VERY DISAPPOINTED
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 1/18/11
We had gone there January 14th-16th, to celerbtate our 45 wedding anniversary. When we called for reservations, the clerk was really nice. We only live about an hour away. When we arrived, about 3:30 p.m., we checked-in with a different clerk. She was not so nice. Things went down hill from there. She put us in the very back, up on the hill. I went inside the building and secured a "luggage cart", After we got luggage loaded & went to the elevator, it would not work. We ask the elevator repair man, if it would be working soon & he said NO. Had to order parts. Wife then calls office clerk & told her the elevator would not work & ask her if we could move to another room. She said she didn't know the elevator didn't work, although the Elevator Repair Truck, was sitting outside the door ! Clerk said NO, just take the stairs. Wife explained to her that we are Senior Citizens & that I had just had surgery & could not be lifting & climbing stairs. Clerk said she only had one other room, but the fireplace was out-of-order. We had reserved a King bed & a fireplace. The lodge wasn't full at that time, but did get fuller by late evening. Clerk would not send anyone to help. Wife had to carry luggage upstairs. When we got to our room, we found a really nice fireplace, but the room & bathroom was not real clean. The fireplace had cobb-webs in it. Later in the day, a group of teenagers arrived. The room next to us, had several boys in it. This room was an ajointing room to us. They got really loud & tried to break into our room. Wife told them to leave our door alone. They left to go out but returned about 11:00 pm. Got very loud again, with music & talking. They tried again to get in our door. This went on for about 2 hours. Again, we ask them to quite down. Not much sleep for us that Friday night. The next day, Saturday, same thing happens. They were gone most of the day. That night was like the night before. The boys returned late night They got really loud & again tried to get into our room. I called the office about 12:30 & talked to a male clerk & told him what was going on & ask him if he would take care of the problem. He said he might be able to contact somebody to check it out. An hour later, after the problem continued, I called him back. I ask him if he found anybody to handle the problem. Very unconcerned, he said he would see what he could do. About 30 minnutes later, a guy knocks on their door & just ask them to quite it down. That lasted for a little while, then the noice started again. ( these teenage boys were with a CHURCH group ) We had looked forward to a nice weekend, but it was ruined. While checking out, the next morning. We mentioned our experience to the clerk. She wasn't very concerned, but did only say," I'm sorry" & went on. Didn't offer a discount or etc. or even ask us to come back again. We go to Gatlinburg several times a year. We DO NOT recommend this lodge to anyone. Recommend to people to go somewhere they will be welcomed & appreciated.
Mike & Linda
Knoxville TN