainment. Adults can take advantage of the fitness center and spa. 

Timber Ridge Lodge and Water Park

This indoor attraction is ninety minutes away from Chicago and less than one hour from Milwaukee. It’s an unbeatable Midwest family vacation spot for winter travel. A favorite feature is their indoor water park, called Moose Mountain Falls. The temperature is set year-round at 86 degrees, so you can zip down waterslides and float on the peaceful river.

After splashing around, the arcade awaits. It offers classic games, as well as newer activities like mini-bowling at Bruce’s Bowl-A-Rama. There’s an activity zone that draws out the kids’ creativity. Resort mascots, such as Bruce the Moose, may appear for selfies. Adding to the fun is a food court and restaurant. The living spaces have one- and two-bedroom suites with kitchens, fireplaces, and whirlpool baths. 

Showboat Resort Atlantic City

This Atlantic City, New Jersey, destination makes the whole family’s winter travel stay wonderful. Lucky Snake is the East Coast’s largest arcade, and everyone can enjoy pinball machines and arcade games, to go-karts, mini-golf, and roller skating.

For more indoor attractions, their beachfront water park is the world’s largest indoor water park, featuring eleven waterslides. The indoor boardwalk sells classic New Jersey-style eats. A 24-hour gym, spa, on-site restaurants, and a schedule of regular events for families and adults are available. Suites and family rooms are spacious with ocean views.

The Greenbrier

This historic location in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is a luxury resort nestled in the Allegheny Mountains. It’s an excellent cold-weather getaway with a family-friendly appeal. Tour the declassified bunker built in the 1950s at this resort to house Congress if there were a Washington D.C. attack. Among its indoor attractions is an indoor walking tour of the mountain resort that teaches its fascinating past.

Kids from three to ten can enjoy the Adventure Zone with supervised activities, while adults can book their treatment at the indoor mineral spa. A bowling center, arcade, and escape rooms are great for friendly competition. Your family will enjoy The Greenbrier Theatre, which features nightly movies. Art workshops, pickleball, and tennis add to the fun. 

Crystal Springs Resort

This fabulous find in Sussex County, New York, is a two-hotel, four-season resort about an hour’s drive from New York City. This indoor attraction is located in northern New Jersey’s Kittatinny Mountains. This winter travel destination features toasty indoor pools with the Tropical Biosphere Pool Complex.

There are ten on-site restaurants and two spas that offer full-service sessions for adults. Kids will love indoor rock-climbing, the board game lending library, and the photo scavenger hunt. Check out the full activity schedule for fun workshops and activities, like goat yoga for ages eight and up. Kids can also enjoy an animal meet-and-greet afterwards. 

Camelback Resort

In Tannersville, Pennsylvania, you’ll find it toasty and warm at Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark in the Camelback Resort. This indoor attraction is considered one of the best U.S. family resorts and indoor water parks. With thirteen waterslides, you’re sure to make a splash in indoor fun.

The indoor play zone offers rock climbing zones, laser tag, an escape room, bumper cars, arcade games, and a ropes course. If you enjoy workouts, check out the indoor fitness center. The suites offer one to four bedrooms with fireplaces in some rooms.

Warm Travel Wishes

Don’t let cold weather conditions keep you snowbound. Enjoy winter travel in one of the exciting indoor attractions offered throughout the United States. Experience the warm, relaxing temperatures of a fun-filled resort.