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Adventureland Inn

2.5 star property

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2 indoor pools, cabanas (surcharge), sun loungers
Lobby
Arcade
Junior Family Suite | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds
Exterior

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Hot Tub
    Hot Tub
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

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3200 Adventureland Dr, Altoona, IA, 50009
  • Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino
    10 min walk
  • Outlets of Des Moines
    2 min drive
  • Iowa State Fairgrounds
    11 min drive
  • Des Moines, IA (DSM-Des Moines Intl.)
    31 min drive

Room options

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Junior Family Suite | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Junior Family Suite

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Balcony East

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Pool Level East | Living area | Flat-screen TV

Pool Level East

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 200 sq ft
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Balcony West

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Queen Accessible

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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King Accessible | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

King Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Family Suite Pool Level | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Family Suite Pool Level

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Pool Level West | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Pool Level West

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Family Suite Balcony | Living area | Flat-screen TV

Family Suite Balcony

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Outer Family Suite | In-room safe, desk, free cribs/infant beds, rollaway beds

Outer Family Suite

  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed
Exterior
La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona Des Moines
Pool
Breakfast included
Pet friendly
Parking included
4.5 out of 5, Wonderful, (1555)
The price is $81
per night
$90 total
includes taxes & fees
Dec 5 - Dec 6
La Quinta by Wyndham Altoona Des Moines

About the neighborhood

Altoona

With a stay at Adventureland Inn in Altoona, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Adventureland and Iowa State Fairgrounds. .This family-friendly hotel is 10.7 mi (17.3 km) from Drake University and 0.5 mi (0.9 km) from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino.

What's nearby

  • Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Outlets of Des Moines - 2 min drive - 1.1 miles
  • Adventureland - 2 min drive - 0.5 miles
  • Iowa State Fairgrounds - 11 min drive - 5.9 miles
  • Iowa Events Center - 13 min drive - 8.9 miles

Getting around

  • Des Moines International Airport (DSM) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Flying J Travel Center - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Subway - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Casey's General Store - ‬2 min drive

About this property

Adventureland Inn

Family-friendly hotel with 2 indoor pools and a 24-hour front desk
Adventureland Inn offers 185 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. This Altoona hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

2 indoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a spa tub.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 185 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a spa tub, or other amenities including complimentary wireless internet access and an arcade/game room. This hotel also features a vending machine and lifeguards on site.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the swim-up bar.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, ATM/banking services, and an elevator. Free self parking is available onsite.
Adventureland Inn has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • A swim-up bar

Things to do

  • 2 indoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's pool
  • Playground
  • Spa tub

Family friendly

  • 2 indoor pools
  • Arcade/game room
  • Children's pool
  • Fenced pool
  • Free crib
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Lifeguards on site
  • Playground
  • Pool gate
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Pool cabanas (surcharge)
  • Pool loungers

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • Lifeguards
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Free crib
  • Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Renovations and closures

This property is closed from November 3 2024 to December 31 2025 (dates subject to change).
The property is closed between January 15 and January 17.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.00 per night
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.00 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Adventureland Des Moines
Adventureland Resort
Adventureland Resort Altoona
Adventureland Inn Altoona
Adventureland Inn
Adventureland Hotel Altoona
Adventureland Inn Des Moines
Adventure Land Inn
Adventureland Inn Altoona, Iowa
Adventureland Inn Hotel
Adventureland Inn Altoona
Adventureland Inn Hotel Altoona

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 306 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 253 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 183 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 153 out of 1000 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 105 out of 1000 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Barbara J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great! Adjoining restaurant superb! My window in my room was leaking from rain pretty intensely but didn’t affect the stay
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I enjoying my time
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

lacie

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a motel. There are over 100 people that work for Adventureland living in this hotel. They have made sure the place is as dirty as a hoarders kitchen, after dark when they get off work they throw parties in the parking lot creating a super unsafe feeling. We left and came back to find a zip tie on our patio door. The said residents hang their laundry to dry on banisters of the suites and then go to work at the front desk. I was actually terrified for my life staying here alone with three young girls. My daughter (15) was sexually harassed by workers in uniform drinking and playing music on a speaker near the pool that was in a different language. I could go on for hours about our terrible experience but please if you are a family DO NOT STAY HERE. It isn’t your average fear, even the security patrolling is scared of these individuals living here and refused to engage.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Aubrey

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very rundown and not very clean for the price. Staff was friendly but definitely not what it once was.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim, Iowa City

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The rooms are super nice but the halls and stairs are so stained and dirty. The bar and food was good also.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Benjamin

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Beds were ok, liked that the room wasn’t carpeted, shower curtain and bath towels were stained, breakfast was unexpectedly good, more of a buffet style breakfast. Hotel and hallways could use an update. Overall a good or ok Value for your money if you plan ahead.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Joyce

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Needs new carpeting everywhere and room floors are in poor condition. Phone did not work to call desk for needs.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Dawn

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't stay here
Worst hotel stay ever, depressing actually. This hotel is very rundown, dirty, bedding is a joke. Carpets have giant stains through out. Same trash was left in the hallways for days. Pool with swim up bar and hot tub in that area were also very dirty. We were to stay for three nights and we could not stay the final night. We left and I paid for a room elsewhere with no money back. Was 💯 worth it too, sad this hotel has been let go this long. Adventureland theme park was a beautiful, clean, well kept place. This hotel doesn't deserve to share the name.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jane

Traveled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Could of been cleaner Hallways were terrible. Ice machine drains were nasty. Breakfast was horrible!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Samantha

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kayla

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was fun for the kids and lots to do right around there.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Levi

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was rather dirty in my opinion.. lots of stuff needed vacumed up from floor,, also some of the tiles where loose and coming up from floor
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cleanliness was an issue
Apparently, because we booked through Expedia, they would not upgrade our rooms to be closer to the pool. Instead, we were on the backside of the building, and the carpets in the hallway were absolutely filthy, with stains all over. The rooms were very basic and after seeing the hallway, we were not feeling real good about how clean the rooms were, although they were ok. The TV did not work in our room, And the shade came down from the top, so we could not look outside unless we opened the entire shade over the patio door. I will say the people that worked there were all very friendly and tried to be accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Diana

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Breakfast was good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
State fair trip 2024
Our stay was good. The check in process was quick and easy. The pool was right out our door, that was awesome for our kids. The only drawbacks we had were that the pool area was so warm and humid that at times it felt uncomfortable as well as when we asked for more towels they told us that 4 of their washing machines were broken so if they had towels they would try to bring them to us. My kids loved the arcade that was onsite.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donald

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice room, lots of activities for the young one he had a blast
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

John

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Horrible
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean & efficient service, even with coming in late evening
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Marsha

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The hotel is on the grounds of Adventureland Park. Employees are very friendly and helpful. The property is old and needs a lot of work. Carpet in the hall way id filfty. Our rooms were clean. They have a free breakfast until 10am that is ok. The kids also have an arcade to go to on the second floor. Two pools and two hot tubs the hot tub on the east side is not working. It is fun for kids. The beds were comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Lindy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Amenities
This property is OK. I realize it’s getting older but still needs a little upkeep done to it. Our room was OK. The bathroom toilet was a little shaky. I mean when you actually were on it it moved so it might need a little bit of work done to it otherwise the property is OK for what we needed it for.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Joyce

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024