Kid-friendly places in Scottsdale
The one with the indoor water park, kept warm all year, plus Wolf Den suites with a separate bunk-bed room for kids.
Two-bedroom casitas, some with full kitchens and their own plunge pool, and a kids' club with a game room and small movie theater.
A splash pad with misting turtles and water cannons, a waterslide and seven pools, plus the Funicians kids' club.
Two shaded play structures and paths around the park for scooters and bikes, so older kids can ride loops while smaller ones climb.
Two 200-foot waterslides, a white-sand beach pool and fishing in the lagoon, plus a kids' club.
Ten pools with a twisting waterslide, a sandy beach and a baby beach for the smallest ones, plus a playground.
A German beer garden with shade trees, long tables and cornhole and Jenga on the lawn, so kids play while you finish.
An inclusive playground with a sensory climbing wave, a face-to-face swing and buttons that play sounds, all on smooth rubber a wheelchair can roll across.
Playsets sit right next to the splash pad, so kids go back and forth between wet and dry without you moving.
A spray pad and a playground beside a short desert nature trail, so there's some cactus spotting between runs through the water.
Two play areas split by skill level and a water and sand play area, so toddlers have their own space to dig.
A lawn where kids can run around with a ball, plus fire-pit tables on the patio overlooking the golf course.
Crayons arrive as soon as you sit, and the kids' menu runs to wood-fired cheese pizza and meatball sliders.
A splash pad with shaded seating right beside it, plus a playground, so whoever's watching gets to sit out of the sun.
A splash pad with water jets right next to the playground and a climbing feature, so kids can switch between the two all afternoon.
A kids' garden and a water and fog plaza among the downtown lawns, so a walk through Old Town has a cool-off stop.
A FlowRider surf machine and a supervised kids' camp, so older kids get a challenge and younger ones a club.
A water play area with shaded seating, a couple of playgrounds and lakes to walk around, so there's enough for a whole morning.
Breakfast all day, with s'mores pancakes and chocolate-strawberry cakes, on an indoor-outdoor patio.
A narrow-gauge train, a 1950 carousel, a Western-town playground and a big splash pad, and you pay ride by ride, so it can be a long, easy morning.
Stingray touch pools, penguins and a theater that rotates between tanks, so even a short attention span gets a lot of animals.
A pink ice cream parlor going since 1958, with banana splits, a mini arcade, and burgers and grilled cheese for the actual meal.
A gas station with a barbecue counter and a big fish tank kids head straight for, plus pulled-pork sliders sized for them.
Watch planes take off and land at the airport from your table, which keeps kids busy through the whole meal.
A glass conservatory with thousands of butterflies flying around you, plus a room where you can watch them come out of the chrysalis.
Rooms where you seem to grow, shrink or walk on walls, and a puzzle bar, best for kids about six and up.
More than 50 life-size moving dinosaurs, a dig pit and fossil panning, so dinosaur kids have plenty to do beyond looking.