We stayed at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Grapevine (close to Dallas and Ft. Worth) and — it’s like this — I wanted to never leave. We’ve stayed at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville several times so we knew it would be huge and well-themed and nice, and it was all those things and more.
Our room had an atrium-view balcony:
Some shots from the interior of the hotel:
Our view from the balcony:
Then it was time to play with camera apps:
We went swimming inside the first evening, then spent the rest of our time (and I really did not want us to ever, ever leave) at their own water park, which has this fabulous water slide the boys loved and a long lazy river that I was ready to have someone recreate in our back yard. There are private cabanas, too. We need to live here:
Can’t even say how wonderful it was, and we already can’t wait to go back. Fabulous, fabulous.