May 2006 Archives

What’s the best kind of gasoline for your car: regular or premium? If you are a visitor to Pigeon Forge this summer, you might answer that the best kind of gasoline is free gasoline. And you’d be right. This summer, the city of Pigeon Forge is giving away 8,500 gallons of gasoline to Pigeon Forge visitors as part of The Great Gas Giveaway. That’s as much as a whole tanker truck full of fuel! That's right, you have the opportunity to win thirty dollars in free gasoline just by visiting the city of Pigeon Forge this summer!

~~~Free Vacation Guides to Help You Plan~~~

PigeonForge.com has launched the new FREE Vacation Guide mail-out service! Do you need help planning your Smoky Mountain Vacations? We now offer first-class vacation planning assistance for visitors who are interested in receiving beautiful brochures that highlight the very best attractions, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, accommodations, and much more! All you have to do is sign up.

Well, now that you know the destination, you can tailor your dream vacation from the convenience of your computer or telephone.

This Memorial Day weekend, gather your friends and loved ones and join the congregation of bluegrass fans and music lovers in Patriot Park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for the Rhythm in the Hills festival.

This smashing event is held each year in Pigeon Forge, and this year is projected to be even bigger and better than it was in 2005. A new addition to the festival this year is a "Play USA" area offering inflatable games, and other fun activities for all ages to enjoy. There will even be a mechanical bull for brave souls to attempt to conquer.

Downtown Sevierville is the place to be the weekend of May 19th! Admission to the Bloomin' Barbeque and Bluegrass festival is free, and you can eat wonderful down-home, slow-cooked barbeque while jamming to Smoky Mountain bluegrass tunes. The line-up of artists this year include the ever popular Ricky Skaggs as well as The Grascals.

The weekend is not limited to food and music, either! Creative artists and crafters will be onsite demonstrating their skills and selling their wares. You can find a wide variety of works, from rocking chairs to aluminum can airplanes. There will even be barbeque grills and "fixins" like home-made sauces and rubs available for purchase so you can re-create the southern delight in your own kitchen.

Parking will be available in the lots at First Baptist Church, Old Suntrust Bank on Court Avenue, and several other downtown lots. Festivities on Friday, May 19th begin at five and last until 11 p.m.; things will get rolling the 20th at 11 a.m. and last until 11 that evening.

Gas prices are absurd lately; traffic in Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg is insane with all of the construction going on. So why not save some money and stress and sit back in a quaint, old-fashioned trolley and enjoy the summer-time city views as you are chauffeured around town in style? The Fun Time Trolley is just that - a fun time for all riders! Here's the information you need to plan your route:

Schedule: Daily 8:30 a.m. - Midnight, early March through October. Daily 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., November and December. On Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the trolley is closed.

Engineers working on the Jake Thomas Farm have discovered an archeological area with three ancient Indian burial sites as well as other artifacts like pottery and stone tools. The leaders in Pigeon Forge purchased 35 acres of land on the Jake Thomas Farm for $17.5 million in 2005, and with the recent archeological findings, the purchase could end up costing the city of Pigeon Forge anywhere from $27,000 to $162,000 extra and eight to 18 weeks of delay in the planned construction of a new Fun Time Trolley station and 2,000-space parking lot.

The land purchased in 2005 was also to be the site of a new shopping development, Belle Island. All plans have been put on hold at this time.