Waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts has secured a license and management agreement to open and operate a park in Garden Grove, California US.

The resort will be publicly owned – by the City of Garden Cove – and located less than two miles from Disneyland. The resort will be built by construction company McWhinney.

Once complete, Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove's International West Resort will be marketed as a full-service, family destination resort.

Facilities will include 600 suites, a 100,000sq ft indoor waterpark, 30,000sq ft of meeting space and additional indoor entertainment areas and amenities.

Great Wolf Resorts will receive license fees for use of the Great Wolf Lodge brand name and other intellectual property at the resort, and will receive management fees to operate the resort on behalf of the owner.

The Company will also advise on the development and building of the resort. The resort will be owned by a joint-venture, with Great Wolf Resorts receiving a minority equity interest for its development-related services.

Great Wolf also announced that it had acquired a majority interest in Creative Kingdoms, a developer of experiential gaming products including the MagiQuest game attraction currently installed at nine of its resorts.