Where to Stay: JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

If you’re traveling to Phoenix later this summer, we hope you have the opportunity to find yourself cooling off at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa’s new AquaRidge WaterPark, a 140,000-square-foot reimagined water-filled adventure for all, slated to open later this summer. The resort spared no expense with a $18 million pool transformation that includes an enhanced lazy river; two pools; waterfall, and three new exhilarating water slides, including the only dual-person vertical wall tube slide at a resort west of the Mississippi. It’s very likely though you’ll find us at the new,adults-only Sky Island seeking some respite from the Arizona sun, umbrella-adorned cocktail in hand.