CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 35,531	$ 33,767
Escrows	5,758	2,618
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $5	7,244	3,660
Accounts receivable - affiliate	2,041	3,243
Inventory	7,013	7,570
Other current assets	10,404	6,212
Total current assets	67,991	57,070
Property and equipment, net	624,489	576,262
Investments in and advances to affiliate	25,623	24,311
Other assets	10,162	20,556
Goodwill	97,497	1,365
Intangible assets	50,636	25,310
Total assets	876,398	704,874
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	67,201	67,678
Accounts payable	3,620	5,301
Accounts payable - affiliate	17	27
Accrued interest payable	14,081	8,012
Accrued expenses	24,751	24,211
Advance deposits	9,853	7,715
Other current liabilities	8,645	7,529
Total current liabilities	128,168	120,473
Mortgage debt	399,707	366,951
Other long-term debt	60,893	80,545
Deferred Tax liability	17,200	11,907
Deferred compensation liability	2,086	1,502
Total liabilities	608,054	581,378
Commitments and contingencies
Great Wolf Resorts Inc. stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 200 and 32,470,524 shares issued and outstanding	0	325
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding	0	0
Additional paid-in-capital	264,973	404,714
Accumulated deficit	(1,490)	(281,314)
Deferred compensation		(200)
Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders' equity	263,483	123,525
Noncontrolling interest	4,861	(29)
Total equity	268,344	123,496
Total liabilities and equity	876,398	704,874
Successor [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	35,531
Escrows	5,758
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $5	7,244
Accounts receivable - affiliate	2,041
Inventory	7,013
Other current assets	10,404
Total current assets	67,991
Property and equipment, net	624,489
Investments in and advances to affiliate	25,623
Other assets	10,162
Goodwill	97,497
Intangible assets	50,636
Total assets	876,398
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	67,201
Accounts payable	3,620
Accounts payable - affiliate	17
Accrued interest payable	14,081
Accrued expenses	24,751
Advance deposits	9,853
Other current liabilities	8,645
Total current liabilities	128,168
Mortgage debt	399,707
Other long-term debt	60,893
Deferred Tax liability	17,200
Deferred compensation liability	2,086
Total liabilities	608,054
Commitments and contingencies
Great Wolf Resorts Inc. stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 200 and 32,470,524 shares issued and outstanding	0
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding	0
Additional paid-in-capital	264,973
Accumulated deficit	(1,490)
Deferred compensation	0
Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders' equity	263,483
Noncontrolling interest	4,861
Total equity	268,344
Total liabilities and equity	876,398
Predecessor [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		33,767
Escrows		2,618
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $5		3,660
Accounts receivable - affiliate		3,243
Inventory		7,570
Other current assets		6,212
Total current assets		57,070
Property and equipment, net		576,262
Investments in and advances to affiliate		24,311
Other assets		20,556
Goodwill		1,365
Intangible assets		25,310
Total assets		704,874
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt		67,678
Accounts payable		5,301
Accounts payable - affiliate		27
Accrued interest payable		8,012
Accrued expenses		24,211
Advance deposits		7,715
Other current liabilities		7,529
Total current liabilities		120,473
Mortgage debt		366,951
Other long-term debt		80,545
Deferred Tax liability		11,907
Deferred compensation liability		1,502
Total liabilities		581,378
Commitments and contingencies
Great Wolf Resorts Inc. stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 200 and 32,470,524 shares issued and outstanding		325
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding		0
Additional paid-in-capital		404,714
Accumulated deficit		(281,314)
Deferred compensation		(200)
Total Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. stockholders' equity		123,525
Noncontrolling interest		(29)
Total equity		123,496
Total liabilities and equity		$ 704,874