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re: How to salvage my trip: Gatlinburg
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:22 pm to RealityTiger
Posted on 7/1/20 at 10:22 pm to RealityTiger
Well I'll let you come back later on a report before I come back again. Right now, this week, this is a horrible horrible place.
I dont understand how these people afford this shite. I'm over 2k deep in this trip right now. Theres no way any of this trash has disposable income.
One shining light out of this so far has been peddler steak house. We went ate there last night and that was the best service I've had in a while here or anywhere else. They were great and the food was good. Everywhere else is overran.
Right now pigeon forge is worse than gatlinburg. It's like all the worst of Livingston parish all showed up at once with 4 grand to burn.
I dont understand how these people afford this shite. I'm over 2k deep in this trip right now. Theres no way any of this trash has disposable income.
One shining light out of this so far has been peddler steak house. We went ate there last night and that was the best service I've had in a while here or anywhere else. They were great and the food was good. Everywhere else is overran.
Right now pigeon forge is worse than gatlinburg. It's like all the worst of Livingston parish all showed up at once with 4 grand to burn.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 7:16 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Wife wants to watch the fireworks so I guess I'll have to suck it up and go get amongst the garbage. I wanted to go hike up somewhere to watch them but she doesnt "do woods at night"
Aren't you from AP? Where is your wife from?
This post was edited on 7/2/20 at 7:25 am
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Do you ever stop complaining? We get it, you screwed up a vacation. Now get over it and try to make the best of it. Lessons learned.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:47 am to lsujunky
I’m heading to that area Friday for a week for the third time in 4 years. It’s cooler cleaner and prettier than Louisiana. Finding a stream in the park to play in can be done rain or shine. And the touristy crap can be fun for people watching if nothing else. Looking forward to it.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 3:30 pm to CAD703X
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the cabin i rented was actually in pigeon forge near dollywood. great little area tucked away, waterfall in the back and we could get out for food, etc without going near the shitshow traffic on the main highway.
Will be in this area end of July. Rented a secluded cabin high up in the mountains. Haven’t been since 2013 but there’s plenty to do with kids/teenagers. Looking forward to some hiking and visiting some waterfalls.
Alpine coaster, hatfields and McCoy’s, maybe some tubing, aquarium, Alcatraz, Clingmans dome, and several other tourist trap entertainment stops. Letting my kids decide except for the hiking trails.
All this is contingent on COVID-19 approved establishments being open. If not it’ll be time spent with nature in the mountains
Posted on 7/2/20 at 6:08 pm to kciDAtaE
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Do you ever stop complaining? We get it, you screwed up a vacation. Now get over it and try to make the best of it. Lessons learned.
No shite! OP sounds like a miserable person...I’ve never heard someone complain so much about having a week off from work, and being away from the stresses of everyday life. Relax and try to enjoy your time!
Posted on 7/2/20 at 6:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
y’all went to the trashiest place on earth on the busiest week of the year and it’s raining. Not much you can do now
the ride home ought to be a hoot
if you have any time and/or money left stop and spend a night in Chattanooga. Cool town with great bars and eats and some beautiful scenery close by
the ride home ought to be a hoot
if you have any time and/or money left stop and spend a night in Chattanooga. Cool town with great bars and eats and some beautiful scenery close by
Posted on 7/2/20 at 6:13 pm to kciDAtaE
Nope. I'm here to pitch a fit. This is the trashiest destination I've ever been to in my life. I was expecting colorado lite and got a hodgepodge of all of the worst tourist crap I've ever seen piled into what should be a beautiful place.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 6:18 pm to cgrand
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and it’s raining
It hasnt been horrible since Monday. Monday was a total washout with lightning but its just been spotty since then. We were able to get some hiking in. Todays been very pretty.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 6:59 pm to cgrand
Chattanooga may not be ideal they were hit pretty hard by COVID-19 and lots of downtown restaurants etc have limited hours. Suburbs by the mall is different but first week of June the 2 downtown starbucks were still closed. I figure most people are working from home from TVA, Unum and BCBS Making it a ghost town.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 7:02 pm to bulldog95
From the looks of today’s traffic lots of people are heading to the mountain areas across TN and NC. All I can say is get to the Townsand Y early and park or Middle Prong area by Tremont and stake your claim by the streams. If you want to fly fish head to Cataloochee area.
The park is full I will be managing bear jams on Saturday In Cades Cove can’t wait!
The park is full I will be managing bear jams on Saturday In Cades Cove can’t wait!
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:54 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Right now my plan is to drink lots of whiskey
Go check out the Old Forge Distillery. They have great alcohol and moonshine, plus there is another bar nearby that has a great moonshine selection (don't recall the name)
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:08 pm to bulldog95
If you have kids, you gotta do a day at Dollywood. They have some great roller coasters there. It's only 50% capacity right now, so even with the clusterfrick of people in that area, it's the one thing that's not completely overcrowded. And that cinnamon bread... 
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:03 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I dont understand how these people afford this shite. I'm over 2k deep in this trip right now. Theres no way any of this trash has disposable income
You are acting like a snob. I got news for you bud, if you think 2k is a lot for a vacation, please never travel to Europe, Asia (especially Japan), Canada, Bahamas, etc. Hell we spent more than 2k (family of 4) on just the plane tickets to go skiing this year (over 10k total with lift tickets, lodging and food).
Get off your high horse and quit judging everyone.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:07 pm to LSURN98
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if you think 2k is a lot for a vacation, please never travel to Europe, Asia (especially Japan), Canada, Bahamas, etc.
This is what I was thinking.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:31 pm to LSURN98
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if you think 2k is a lot for a vacation,
It's a hell of a lot for a road trip to mini golf hell
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:48 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Nope. I'm here to pitch a fit. This is the trashiest destination I've ever been to in my life. I was expecting colorado lite and got a hodgepodge of all of the worst tourist crap I've ever seen piled into what should be a beautiful place.
This is great
I thought gatlinburg was a known tourist trap with the south’s finest dregs but I guess if you’ve never been there then you might have had a different expectation Posted on 7/3/20 at 8:56 am to TheIndulger
Gatlingburg can be decent in the off-season, especially if you can hit it up mid-week.
At the very least you can walk up and down the strip and drink all the wine/cider/whiskey samples.
At the very least you can walk up and down the strip and drink all the wine/cider/whiskey samples.
Posted on 7/3/20 at 3:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Drive to The Biltmore easily make a day of that. The rain will have the waterfalls rocking do Abraham’s Falls one morning and smell the roses.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 7:31 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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This is the trashiest destination I've ever been to in my life.
Even in an area where you think is horrible, with a little common sense and planning you could have had a nice trip.
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