Laurel Crest Resort

I have stayed in this resort on several occasions with multiple families and friends. Resort is very well maintained and has great location for various activities. There is a lot to do on site: it has several outdoor pools, huge indoor pool, several hot tubs, arcadia room, tennis court. **Resort has 3 types of 1BR rooms-standard -which is extremely small- would only recommend for 2 people, 1BR delux-which is nice size/spacious, there is also 1BR suit that is not really advertized and it has high seilings and is huge in size ( I have found about this suit on my 4th visit to the resort!). When you book 2 BR-it is usually lock off 1BR standard and 1 BR delux, it works well when you like privacy and your kids are older and cannsleep in lock off.** I have never had problem with cleaningness or staff, I read few neagtive reviewes, I guess it was bad day or timing. I would highly recommend this resort, I plan to come back again.

We found the 1 bedroom unit to be ok for 2 people for would be very small for more than 2. The unit itself could use some updating. The sofa bed was extremely hard to sit on while viewing the tv. Although the appliances worked the mico handle was broken so you had to be careful opening and shutting. 1/2 of the light bulbs were out in the fixtures. The resort is well located to all the areas things to do.

We have stayed at Laurel Crest on several occassions. It has very nice pools and the staff are always helpful. The location is great only a short distance from the main blvd. in Pigeon Forge.

The rooms always been very clean and in good repair. The Standard Villa is a bit small but the Deluxe Villa is spacious and very comfortable.

We stayed in a one bedroom deluxe. It was outstanding. The staff were tremendous. We upgraded on our vacation as a result of our stay. Ask for a mountain view and a deluxe room and you will not go wrong. The staff worked very hard to please us and they did! We even enjoyed a Thai Chi class on our visit! It is very convenient to the back entrance of the park, townsend, and the main strip. I like it because you can miss all of the activity on the main strip and go in the back entrance of the park.

We stayed in a one bedroom unit with 2 adults and 2 children from May 30 - June 5. The boys slept on the sofabed. The unit was very small. We were in the new building (10) and the fire alarm went off on a Monday morning about 6:30 and again on Thursday morning at about 2:30. This was beyond inconvenient as we all lost sleep and it was scary. Both were false alarms as the system is new and apparently not functioning well. Since smoking is allowed in the building, it could have well been a fire. The staff was friendly and helpful. We got several calls from the staff inviting us to meet with them for 1 1/2 hours (reportedly to schedule activities) but chose not to as we knew what we wanted to do.

The unit and the premises were extremely clean and well maintained. There were two pools, two hot tubs and an indoor pool and hot tub that were wonderful. One of the hot tubs was not working our last night there. The views from our unit were wooded and included the A/C units for the building. The kids loved the pool and arcade room. We have been to the Gatlingburg/Pigeon Forge area many times and usually stay in a chalet, which is what we will do in the future.