Worked well as a home base for our family during our smoky mountain trip. Location was nice—close enough to Gatlinburg and pigeon forge but out of the craziness and in the woods. We saw bear in the neighborhood twice during our stay!
However, the surrounding roads and driveway are ridiculously steep and narrow and not super easy to maneuver.
Washer and dryer were nice to have, as well as WiFi, and stocked kitchen. Kids loved the loft area and we enjoyed the hot tub one night.
However, the cabin certainly has some quirks and a few things we wished were better: very poor lighting, we had to move lamps out of bedrooms to the main area to be able to see for a board game. I think maybe the overhead light should have been able to turn brighter but the remote control wasn’t working for it. Also, the WiFi, while convenient since cell service is bad in this area, required a password every time you accessed it, which was extremely annoying. There was no way to save the password since it was entered through another webpage. I also never received check in information and had to request the door code the night before. And just other random things like no ice or trays to make ice, broken chair on front porch, no laundry detergent, upstairs twin mattress with significant crease/dent in the middle. To be fair, we didn’t report any of it since no one thing felt worthy of reporting. But overall, we were comfortable here and the price was good for the place and proximity to GSMNP!