Sky Pirates of Mermaid Bay: An honest review For years, the quality of mini-golf courses in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg – to a lesser extent, Sevierville – were on the decline. Other than the Ripley courses, most of your options were afterthoughts, mediocre destinations that existed only to give a little “added value” to the arcade ticket bunder. Others were
2025 was Dollywood’s 40th anniversary, but 2026 is going to surpass it When it comes to milestones, we like certain numbers better than others. You’ll get a better turnout at the 20th reunion that you will the 19th or the 21st. We’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of a favorite movie or album but when the 27th comes around? Nobody cares.
Breaking down two favorite restaurants that have underwhelmed recently I can’t imagine what it’s like running a restaurant in the Smokies. I know a lot of places have competition and the restaurant business is notoriously hard. But in the Smokies where new competition arrives seemingly weekly and any success is met with a dozen copycats, the work of sustaining excellence,
Local dinner theaters are getting into the Smokies holiday spirit I have found the key to success when enjoying Pigeon Forge’s dinner theater scene, is not to overthink it. Pirates? Sure. A Kentucky blood feud from the early 1900s? Yep. Lumberjacks sawing logs on behalf of a Team Naughty or a Team Nice? What in the Ho-ho-ho is a-going on
Picking which shopping mall is best for your Smoky Mountain shopping spree I remember when Red Roof was king. When It came to outlet shopping in the mountains, it started and ended with the Red Roof Outlet Mall. A wide variety of outlet shops, food and more spread over multiple levels in the heart of Pigeon Forge, it was glorious.
When planning your dining for your Smoky Mountain Vacation, these are the places to miss in Pigeon Forge The truth is I’m a pretty easy date. I like to like things. When I spend a night on the town or at the movies or a local restaurant, I don’t like to go in with a critical attitude. I look for
“Something Wild” author sees production of her work at Dollywood’s Imagination Playhouse Sitting in the front row of Dollywood’s newly update Imagination Playhouse – author Molly Ruttan put her hands to her face in what must have been a mixture of joy and wonder and astonishment. She watched as characters that had only lived in her illustrations, passed through the
Top six don’ts on your visit to the busiest road in the Smokies I wish that the thought had occurred to me when I was younger to keep a little chart of my time on Highway 321 – aka the Great Smoky Mountain Parkway – in Pigeon Forge. Just a little Excel Spreadsheet that I could have kept up with