Hotels With Water Park Access Included
SpringHill Suites Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport/Mall of America is the property on this Bloomington strip that folds water park access into the stay rather than selling it as a separate ticket at the door, a detail that changes the real cost math on a family trip built around Water Park of America's indoor slides and wave pool. Sitting off Interstate 494 with a free airport shuttle on top, it is worth understanding exactly how the bundle works before assuming it beats a standard room plus tickets bought separately at the entrance.
Most of the Bloomington hotel strip sells water park admission as an add-on rather than folding it into the room, which makes the handful of properties that do bundle it worth flagging clearly rather than assuming any hotel on this corridor works the same way. It is the kind of detail that only shows up if you read the fine print on each listing, and it can shift the true per-night cost of a stay more than the headline room rate alone suggests.
Park Access Included · Water Park of America in numbers
Where to stay
The one bundled ticket on this strip
Bundled park access matters because ticket prices for a full day at Water Park of America add up fast across a family of four, and a room rate that already accounts for that admission removes one line item families otherwise have to budget and buy separately at the entrance. It also removes the friction of a separate transaction on arrival day, when everyone just wants to get into swimsuits rather than standing in a second line at the park's ticket counter after already checking in.
SpringHill Suites sits off Interstate 494, roughly 3.5 miles from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and runs a free airport shuttle alongside its studio-style rooms with a 32-inch flat-screen and a sofa bed seating area. Bundling water park access into the stay here removes a second transaction at the park entrance, useful on an arrival day when a family is already juggling luggage and check-in, and the shuttle means there's no rideshare fare to add onto the same day's budget either, letting a family land at MSP and reach the pool deck within the hour.
The studio layout, with its separate sofa-bed seating zone, doubles as a practical family-suite option on top of the bundled access, meaning a toddler can nap in a quieter corner while older kids wind down after a pool day in the same room without a full second suite booking. That combination of bundled tickets and a workable layout is part of why this property earns consistently strong guest ratings for its comfy beds and top location near the airport corridor, according to recent reviewers who booked specifically for the water park trip.
A state-of-the-art gym and business centre round out the property's amenities, aimed more at the business traveler passing through the airport corridor than the water park family, but useful if a parent wants a workout during a nap window rather than skipping it entirely for the length of the trip. The gym stays open around the clock, matching the flexible schedule most water park families end up keeping once slide sessions and naps start dictating the day rather than a fixed hotel itinerary planned in advance before arrival at the property.
Because this is currently the one property on the strip bundling access rather than selling it separately, it is worth comparing the total cost against booking a standard room elsewhere plus tickets at the door before assuming the bundle is automatically the better deal for your group size and length of stay. For a family of four or more staying multiple nights, the math tends to favor the bundle; for a quick overnight with just two travelers, it's worth running the numbers first before committing to either option at booking.
A traveler's takeLanding at MSP after a delayed flight, we appreciated that SpringHill Suites' free shuttle got us straight to the hotel and that water park tickets were already sorted into our room rate, meaning we walked from check-in to the wave pool in under twenty minutes without a second line at a ticket counter.
Local tips
- 1Confirm the exact access terms directly with SpringHill Suites before booking, since bundled offers can change by season or promotion.
- 2Compare the bundled rate against a standard room plus separate tickets to make sure it's the better deal for your specific group size.
- 3Use the free airport shuttle if you're flying into MSP without a rental car; it saves a taxi or rideshare on arrival day.
- 4Request the sofa-bed studio layout if a toddler's nap schedule matters, since it gives a separated quiet corner within the single room.
- 5Ask at check-in exactly how many park visits or days the bundled access covers if you're staying more than two nights.
- 6Pack swimsuits in your carry-on if flying in, since the quick shuttle-to-pool timeline here leaves little room for checked-bag delays.