School Me On Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg

its a tourist area so you gonna get tourist shit.
stay out of pigeon forge to get away from tourists, I always stay in Townsend and do the park and never go to the crowded areas.

Seems you are already schooled. It's tourist season here. If you find a cabin and don't want touristy stay out of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Cherokee. Ride the Blue Ridge Pkwy and go to Grandfather Mountain/Clingmans Dome and the like. There's plenty of hiking and sightseeing without the tourist traps.

ExoRent...?

Just got back from there.... VERY Crowded but we had a great time. If you want to do an activity plan to do it first thing in the morning or you will have a mile long line in front of you. Give yourself plenty of travel time as everything is on twisty 2 lane hiways. Do not do the Cades Cove loop, Boring and a traffic jam. Do do the White water rafting on the Upper Pigeon River. Ripleys Aquarium is amazing but again be there at opening time. Just accept its a tourist trap and plan accordingly. If you're wanting isolation, its probably not the best destination. We took the camper to Rivers Landing In Pigeon Forge.. They were packed in like sardines. But the kid had a pool to swim in and could tube on the Little Pigeon River while we watched from the campsite.

What I love about this area is you can take any kind of vacation you want.

You can get a cabin outside of town, hike all day, sit on a river and fish, ect and never (barely) see another person or you can go to the center of town and be able to do any kind attraction you could think of.

You also could rent a cool car and spend the day driving through the mountains on some beautiful roads, I know a guy if interested in that.

Feel free to message me if you want some pointers or information.

Def do not go to Cades Cove, never understand why the hell so many people always recommend that.

And look into the city called Cosby, that is where I live.

It is out in the country, no one around, has an entrance to the Park in it.

it is just 20-30 mins from everything in case you want to do something touristy while here.

Maybe try to find a guided pony ride

Just stay with Crispins. I bet he wont even try to kill you and have sex with your corpses

We go to Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg at least once a year and always include a visit to Dollywood. If you are looking for a less crowded alternative check out Murphy NC. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-...Vacations.html

I was Gatlinburg once in mid July on kind of a long road trip. I stopped at a bar to get a drink and ended up getting in a brutal fist fight. I even had to draw my gun! But it ended up being a decent family bonding experiecce in the end.

is murphy still dry?

man, I got pulled over for a tail light once there and guy would simply not believe that there wasn't any alcohol in the truck.
because apparently everyone in a jeep is a fucking alcoholic.

What's this shit about a dry county. Does that mean you cant have alcohol or you just cant buy it?

What makes you think he's big enough to satisfy me?