Hilton Atlanta/Marietta Hotel & Conference Center
A four-star base with a restaurant and a real bar
About this hotel
The closest thing to a genuinely upscale stay near Six Flags White Water, this four-star hotel pairs business-traveler basics, a restaurant that stays open past the early hours, a sports bar, real meeting space, with family extras like tennis courts and a seasonal outdoor pool. It sits a short walk from the Gone With the Wind Museum at Brumby Hall, giving a rained-out afternoon somewhere worthwhile to go, and a taxi ride from the park gates on Cobb Parkway that keeps a slides day from starting too early. Toddlers get the outdoor pool, teenagers get the tennis courts and the fitness center, and parents get a restaurant and bar that does not close before the kids are finally in bed. The strongest single fact here is the rating: among the highest-scoring properties near the park.
- Restaurant and sports bar
- Tennis courts
- Seasonal outdoor pool
- Meeting space
Our take
This suits the family that wants a hotel that feels like a hotel, a real restaurant, a bar, fast check-in, rather than a motel with a pool, and does not mind paying more for it. It works less well for a family counting every dollar of the trip, since the budget motels further along Cobb Parkway undercut it significantly on price without matching its restaurant or bar.
- ✓Book well ahead of school-holiday weekends, since this is the only four-star option near the park and it sells out before the budget tier does.
- ✓Reserve a tennis court slot the evening before if you want one, since the four-star crowd here books it out fast most summer weekends.
- ✓Confirm the pet fee at booking, since this is one of the few upscale options near the park that still allows dogs.
Why we love it
- Restaurant and sports bar stay open late
- Tennis courts for a change of pace
- Short walk to a real Marietta landmark
- Rated among the highest-scoring hotels nearby
Why guests love itA restaurant that stays open past nine solved more of this trip than expected, since two exhausted kids sliding into cranky the moment the water park closed no longer meant scrambling for dinner. The tennis court gave the older child something that was not another pool the next morning, and the short walk to the Gone With the Wind Museum turned a grey, rain-delayed afternoon into a genuine outing rather than a wasted half-day stuck in the room waiting for the weather to clear.