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    Dollywood - Experience great southern cooking at Front Porch Cafe.

    Dollywood

    3.9(1.6k reviews)
    1.3 mi
    $$

    We've done Disney, we've done Universal, and Dollywood holds its own with both of them in ways that…read moresurprised us. The scale is different but the experience is just as memorable and in some ways more personal. The coaster lineup is legitimately impressive. Big Bear Mountain is the longest in the park and a great ride for the whole family. Lightning Rod is one of the fastest wooden coasters in the world. Wild Eagle gives you incredible views of the Smoky Mountains from the top. Dragonflier in Wildwood Grove is perfect if you have younger kids who want in on the fun. The new NightFlight Expedition that opened in 2026 is a unique indoor hybrid coaster and river raft ride that works in any weather, a great addition. Beyond the rides the park has real soul to it. Live Appalachian music playing throughout, craftspeople demonstrating woodworking and glassblowing, the Dolly Parton Experience museum, seasonal festivals and theater performances at the Back Porch Theater. You could skip the rides entirely and still have a full day. The cleanliness here is consistently remarked on and it's earned. Every corner of the park is well maintained and the staff are the friendliest we've encountered at any theme park anywhere. Go on a weekday if you can, weekends get packed. Buy tickets in advance. Wear comfortable shoes. Worth every mile of the drive from the Carolinas.

    Amazing theme park. Roller coasters everywhere…read more Lumber Jack pizza was the best pizza I've had in my whole life. They have a little skytube place for little kids. Amazing staff. Amazing hand-scooped ice cream. Free Time-Saverpass for people staying at the hotels there (me.) Which works like this: 10 to 11 AM is the golden hour where you can ride any rides with it. After 11 you have 5 more uses on select rides.

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    Downtown Flavortown - Bacon Macaroni BBQ Burger

    Downtown Flavortown

    3.0(812 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $$

    Thursday evening with the family. Arcades were a hit with…read morethe kids. All games were working. The food was above average although the chicken waffles were amazing. The service was excellent. Inside was positive fun vibe and clean.

    Downtown Flavortown -- Pigeon Forge, TN…read more Great Concept, Horrible Execution I really wanted to love this place. I met Guy Fieri once at a food festival in Atlantic City, and let's just say he didn't leave me with the greatest personal impression. That being said, I'll always give credit where it's due. I take a Carnival cruise about once a year, and Guy's Burger Joint makes an absolutely phenomenal burger. So when I found out Downtown Flavortown was in Pigeon Forge, it immediately became one of the places I was most excited to visit on this trip. Deep down, I'm a big kid, and I LOVE a good adult arcade. We headed straight for the arcade, but before buying a game card, I wanted to see what kind of prizes they had. The games looked pretty good--mostly the same type of stuff you'd find at Dave & Buster's--but then we walked into the prize redemption room. That completely killed it for me. There was literally not one prize I wanted to win. Everything seemed geared toward little kids, and I think they're completely missing what makes an adult arcade work. At Dave & Buster's, I've won a really nice poker chip set in a metal briefcase and a crystal whiskey decanter set with matching whiskey glasses. These aren't generic prizes either. They're covered in Dave & Buster's logos and insignia. They WANT me taking that stuff home, displaying it, and showing it off to my friends. When somebody asks where I got it, I get to say, "I won it at Dave & Buster's." That's brilliant marketing because now another adult wants to go there and win something cool too. Same thing at Gateway 26 on the Wildwood Boardwalk. I've won signed NFL helmets and other legitimate collectibles there. Those are prizes that make a grown adult look at the ticket requirement and think, "I want that. Let's play." At Flavortown? Nothing. We were standing inside this massive adult entertainment complex looking for one cool prize that would make us want to drop $50 or $100 playing games, and there wasn't one. So we didn't even buy a game card. They literally lost our arcade business because there was nothing worth winning. And that's crazy because the possibilities with the Flavortown brand are endless. Give adults Flavortown poker sets, branded barware, automotive memorabilia, quality glassware, signed sports merchandise--something cool enough that I'll put it in my house and tell my friends, "I won this at Flavortown." Feeling disappointed, we headed over to the tiki bar, which I will admit is a really cool setup. Since I can get a beer anywhere and it was Sunday morning, I ordered their BBQ Bloody Mary. Now, if you're going to call something a BBQ Bloody Mary at a Guy Fieri restaurant, I'm expecting you to go completely over the top. Give me a rib hanging out of it. Brisket. A thick piece of bacon. Something! Instead, I got a Bloody Mary garnished with vegetables. It tasted fine, but come on. Don't advertise a BBQ Bloody Mary if the garnish looks like it came from a salad bar. There was one big bright spot: the pretzels were phenomenal. Bacon-wrapped pretzels sitting in a skillet of cheese sauce, and they were easily the highlight of our visit. I would absolutely order those again. That's what makes Downtown Flavortown so frustrating. The building is impressive, the concept is fantastic, the tiki bar looks great, and there's enormous potential here. But a place bearing Guy Fieri's name should be anything but boring. It should be excessive, ridiculous, memorable and completely over the top. Instead, I left thinking the best way to describe Downtown Flavortown is: Great concept. Horrible execution.

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    Margaritaville - Pigeon Forge - Beach club sandwich

    Margaritaville - Pigeon Forge

    3.2(802 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    $$

    This was a great experience we stayed at this place and the bed , and food was so good and…read morecomfortable especially our server at the restaurant his name is Jesus and such a good and kind and funny person

    Sometimes ya just have to do the tourist thing, so yeah... we stopped at Margaritaville…read more From the moment we walked through the door until the moment we left, it was all bright smiles, upbeat music drifting through the room, and a staff that genuinely seemed happy to be there. The place had that lively, vacation-y buzz to it--the kind of atmosphere where you can hear laughter over the clink of glasses and the hum of conversation. We were seated quickly, and our server was outstanding--attentive without hovering and on top of everything from start to finish. The margaritas? Exactly what you'd expect from a place that built an empire on them. They came out cold and crisp, with that clean tequila bite, a tart lime tang, and just enough sweetness to keep things balanced. The salt on the rim gave each sip a little extra pop, and after the food arrived, I found myself ordering another. Now, the fish and chips... two orders, and both landed squarely in the "mediocre" category. They were obviously turning them out as fast as they could, but they did arrive hot, with a crunchy exterior that gave way to a fairly ordinary, slightly dry bite inside. The tartar sauce and coleslaw were fine--nothing that will make you write home, but nothing to complain about either. Was it the best meal in pigeon forge? Nope. Was it a pleasant stop with good service, good drinks, and a fun atmosphere? Absolutely. Sometimes that's enough. Besides, another margarita has a funny way of improving a perfectly average fish.

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