The Park Vista a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Gatlinburg

My family and I had a good time here. It's a beautiful hotel and a beautiful location. It is further away from the downtown area and you pay a nightly fee to park, so it's hard to justify paying to park downtown. The trolly picks up and drops off at this location, but it's usually a 30 min wait. We didn't eat at the restaurant on site. The pool area is fun. There are two slides. The views from the room are stunning.

LOOK NO FURTHER - BOOK HERE! The facility was clean and beautiful and we especially enjoyed our own private patio (that every room had!). The only thing that we didn’t care for was the parking. We felt it was not conducive to the needs of the hotel (and it was up a lot of steep hills, which got me at first). The bed was extremely comfortable and the room was clean! The elevators were very fast and easy to call them to a specific floor. Even with a lot of people in the hotel the first night, we still felt comfortable and like we had our own space. Breakfast was very good, complete with a lot of choices!

We recently stayed for 3 nights in a bunk bed suite. The view from the hotel was beautiful, and the elevator ride was super fun. The beds were very comfortable. It is a pet-friendly hotel, so we appreciate that we could bring our dog with us and order food in the lobby. The pool was also a hit with our kids. The rooms are a bit outdated, and the room was not very clean. There was a chewed up lollipop under one of the bunk beds and a bunch of trash from a previous guest behind the bedside table in the main bedroom. There was hair left in the shower from a previous guest, too. The restaurant prices were incredibly high for the value ($160 for a breakfast buffet for a family 😳). I ordered salmon on my salad for dinner the first night there, and it was so undercooked that I couldn't eat it. Thankfully, our waitress apologized and removed it from our bill. In the room, the door to the bathroom didn't shut unless you pushed with all strength to close it. The hair conditioner bottle in the shower was also empty when we arrived. Altogether, it was okay, but we would likely not stay here again. Too many issues added together for the price and for a Hilton hotel. It was not worth the money, in our opinion, but glad we tried it.