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This past weekend we were guests of Castaway Bay Resort & Waterpark (operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company in Sandusky, Ohio). The blogger event was centered around a family dinner and craft hour but as soon as Jay, future roller coaster engineer, saw two men in ties with Cedar Point name tags enter the room he pushed aside his cookie decorating project and leapt out of his seat. "Can I ask them questions?"

He stood before them asking every possible question he had ranging from top speeds to top heights and if they were planning any new coasters in the near future. The two gentleman were very inviting and chuckled at his enthusiasm. I know Jay was in heaven.

Jay was particularly interested in "Rendezvous Run" the 520 foot-long water roller coaster at Castaway Bay because he rode it no less then twenty times. The men explained that one particular roller coaster engineer, that they work with, spent his early days shaping wired coat hangers into coaster designs. I think I need to stop throwing away dry cleaning hangers.

Besides being a fantastic indoor waterpark (bigger then Great Wolf and smaller then Kalahari - perfect size for elementary school ages kids to roam around freely) the resort hosts some incredible family activities that I have yet to see at any other hotels we've been to, and we travel a lot all over the world. The daily family activities are printed out on paper upon your arrival and displayed throughout the resort. If someone hands me an itinerary of free events you can bet that I'm going to make sure we attend all of them. (The only activity we did that required money was T-shirt coloring)

Check out the family events compiled in our video. Stick around to see Lola's karaoke debut at the 0:34 mark where she rocked it out in front of a room full of teenagers. Girlfriend has confidence, no? Rock on.

Castaway Bay is close enough to Cleveland for a day trip (took us about 75 minutes). You can purchase waterpark passes for the day. There are clean showers, changing areas and lockers. I would recommend a day trip to anyone especially in this economy when not many can afford spending two nights in a hotel room. When we checked out on our last day at 11am we hit the waterpark again until 4pm, showered in the locker room, dressed, had dinner and returned for the night's family activities. We got the kiddos into their PJs, stuffed them into the car and were home by 10pm.

"Mama? I never ever want to leave!" Lola, age 7.

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Disclosure: our family attended a blogger event and while the accommodations/waterpark passes were paid for all opinions are my own.