Park Vista Hotel and Convention Center
- j. kathleen
- First Reviewer
- 4 out of 5
- Avg. Member Rating
- 43
- Reviews
Smoky Mt. adventure thanks Travelocity.
- June 16, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Wife and I 6/7/09-7/11/09 at the Park Vista last week. The booking through a online travel website was a pleasure. Carried the print out of reservations and checked in in less than 2 minutes.
Met X at the front desk and she immediatly took care of all our needs. The room does offer a fantastic view of the mountains. The hotel is old but very clean . Service was good and very friendly each time we returned from an adventure.
Cleaning staff is all male and they hustle around to make sure every thing is clean and in place. We read too many review from different sites on the poor standard of the hotel. After years of visits to the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge area, The Park Vista isin the top 3% of accomodations.
Bennets BBQ is the best bang for the buck. Followed by the Alamo steak house of Gatlinburg. Flapjacks N. has a great pancake for the price and topped IHOP.
Looking forward to another Smoky Mt. adventure using Travelocity and the Park Vista.
Nice Stay
- April 17, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Hotel was nice, quiet and clean. Staff was pleasant and helpful. Beds were very comfortable. View was outstanding. It would have been nice to have a fridge and microwave, but we didn't miss it. The pool was clean and well kept. The food at the restaurant was awesome. Very pleasant visit. Very close to Gatlinburg attrations. Very pleased.
Park Vista is PERFECT!
- April 6, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
My son and I had adjoining rooms that were huge, and extremely clean. This is one of the cleanest hotels I have stayed in for a long time. The swimming pool area is grand. The playground area is wonderful. The adirondack chairs sitting where you can watch the kids play is superb. The restaurant was delightful. I have absolutely nothing but praise for my stay at Park Vista. Staff were personable and friendly. Parking is abundant. It is a beautiful hotel in a glorious setting. Our room door was left open one evening while we were in the pool for 3 hours and nothing was taken. I was shocked, but not surprised.
Great hotel, great location!
- February 19, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
I really enjoyed staying at this hotel. One thing I particularly like about it is it's just outside of all the congestion of Gatlinburg, overlooking it all. The trolley also swings by the hotel so you don't have to drive to the downtown area, which is great because sometimes its pretty hard to find a parking spot. The only downfall of it was the trolley stopped making rounds to the hotel at around 9:30 or 10:00pm, so you'd have to get a taxie if you stayed past then, unless you just walked (probably 1 mile from the strip). Great hotel overall!
Worst HOTEL EVER
- January 26, 2009
- Rated 1 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
My family & I stayed here for a long weekend getaway. IT WAS HORRIBLE! First, I made the reservations directly thru the hotel's front desk, they failed to mention there was a youth convention then and upon checking in. Every night the hotel allowed the youth's (1,000 +) between 10:30-11:30pm to yell and cheer from all (15 - 360 degree) balconies and lobby and drop paper airplanes. My children were in bed & trying to sleep by 9pm. When we called down to the front desk we were just blown off each time and told don't worry the youth have to be in their rooms by midnight. The front desk would never give us the youth's contact info. Finally one night I went downstairs and started asking the kids and they pointed out their leader (who was in the middle of everything). I spoke over 30mins. with him and he said that they were following the rules the "HOTEL" had set for them. Everything they were doing was approved in advance by the hotel's management. My question is where is the respect for all the other PAYING guest?? The pool was very filthy, gobbs of stringy hair was constantly floating & hitting us. Some of the youth jumped over a fence around the top pool into the bottom pool w/ adults from their group looking on. Several boys were continously opening the outside doors b/c it was fun to watch the steam roll out, therefore freezing the pool area. On Sat. morning the hotel was out of water, which the restaurant stayed open. We brushed our teeth w/ bottle water we brought. The GM was never available, on the day of our departure I demanded her, she only offered to mail us a coupon to come back! ARE U KIDDING?