I didn't fall in love with the Coco Key Resort in Rockford when I visited last winter with my daughter and two of her friends in honor of her 12th birthday, but the girls had fun and, hey, a deal's a deal.
So here's the scoop: Coco Key is offering a $14.92 day pass rate at both the Rockford and Arlington Heights waterparks in honor of Columbus Day. The deal is only available if you buy the tickets online. The regular day rate is a much steeper $39.
The indoor waterpark is really great for little ones and had enough bigger slides to keep the bigger girls happy for several hours.
My problems with the place had more to do with the way we were nickel-and-dimed which, as regular readers know, always drives me crazy. If you have paid for the hotel/waterpark deal, which entitles you to visit the waterpark on the day you check in and again on the day you check out, I don't think they should stick you (twice) for locker rentals as well. But they do.
So plan to rent lockers unless you're bringing someone along who will sit with all your stuff while you and the kids splash around.