Pigeon Forge / Dollywood

I'd recommend either Dolly's Stampede or Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show. My kids loved both, but preferred the Pirates show.
Apple Barn Winery is also another potential stop.

We're going June/July when the kids are out of school.

Laurel Falls Trail is currently closed. It was a 2.5 mile paved trail to a nice waterfall, but they have been repaving it for a while now. I highly recommend downloading AllTrails and looking for trails that would interest you. Pack a lunch or prep some burgers / hotdogs, charcoal and get out to the trail heads early before the crowds build. Spend the morning on a trail or two and then go to one of stops near a stream and bbq pits and have a nice lunch and let your kids play in the stream. Theres a easy trail that you can access from the main welcome center called Cataract Falls (1 Mi). Unless you prepurchase youll have to stop there to get a parking pass.
These are some of the trails and places we stopped in the park:
Peregrine Peak Via Alum Cave Bluff Trail - 4.5 mi - 1161' Elevation Gain
Cataract Falls - mentioned above - flat
Chimneys Picnic Area - Lunch Spot
Rainbow Falls Trail - 5.1 mi - 1617' elevation gain
Twin Creeks picnic Pavilion - Lunch Spot
Metcalf Bottoms Trail - 1.4 mi
Theres plenty of other trails but those are the ones we did.

We spent one day at Dollywood. The cinnamon bread is awesome! The park is busy early in the morning, but by mid afternoon the wait times went way down and a lot of the rides had very short waits. Avoid going to the bubble show or whatever its called as it was lame. We went July 3, 2024 for reference.

Hope this helps some.

It's the nicest, cleanest amusement park I've ever been to. Not sure you need 2 days there, it's not very big but it is for sure a good time. I second Cades Cove. We rented a side-by-side ATV and drove it to the park, saw several bears within 20' of us. There are several dinner theaters that are there. Gatlinburg is a very touristy town but it's not too far from Pigeon Forge and there are several things to do there. The suspension bridge was a good experience and there is an aquarium. Anakeesta adventure park looked pretty good, we didn't make time for it and there is a sky tower like in Hot Springs. There is a ton of things to do in the area, y'all will have a good time for sure.

Depending on how much adventure you're looking for, there are some pretty intense ATV tours up that way. Some pretty crazy terrain running up and down those mountains.