All inclusive vacations (Dallas, Corpus Christi, Galveston: rent, condo, hotel)

[shelle93]

Are there any All inclusive resorts in Texas or near Texas? If not what's the cheapest way to get to an all inclusive resort from Texas.

[loves2read]

cruise ships leave from Galveston--but not sure what that status is with the gulf oil spill going on right now
fly into Cancun area--there are all -inclusives there

[shelle93]

Thank you. Also, I have seen some bad reviews about Great Wolf Lodge. Is it really that bad?

[nsumner]

Went to the GWL when they first opened up. It was nice cuz it was winter and freezing cold outside. I think it's a waste of money to go there in the summer. Kids 10 years and younger loved it, for everyong else, it's just a hotel with a big pool.

Naima

[TexasVines]

honestly unless you are a glutton I don't think all inclusive is the way to go

lets not make this vacation thing harder than it has to be....usually all inclusive types are drinking or gorging themselves silly which for many of them is probably not so much a vacation as it is doing the same thing in a different place and not having to clean up after themselves

if you have kids under 12 rent a condo or a beach house, get up when ever you want, drag your kids to the beach, you put up your umbrella and crack open a beer and they go run wild.....kids want to poke at dead fish with a stick or beat jellyfish with a log......the beach is free.....as long as the kids are having fun they will have no clue you could be spending 12 dollars to get them in some "fun" place...or that you could have paid 100 dollars for all inclusive, which to include it all you need to rush around from place to place and wait in line after line

if you have kids over 12 do the same as above except wait until the 4th of July and buy some fireworks then vacation the next week and the time "with your kids" will be shooting fireworks at night after you finally locate them at the end of the day

eat sandwiches at the beach and when you run out of stuff at the beach say "well if we are going to get more stuff that is the end of the beach for the day" and you will not need to go for more stuff unless you are out of beer

if you have good kids you can fish some at night or early in the morning as well

do one other "fun" thing you have to pay for, buy all the kids a T-shirt or a stuffed animal, and you just had the vacation of a lifetime

[debzkidz]

Don't know exactly what you're interested in, and since you posted this on the Dallas sub forum, this might not be what you're looking for, but if you want the Texas "cowboy" experience there are lots of guest/dude ranches in Bandera Texas that are all inclusive.

[loves2read]

yes--forgot about that...

[Julia1997]

All inclusive are imazing in Riviera Maya near Cancun. We would recommend Iberostar Tucan and Barcelo Maya Palace. Both imazing all inclusive resorts and great for a family with kids. In the USA I would not stay at all inclusive.

[shelle93]

TexasVines beer, sandwiches,and the beach sounds like the way to go. I was invisioning that as I was reading your post. Oh yeah!

[northlakemetro]

You can fly to Corpus Christi or Padre on Southwest for $45 one way and enjoy a beach vacation in Texas. Padre has some nice resorts.