Gatlinburg

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(05-28-2015, 05:42 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Why do you say stay away from the Ripley's?  I'm just wondering because that was one of the 'bigger' things we were going to do. 

Ripley's Believe It Or Not & Haunted Museum were some of the more bogus tourist attractions I've ever been to....anywhere.  They're overpriced and time consuming with very low entertainment value, even for children.  They're run down and the things inside are mostly pictures tacked to a wall.  Very little interactivity and you can see the best things from right outside of the joint....put there to lure you in.  I'm not in the minority on saying this either.  Look them up on travel websites and you'll see similar reviews.

The aquarium is pretty badass though, and my son loved it. 

So things that I did actually like:

Ober Gatlinburg
Hillbilly Golf (best mini golf in history)
Pigeon Forge Alpine Coaster
The Wax Museum
Shopping, Drinking, and Eating on the Gatlinburg strip

The best thing in the area though, is BY FAR, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  If you go there without checking it out, you're blowing it.