We've stayed in Gatlinburg 3 years now and this place was the best buy far! We spend our time in the park and usually want to avoid all the traffic of the downtown area. This location was easy to travel to/ from and by using the bypass, saved us time of time fighting town traffic. :) As for the cabin. It was well maintained...looked just like the pics online. No complaints. I loved the extra items around that show that they care about their property...a hepa unit, some anti-critter ultrasonic devices (we saw no critters), the usb chargers, etc. Kitchen had everything we needed, and the cookware was in good condition. Clean and updated. Very quiet community. There was a tiny spot of road construction, referenced in another review, but we had no trouble with that at all. As soon as we pulled up to the light, it changed and we were on our way.
I think we only met another car once. Knowing what most of the scary mountain roads in the Gat. area, this is a very easy, low location to get to!! We will definitely aim to return next year!
Don't forget to bring the consumables that I didn't think about like paper towels, saran wrap, etc. Had a wonderful week, thank you!!