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 | Garden Plaza Hotel Gatlinburg: The kids love it!
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The Holiday Inn Sunspree is an older hotel and it shows. The carpet is very seventies. The fixtures and walls show their age, but overall it's a nice place to stay, especially for the kids. It has several buildings; we stayed in the Holidome so my experience is limited to this building.
Our room was on the 4th floor with an interior door overlooking the indoor pool. We had a great view of the entire courtyard area. The room was a bit small but nicely furnished and equipped with a dorm-size refrigerator, hair dryer, iron and ironing board, alarm clock, and cable TV. We had a king-size bed and a sofa sleeper. The room was fairly clean.
We were provided with individual coffee filter packs (regular & decaf) and newspaper daily.
Our refrigerator was more of a freezer than a fridge and there was no adjustment. It froze most everything we put it in. The last morning we were there we opened the fridge to find that a canned drink had frozen and exploded, making a huge mess.
The holidome has no elevator and we were on the 4th floor, but the layout of the building is such that it was only one flight of stairs up to our room if we parked on the north side. The building is built on a hill so parking in back is much lower than parking in the front.
We didn't eat at either of the restaurants in the hotel. Louie's Restaurant advertised adult meals for $9.99. Little Caesar's only had two sizes of pizza available: individual-sized or medium. We started to order Little Caesar's pizza delivered to our room but after staying on the phone on hold for several minutes we hung up and ordered Genos instead.
All the employees were very courteous and helpful.
The Holidome building includes the lobby, Louie's Restaurant, Little Caesar's Pizza, a small general store, a fitness room and a game room with ping pong tables and air hockey. The open courtyard is 3 stories tall and includes an arcade with several video games and a pool table, an indoor pool, and a hot-tub.
My son loved the indoor pool, game room, and arcade. The hotel was hopping with kids and is very family-friendly. Theme: HotelPrice: US$40-80 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: a short walk north of the parkway at redlight #8
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| Garden Plaza Hotel Gatlinburg: Good location, nice pool area, & affordable!
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 standard 2 full beds indoor
pool facing room by Darkeyedgirl, 3 more photos
It was the most affordable place I could find that fit what we wanted. The check-in & check-out process was painless & fast. I requested a non-smoking room and we got it; if you press for this, you won't be stuck in some stinky room. I told the lady we have one child with asthma & one with a heart condition, and 2 adults who don't like stinky stuff. SO we got ourselves a non-smoking room. I have heard on other websites that even if you request a non-smoking room, ya get stuck in a smoking anyway; well if you let them know from the get-go you NEED non-smoking (for health reasons, and no, I didn't lie about the kids), they will accomodate your health needs!
We received vouchers & coupons upon check in, which was nice. $20 of vouchers per DAY for breakfast at Louie's, the on-site restaurant just a short flight down from our room. This proved to be really nice!!! Kids eat free anyway at the Holiday Inn; and the $20 totally covered my fiance and myself for all the grub we consumed in the morning. Really great pancakes (yes I had pancakes again) and even though the waitress was a little poofy-brained, she gave me my OWN CARAFE OF COFFEE so I fell in love with her.
Giving a coffee-addicted woman a whole carafe to herself deserves high praise.
The pool was very clean; the outdoor pool wasn't opened yet but I'm sure it was nice. Anyhoo we stayed in the lobby tower; just above the restaurant & looking down over the indoor pool. The pool itself was nice & warm, towels provided, lots of chairs to sit in.
We didn't visit Sade & Dora's Lounge; which was onsite & right next to Louie's where we had breakfast in the morning. It looked pretty nice; cocktails, beer, etc. that apparently you are allowed to bring poolside -- I saw several people with beer in cups. Which is cool. Nothing like getting really hammered & going swimming.
The hot tub was nice; it was really hot the first 2 days, then on the 3rd day, became "lukewarm". Never really overcrowded, I mean you have to limit yourself to 15 minutes anyway to avoid passing out. The scenery was pretty nice around the hotel (behind it anyway); the streams, trees, mountains.
Some people might balk at having to walk the distance each morning and then, walk back up the hill. The trolley stops right outside the Holiday Inn; if ya don't feel like walking downtown & back, take the trolley! But for nice, temperate days? Walk. It's a nice distance & you get to shop & talk along the way.
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