My wife and I stayed with honeymoon hills in Gatlinburg for our 2nd anniversary. We booked the cabin Smoky Mountain Dream as it was advertised as super secluded. I guess their understanding of secluded is different from ours. As there were 2 other cabins close enough you could hit them with a rock, while there were bushes in between ours and the next cabin that made it almost impossible to see, they were close enough to the highway that every time a car or truck drove by, you could hear it.
The pool table is a great idea, we used it quite often, however the cabin itself is too small for the pool table. Even with the shorter cue stick we found in the corner, you still had to stand straight up and hold the sitck at an extreme angle just to be able to preform your shot.
The hot tub was great after a day of hiking and walking around down town. Wasnt a huge fan of them presetting it to MAX temp, but we adjusted that to our liking. The hottub was also very clean. Also the lights in the hot tub did not work (not a big deal to us, but would have been nice to have)
The heart shaped jacuzzi is a great idea in theory, however there is not enough hot water to adequately fill the tub with enough water for a comfortable soak.
Overall the cabin itself was really enjoyable, we really enjoyed ourself. There is no view from this cabin unless you like looking at trees. Was pretty clean, other than the cobweb in the top corner of the shower and the dead spider smashed on the bathroom wall, no big deal, we took care of that ourselves.
We had a slight problem one night when we got back with the security system, it would not accept our "turn off" code, thus setting off the alarm which was obviously loud and obnoxious. I called the owners afterhours help line, to which they returned my call within 10 minutes, but thankfully we got the problem figured out. The key code to unlock the front door worked great the first couple times, but after that we had to put the code in twice every time we came back so it would unlock. I also did have an issue with the bolts holding the door knobs on, as they were loose, i emailed the owners and they sent someone out that same day and had the problem fixed, so overall that was a good experience.
As for the cabin location, it is not ideal, as we had to drive 20-30 minutes to both pegion forge and gatlinburg. Which thankfully we had brought our car which was pretty good on gas. The gravel road leading up to the cabin was kind of an annoyance, we had no clue when we booked that it was on a gravel road. In my personal opinion the road needed graded as there were large potholes and a great amount of washout ripples in the road which made it semi difficult for our car to make it up, (we never had a real problem, as i feel like i can drive well enough to understand how to handle those kinds of situations). We were not advised until the day of arrival that it would be a good idea to have a 4x4 vehicle (moreso for winter seasons) but would be a good idea to advise of that before you preregister your vehicle on the website as the vehicle you are going to bring.
The romantic touches addons they offer are a good idea, however a little expensive, but however i did purchase 2 of them. I ordered the engraved wine glasses and couples movie night. The wine glasses were great, however with the movie night, it states that with purchase along with the movies, candy and popcorn you get a 2L of coke and a carton of milk, neither of which were anywhere to be found. The candy was kind of stale, however still within date.
But like i stated above, overall we enjoyed our experience with honeymoon hills!!!! Will consider them again on our next visit!!!! Thank you Honeymoon hills for a great experience for our anniversary!
