CoCo Key Danvers

The CoCo Key Water Resort is a medium-sized indoor water park themed to Key West and the first major indoor water park resort in New England. While it lacks a wave pool and the signature attractions found at larger parks, such as a water coaster or a surfing ride, it does offer plenty of watery diversions including two body slides, the Barracuda Blast and Pelican Plunge raft slides, a lazy river (filled with not-so-lazy passenger-triggered sprayers), and an indoor-to-outdoor spa.

It also offers the Parrot's Perch interactive play center with smaller slides and a tipping bucket. For younger children, the park offers the "Dip-In Theatre," a shallow pool with pint-sized slides and a constant display of movies and cartoons--although listening to the soundtrack is just about impossible amid the general cacophony. A lily pad walk and an activity pool with water basketball round out the water park attractions. Outside the water park, CoCo Key offers an arcade that includes redemption games and prizes.

Dining inside the park, including fast food from Pizza Hut and A&W Root Beer, is nothing to get too excited about. More adventurous diners may want to check out the nicely appointed restaurant at the Crowne Plaza.

The hotel offers a variety of guest rooms, meeting and convention facilities, function rooms, a large fitness center that includes racquetball and saunas, and a day spa with a salon. 18-hole and 9-hole golf courses are adjacent to the resort.

Part of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Danvers, Massachusetts (19 miles north of Boston) (978) 777-2500

65,000

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The water park is open to registered hotel guests that purchase water resort packages and to day guests. Advance daily admission passes are available on CoCo Key's Web site.

From Logan Airport: Route 1AN to Route 60W to Route 1N to Route 95N. Exit 50, (Topsfield), bear left to Route 1S, Danvers. Take first right onto Ferncroft Road.

From the west: Mass Pike to Route 128N to Route 95N. Exit 50, follow directions above.

From the south: Route 93N to Boston, to Route 128N to Route 95N. Exit 50, follow directions above.

From the north: Route 95S to Exit 50. Follow signs to Ferncroft Road (first right).

Body slides, tube slides, lazy river, wave pool, kiddie slides, indoor/outdoor whirlpool spa, activity pool, and interactive play structure with tipping bucket.

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