Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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opinions on what to do and what to avoid? I've been to Dollywood before, not going back this trip. The main road here is like I Drive in orlando. High traffic, Tourist stuff and restaurants everywhere. It's kind of mind boggling. Good restaurants? Mountain coaster? Saw a billboard for all you can eat crab legs and seafood buffet. Any good? Almost forgot, There is a Muscle car museum near by. Maybe I can do that while my wife goes to the outlet mall.
Thanks for any input positive or negative.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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We ate at Bullfish tonight. Fish and chips. Chips were average fish was perfect.
The crableg place has bad reviews. Buffet with crablegs is $50 per person. Way to many reviews said they wish they had gone to RedLobster
We were already planning on the Alpine Coaster(probably wait till Monday to avoid some of the crowd) It's less than 1/4 mile from the campground we are in. When we drove by after dinner there were led lights all over and a full parking lot. Looks like it would be fun after dark.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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If you like wildlife and/or historical buildings, I highly recommend making the drive to Cades Cove. There is also the Roaring Fork Motor Trail in Gatlinburg. Several old cabins and very beautiful drive, just not as apt to see the wildlife like Cades Cove. Definitely take in Garret's Auto Museum. As someone said, I haven't been in several years but they did have a lot of nice cars. Wifey likes to hit the outlet mall and I prefer to cruise the back roads. Tim
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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There is also the Roaring Fork Motor Trail in Gatlinburg. Several old cabins and very beautiful drive,....
This road is seasonal as I found out the hard way. I was last up there in April 2019, and this road wasn't slated to open until May (if I remember correctly). Check before you go.
Cades Cove is beautiful, but when you go makes a huge difference. First time I went in 2015, was on a weekend, and it was a rolling parking lot. The road is one way and single lane, so there's no taking an alternate route. Bumper to bumper the whole way. Fast forward a few years, tried it again in 2019, mid-week, very light traffic.
Definitely check out Garret's.
I've been to this area 3 times, and each time there was a reason why I couldn't 'explore' as much as I wanted to. Looking forward to going back when I can just wander at my own pace.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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We ate at Bullfish tonight. Fish and chips. Chips were average fish was perfect.
The crableg place has bad reviews. Buffet with crablegs is $50 per person. Way to many reviews said they wish they had gone to RedLobster
We were already planning on the Alpine Coaster(probably wait till Monday to avoid some of the crowd) It's less than 1/4 mile from the campground we are in. When we drove by after dinner there were led lights all over and a full parking lot. Looks like it would be fun after dark. Fifty beans for lousy crab legs? CAMP grounds ? How about a freebie boon dock spot with views to die for ?
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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WHERES that crab leg place ? Good eating at Cowboys .... north side of Douglas Lake ....just west of Dandridge Doc Cowboys is no more. Was closed for about 18 months then reopened under a new name last year. Reviews not so good.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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We owned a Time share in Pidgon Forge for 20 years. Sold it in 2013. Main reason the area is too crowded. When we had it7 days there was enough for me. Massive traffic.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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CAMP grounds ? How about a freebie boon dock spot with views to die for ?
I think we had this conversation before . My tanks are too small for serious boondocking . I won't make that mistake if I ever buy another rv. Where are these freebie places with views you speak off? Is there a Walmart in the national park?
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You probably just dump yours in the walmart parking lot. I'm not doing that
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The drive to Cherokee NC from PF is beautiful, nice way to spend a day. If your there for a while a day trip to the Biltmore house is nice. One time I was there and a guy in a 55 Chevy, pro street narrowed rear end car was driving the Dragon, followed him in my Dart. Car sounded mean too.
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Re: Spending a few days in Pigeon Forge, Tn
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You probably just dump yours in the walmart parking lot. I'm not doing that No .. I don’t. WHY did you say that ? I thought this was a serious conversation
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Temp went down in the 20's last night and the furnace wouldn't start up. I plugged in a small electric space heater and put 2 heavy blankets on the bed. I woke up in the middle of the night freezing my butt off!! The blankets and the dog where all on my wife's side of the bed . All I had was a sheet hopefully the furnace gets fixed $$ this afternoon.
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You probably just dump yours in the walmart parking lot. I'm not doing that No .. I don’t. WHY did you say that ? I thought this was a serious conversation Sorry Doc I thought you were questioning why tank size was relevant. Fresh tank and Gray tank barely hold 2 showers. If I am careful I can do an overnight maybe 2 nights max boondocking.
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