Gatlinburg Hotels near Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies

We needed extra linen for my mother-in-law. She caked to the front desk for some and am employee arrived with some within 5 minutes of her hanging up. Check-in isn't until 4 and check out is at 10. I have checked into a lot of hotels before and they've been busy at times, but the wait to check in here was unbelievable. I think it took about 15-20 minutes to finally get to the desk and walk out with keys. We had the pleasure of leaving just before 10 and noticed the housekeeping didn't have any new linen on their carts. Maybe there is a separate one that comes through but we were under the assumption that the sheets aren't changed after each stay.

Location is great, just a block away from the strip. Walking distance to everything. Sheets and towels were clean. Extremely outdated. I'm sure this hotel was very nice in 1980 but not much has changed since then. TV is the only update. Place looks dirty just from years and years of use. The room smelled like a dead animal. Smell was coming from the refrigerator. We only stayed two nights so we just toughed it out. I wouldn't recommend this hotel.

Location was good ,priced ok, Breakfast plain oatmeal ,zero fruit, worst I have seen ,usually have eggs and more choices

The balcony Everything was totally outdated,19 years ago I bought the same TV that was in my room.Bath was so stained we didn't even shower in it.Carpet was outdated ,torn and had paint stains on it.The Vertical blind didn't work properly,had to close some of the vanes by hand.Furnuture was From the 80's and worn. Weekend rate paid $$$ and was horrible dissapointment

Staff was nice, pool was enjoyable for my kids, and location was very convenient The room was rough. It had outlets that were hanging out of the wall that we could shake and cause the lights to flicker. The bathroom tub was cracked and chipped. The beds were very hard and none of my family of 4 got much sleep on them. The "breakfast area" was the size of a walk in closet with several waffle irons and toasters which made it too hot to go in, and the couple of tables they had were always full so my family never had a place to sit.

pool management, room was not clean, dirty pillow cases , tub didn't drain. overall experience was awefull

It was close to town. The beds were very uncomfortable, bathroom was in bad shape, plugs didn't work and the room had a bad oder.

1/4 mile walk to mall Where to start! Rooms need updating bad! Hard beds, Old tv, lights over the sink wouldn't come on. Shower head spraying in every direction. Water stain in roof tiles, tolite handle broken, bathroom heater switch was turned side ways. Not good not good at all

Price was right Rooms smelled musty and old

The only honest thing about this "inn" (please read as motel), was that it overlooked the water. It actually looks out over the water. The small picture I see of a large place overlooking the water with trees between it and the water is inaccurate. It is the smaller, more run-down building further down on the left of the river. It is not the larger, nicer-looking building on the right. Do not be deceived. When I arrived, the door between my room and the adjoining room was unlocked (one of two such doors), the shower curtain was missing, the back sliding door was unlocked, and one of the doors on the balcony (between adjoining balconies) didn't even latch properly. The bathroom smelled of recent use and the fan/light were running. I was able to remedy the shower curtain issue. The rest of my issues were compounded when I saw strong winds rip a door off one of the balcony dividers the next day. The place overhangs the water and has stress fractures in the ceilings of all rooms (possibly as a result). It is run down, in poor repair, and the styling and layout (not to mention the furniture and appliances, are all at least 20 years old as far as I can tell. One of the dressers no longer properly lined up when all drawers were slid in. Finally, the parking was atrocious, with thick bricked columns framing the excessively tight parking spaces in the too-narrow parking lot the building had. All in all, a poor value for the type of stay you're given and too far from the attractions to be worth staying there unless you wish to pay from $2.00 per hour to $10.00 per instance for parking. I am exceedingly unimpressed with this location.

The view is great and its in good walking distances for down town Gatlinburg. The place wasn't like its pictures, Room was really outdated, No privacy on the patio. Bathtub seemed to need replaced. I called like 3 months ahead of time to make sure I got a room and I ask for two beds and they gave me a room with one bed. I won't stay there again.

price pictures are misleading , slump in bed, tube tv, dated rooms

We enjoyed the private balcony, and the fireplace, and the jucuzzi tub, and the staff were helpful and friendly. The Continental Breakfast was not good. Should have had fresh fruit, and Cream Cheese, and Bagels. Also, the hotel needs to be updated.

The location. We had 2 rooms, neither room received the wake up call we had asked for....we missed the sunrise wedding of our son due to oversleeping. The hotel manager was rude and didn't seem to care about our situation when we spoke with him. He credited us 20.00 per room, which is completely unsatisfactory due to the fact we missed the wedding at 7:30 am.

convienent to gatlinburg. the pool was awful. no floats for the so called lazy river. rooms were nasty. breakfast was not very good either

I did not like that upon entry to the Bathroom, it was dirty. The toliet was filty, the bathtub had a gray ring around the tub, this was the first night. I did report this incidence and they sent someone to clean the bathroom. Also, please update the television, as their was not a connection for my son to play his Playstation 3. The Contiential Breakfast, need a better selection. The fruit was only Apples, their were no meat.