We stumbled across this hotel last year when makin...

We stumbled across this hotel last year when making an unplanned, last minute visit to Gatlinburg. My kids loved the pool, and spent most of one day there. This year, we decided to re-visit.

As others have noted, the location is great - on a hill overlooking Gatlinburg, so you have great views, even on lower floors (hint: not much need to pay a high premium to be on, say the 12th floor, compared to the 4th, for example). The hotel sits above the hubbub of the city, but either a short drive, or trolley ride to all the action.

The swimming pool is open from 6 am to midnight, and looks to be full of kids at almost all times of day, and evening! The big draw is a slide on the upper level of the pool. Adults can relax in a hot tub adjacent to the pool. There is also an atrium with tables, that overlooks the pool area, if you need to bring food and eat it in close proximity of the pool.

The location, views, and the swimming pool earn this hotel 4 stars.
It would have been 5, but at least our room, showed it's age. Some examples:The carpet was in need of a thorough cleaning, or replacement, and the toilet needed to be replaced - was loose, one of the elevator buttons (the one for our floor) did not light up... The room I had checked in online was unavailable, and we were moved to a different room and given a F&B credit for the trouble. The reason I bring it up is that perhaps the hotel is doing spot maintenance as needed.