I hate the GWL, but my kids love it. My 6 year old plays until she falls down tired. The 3 year old likes just chilling out in the little kids pool.

The air, the noise, the craziness, is all too much for me, but it seems like we put up with a lot to make our kids happy. We went with a big group one time and it was way more fun after the pool, sitting in someone's room drinking and chatting. But that can be done around any camp fire, any where.

I'll take a warm beach or lake front with nothing to do 1000x over the GWL. My girls would be the opposite.