Wilderness at the Smokies Complete Walkthrough and Review Stone Hill lodge Sevierville Tennessee
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Total Cost for stay $ 135.78
Thanks for telling me how much too stay there
Is that for one night?
Steven Tiller thatâs one night during the week itâs typically 199.00 and up on weekends
Thank you for letting us how much it was really enjoy the hotel reviews. Have a good dayđ
Y'all did a great job showing everything ,but I think I'll pass on that even though I have children and grandchildren. To me it seemed like a money-making racket I could be wrong, but I was not impressed
Dawn when you smile. You light up the place!
Dawn is my favorite.
Will youâre awesome too.
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Will and Dawn, I am taking hotel management classes at a local community college. Your hotel and cabin inspections and reviews help me out a lot. Thank you so much.
You have to realize how hard things have been since the shutdown, it's really hard to find staff, so many didn't come back to work because they were getting more money on unemployment and then went to different jobs. The water park has health and safety laws to follow regarding life saver numbers, if the number of guards falls short they can't run the park.
I said it once, and Iâll say it again, yâall are BETTER than TripAdvisor!!! Thanks for another informative video!
Thank you for your transparency! From my own experience of traveling to the area lately, there's been a key focus on cleanliness for obvious reasons. The fact that the unit was covered in dust also demonstrated that perhaps they're lacking substantially on thorough day to day cleanings. I hope you were able to bring this to their attention upon check-out. You all are a great team! Thank you, Will and Dawn!
I Love to hear Dawn laugh! Thank you both for the fun!!!
I have even more respect for yâall after watching this review. Great job giving an honest impression without being unnecessarily harsh.
I am so glad that you both gave a TRUE review of your stay.. keep up the good work. Ian tired of getting riped off .
Thank you for this walk through, love children I have 9 grandchildren but when Iâm on vacay I donât want to deal with them, so I wouldnât be going there! I love these types of walk throughs! You both rock, keep up the great job!
The great wave and wash out mountain are my favorites
I just love Dawn. Her laugh and smile is so cheerful. Watch you guys all the time. Im so glad to hear reviews honestly. We go several times a year stay the same place ...go the same places eat the same places. But your reviews give us other options
You guys looked like y'all was having a blast down those cool water slides or tunnels and that's what having a good time looks likeđđ
Thanks for the honest review. Underwear in the hallway, and kids screaming until 3 am? Should it be called Wild-ness in the Smokies? NO THANK YOU.
It was pretty loud during night hours for my family as well. We got back at around 10:30/11 PM to 2 kids eating pizza while laughing and running around. Only stopped around maybe 1 AM. We were only 5 rooms away from the one they were sitting in front of too.
Iâve wondered for years what that water park was like. Thanks for showing us. From what you showed us, I wasnât impressed . I know that you only showed us one of the lodges , so Iâll reserve judgement on the rest of the resort. I wouldnât want to hear kids (or anybody) making all that noise all night. I didnât see anything there to make me want to stay there.
They should have called security, quiet time starts at 11pm
This is a HORRIBLE review of the actual resort.. They stayed in the cheapest, and worst spots.. The waterpark is awesome, rooms are great with fierplace and full kitchens,, indoor water park, restaurants, and much more..
Dollyâs dream more resort is a nice place to stay.
They need to review this. I have wanted to stay here for a long time. Just haven't got the chance.
Very expensive
Did it once
Not a repeat stay
Dollywood
Get you a black light if your brave enough and really do a bed inspection. Lol
Uh oh tell me what happened
I've been to this resort 7 times. The best way to save money is try to rent from an owner at the Wyndham Great Smokies Lodge building on property. You enjoy all the same amenities as staying in the hotel room, but can stay in 1,2, or 3 bedroom units for about the same price.
Thanks for sharing
Water park looks like fun......but yeah, I like to get my sleep at night! đđ€Ł
Loved the pro bed check we do the same at every hotel we stay at.
My wife and I just met you two & the smoky mountain hiker at patriot Park, then watched this video. We are actually staying at the Wyndham on Collier. Seems these are much nicer than the Wilderness. Super clean and comfy.
It was nice meeting you
Thanks for the laughs Will. Your shower singing cracks me up every time! đ€© Thanks for the review. Looks like you both had fun in the indoor water park.
Dolly should get you to sing at Dollywood! Those water rides were something else. Enjoyed watching.
I take my sound machine with me everywhere. I dont hear nuthin at night.
Thank very much share video about nice stay hotel. Oh sad some place closed.
Wow it's fun water park.
Thanks for sharing your experience!!
IT MAKES NO SENSE WHY THEY WOULD CLOSE A POOL AND KEEP THE INDOOR WATER PARK OPEN....
When they shut the outdoor park they gave free entry for guests to the new soaky mountain water park to compensate, labor day is the usual closing date every year because the water gets too cold for most people đ
All the hotels in the area close outdoor pools etc during winter season.
The inside water park is specifically for year round access since itâs inside and itâs to keep you from swimming in the cold air so it feels like you are outside when the other actual outside ones are closedđ€ŠđŸââïž
We stayed there a few years ago they were putting out new mattresses and we loved the ceramic shop we also stayed in the main building. That was our first trip to Tennessee.
Go stay at the Sydney James! One best inns in gatlinburg tn for services. Most front desk tell people watch ur channel. Keep up good work.
Well look into that
Oh look into greenbrier camp ground . It one of nice n cleans campgrounds... fall coming be good time go camping. They will also set up tent or rent u RV or cabin if like.
Where is this located? We always stay near the strip but always looking for other options
Laurendye1980 Dye Hotel is Turn at bubba gump shirmp n go up few blocks on right.
The Gillette is nice too
Closer to the strip
Stay away from the BellAire
Cheap but not worth it
This is such and awesome channel! Glad I watched this. My friend Margi and I go to Gatlinburg five times a year. We always wanted to stay here. When weâre in the area we enjoy a good nights rest in a clean environment. Thanks for the heads up!
Been here a couple times.. Great place for parents too go broke quick. Food is expensive and our stay on a weekend was over 500$ for 2 nites. Seems ok for a water park and stay but if the inside is the only thing open lines on the slide are long and my group seemed too get bored pretty quick. Great video.
We are across the street at river lodge. My dad loves watching your channel.
We stay at the Inn on the River and we absolutely love it. Plan on coming up in November to stay there again. Listening to the river while you eat breakfast on your private balcony is great!!!
Thank yâall for honest reviews đđđ stay safe and healthy đ„°đ„°đ„°
I COULDN'T HELP BUT LAUGH AT DAWN SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS ABOUT TO BUST OUT LAUGHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REVIEW LOL.
Hi Dawn and Will! Love y'all's channel. We have been several places that you have been. We live just down the road in Chattanooga. We have stayed at the Wilderness several times and every time we have something go wrong. Our key cards get messed up every time, and our room is always a mile walk from the front desk. We only stayed at River Lodge once because we had 8 people. We were watching a movie at around 9:00 at night and there were kids running and screaming the whole time yet the staff took the time to knock on our door and tell us that WE need to quiet down, we were laughing too loudly. We do love the lazy river, the hot tub and Runaway Canyon. We haven't been back in about 3 years because of the problems we've had and of course Mr. McNasty. Thanks for your review.
Love your honesty and down to earth personalities â€ïžâ€ïž
Thank you Hughs for another great review!
Great video guys, we love these reviews đ. Weâll stick to the Inn at Christmas Place, but it was nice to see what this place is all about. Nice jobđ.
Loved to.see more of dawn in the vlog such a happy smiley couple đ
Thank you for the Review. Steve and Lisa.
If you had kids and the water park was opened would make it better, but wouldn't be my first choice. Thank you for sharing. These are so helpful.
That's a great outfit for u, Dawn.
U look nice to,Will. â€
Thanks guys for the video GOD BLESS
Really appreciate your attention to detail! Thanks!
Thanks Will and Dawn for taking one for the team:) lol..I will not be staying there and I think River Rats is still the best natural "water park" and way cheaper!! Lol..
i have always wondered what it looked like inside. we pass it all the time when we head to winnfield dunn parkway. thanks for showing the water dome. it was neat looking. perfect place to stay with kids for sure
Great video đ very informative, it sure isn't crowded up there. Looks like youns are having a great time, God bless youns!
Great job on the reviewđđŒ I wasnât too crazy about the setup of the bathroom. Way too small and I also was wondering why the bathroom sink was in the room and not in the actual bathroomđ€ That kinda didnât make sense to me. But the water park and arcade was very coolđ€đŒ Thanks for sharingđ
Thank U, guys for interesting adventure. I,ve been a week ago in Smokie Mountain. And there start watching your YankeeinSouth. Greeting from Florida!
We were there in June and the outdoor pool was closed also. We stayed in the same building you guys did Dawn and Will, we smelled a dirty baby diaper in trash outside someones door. We coming back this month again but were staying at the Westgate Resort this time around.
Thanks for sharing
Westgate is in pigeon forge
I always appreciate your honesty because I told you a lot of these places and I don't want to spend my money to shower in the dark
I knew Dawn would get free food,, she definitely has the,,, CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER VIBE!!
Great review, Now I know I'll never stay there. Ha!
watching you guys go down that water slide was the best lol
Iâve been there multiple times before, and Iâm going again this week. Iâm very excited!
Thanks for the review! Be safe.
Guess "The Wilderness" is a fitting name for this place lol
Seems so. Lol
It's a family resort
@@colinstace1758 Parents should teach their kids manners and respect for adults to begin with.
Thank you for honest reviews!
Stone Hill Lodge very pricey it's very beautiful nice furnishings
Thanks for your review we are coming next weekend
AWESOME VIDEO, THANK YOU.
đ€Łwhen dawn says, âyeah, weâre wavinâ alright...â đ€Łđ€Ł
It looks like you had alot of fun on the water slides!!
Thank you so much for your honest review! I don't think we'll be staying there. I did enjoy your video footage of you guys on the waterslides. Those looked fun but it was disappointing that so many things were closed. Loving your hotel reviews. Thank you guys for everything you do! We make our future trip visits off of your recommendations. God Bless â€ïž
Covid-19 has messed up a lot of thingsđ·đ·
I've stayed there once facing golf course. It was a 3 bedroom suite. We had a girls weekend so no kids. The suite was amazing, but Im with you too many kids. Thanks for the reviews.
One of our favorite places in Pigeon Forge great review sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed
I agree. They always have special on Groupon and kids under 8 get to eat free. My family had a blast going there and all three water parks were open. Its really a place for kids.
Itâs in Sevierville not PF đđŒ
That is so cool, I have never seen a tour where they inspected cleanliness of room. I learned something new about bed bug protection. Out of all the areas in the room the bed is the place that could be an area of concern. Good to know they take this step.
We were planning to go in April of this year, but that was sadly cancelled. We went in the summer of 2019 and that was definitely the best time of my life. Lake Wilderness was the best part. The Cyclone Racers were so fun to go down. Beds weren't the comfiest but they were fine. At the Waterdome, we'd go to the basketball area and play volleyball. I really liked the feeling of waking up in the morning and going out in the hallways and the vibe out there was phenomenal. Loved swimming, loved the food, I'd give this place a 10/10.
As long as you have everything you need, for your stay, because you are out more, then you are in your room anyway. Pretty nice rooms !
Very informative
Cool vidio thanks for telling us about
I love your channel and you and dawn...i look forward to your videos all the time...hopefully i will be able to venture to some of these amazing places!!!
That's looks fun
Nice wave poo and waterwaysl. Arcade looks fun!!
Iâm a skeptic about a wave poo...sorry I just had to do it đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Thanks Will and Dawn for the review , I have always wondered about this place and now I know its not for us .
Have always wondered what the rooms looked like. Stonehill is always the accommodations that offer a âdealâ. We appreciate your candid reviews. Cracked us up about the noise of the kids, underware in the hall, LOL. I would love to take our kids and granddaughter, but would probably look for a different place. Like you mentioned, the condos might be a better fit. Thank you sooooo much for the review. Youâre so much fun to watch â€ïž
Great review! The slides looked like fun! The front desk should have put y'all in a room away from the families! It didn't look like they were crowded so they had the space. I just have to wonder what they were thinking?! Oh well, I am glad you made the best of it and had a fun time! I've always wondered about their hotels. We have one in Georgia now and I have a friend who took her children there. They had fun, but she said it was expensive! Her boys wanted everything they saw and she had to pay for alot of "extras". Be blessed ya'll!đđ
We've stayed at the big building on the golf course. Main resort side. I didn't even know the smaller rooms existed. However, the worst part for us is we always have people above us that won't control their kids. You hear running and jumping til 3 am. We had to call security a few times to go say something so we could sleep. Other than that we enjoy this resort great fun for nieces and nephew.
Great review! Iâve often wondered about that place , passing by many times. Now Iâm positive Iâd never want to stay there, itâs not for me ! Thanks !
Similar to Great Wolf Lodge..thanks for the review đđŒ
Same company owns both
Thank you so much for doing this review. I have to say, that I am not impressed with this place. There is no way I could deal with kids being that loud all night. I have driven by the waterpark so many times and I always imagined it much bigger inside with more options. I am surprised it didn't have a lazy river inside at least. Thank you for your honest reviews.
The price is higher when the outdoor area is open, but it is fun too.
Love the video!!!
I love watching you guys! I always hope to see yall when we go up to the Smokies, but I never do. We just got back from staying at the Wilderness and I agree completely with your review. Our stay was much more expensive, at almost $300 a night, but we had the same issue with the dim lighting in the bathroom, the vent, and dust all over the furniture. I would leave the door open when I took a bath to have some light. Soaky Mountain was included in our stay this weekend though, so I can't complain cause we were able to go every single day and that saved me $200 per day. The outdoor waterparks were closed except for Saturday and Sunday too, so we actually spent more time at Soaky than the resort.
Thanks Kasey
SING it Will. LOL. Looks like a cool place to stay.
I have always wondered what this place was like and it reminds me of Massanutten in Virginia the indoor waterpark is exactly like it. We always had a good time and I have seen online for the Wilderness they are running a special for the next two weeks to include free waterpark tickets which is good because they are expensive themselves. I wouldn't like the noise and the restaurants are usually priced high for what you get and even tho the room was a little smaller than some of the other ones it was still kinda nice maybe not for the price tho because it looks similar to the one we have paid $60 a night in that area. (Just didn't have the waterpark, but did have an indoor pool.) Thanks for showing us the hotels. I enjoy them.
There was something black in the third drawer under the television, there was fuzz or something under the air conditioner . Was that scratches on the coffee table legs, or what was it?
This place looks like a complete disappointment
OMG I'm there right now
I really liked watching this video. It seemed real and like I was there with you guys. That dust on the air conditioning was yucky. I hope you told the desk about that.
Great video..real info, no suger coating
I have stayed there was pretty fun I stayed in the main building. They still need to be updated looked like your room had a lot of stains. You would have enjoyed it better if you stayed in main building and all the water park was open for the season. The lazy river was what you guys would have enjoyed but you guys going down the water slide was so funny. Thanks for the video and the laughs. You guys are awesome!!
We do the same thing , we check everything out before we unpack. Dust seems to be an issue in most places we stay.
Love you're reviews an you always having you sing in the shower
going there monday! :)
Loved the video. Have passed there many times, prefer something a little more relaxing. We stay down the road at the OakHaven Resort.
Always wondered what that place was like. Not for us as we like quiet but the Smokies has places for all interests. I always referred to that slide with the same name. Lol!
Awesome video always enjoy your video
A new subscriber but have been loving all your reviews and videos, we are visiting the Smokies October 2nd through the 5th! You guys have helped me decide on what we will be visiting and what we will not be visiting. Also Dawn you are so beautiful, lucky guy Willđ
If you want a condo style they have 7 villas just a 1/4 mile down the road up to 5 bedrooms
When we went I was band was in Christmas cuddles because we went out for Christmas and stayed over New Yearâs and they had ice-skating
Did you guys get with bands to get into the waterpark in all keys with wristbands to
We had to wear a wrist band