Short girls trip to Gatlinburg/Sevierville TN area in February. Help!

January 9, 2020 12:27 PM

My best friend and I will be in Sevierville, TN from a Friday early afternoon and leaving the following Sunday afternoon in mid-February. Just us girls. Looking for adventurous suggestions and reviews of things to do!

This is our first girls only trip in our 23 years of friendship. Marriage and kids have taken the priority over the last 13 years. We have both also lost a lot of weight in the last year, and want to spend our time doing physical and fun things that push us outside our normal comfort zone.

Some things we already know we want to do:
Ober Gatlinburg for the mountain coaster and snow tubing
Get a tattoo
Get dressed up and go to a fancy place for dinner and hit up a night club of some kind after, maybe even a strip club.
Drink wine in the Jacuzzi in our cabin
Go zip lining
Ride an ATV

What I am looking for is specific suggestions for some of these things or even more suggestions of things we can do in our short time there! Specific companies you may recommend or reviews/experiences of your time in this area.

Bonus: We are not opposed to traveling to Knoxville for a night to do any of these things.

posted by Sara_NOT_Sarah to Travel & Transportation around Sevierville, TN (6 answers total)

My husband and I stayed a night in Gatlinburg en route to his father's home in Georgia last November, and one of the things we enjoyed most (maybe the moonshine had something to do with it....!) was the Ole Smoky Distillery's $5 moonshine tasting. For five bucks you get a shot glass of 14 different types of very potent Moonshine (including pickle-flavored, which I passed on, but my husband said it was tasty).
posted by Oriole Adams at 12:35 PM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Drink wine in the Jacuzzi in our cabin

This is the best in the mountains. Personal favorite.

the Ole Smoky Distillery's $5 moonshine tasting

This used to be free, come one come all type thing but I'm betting it got a reputation or legal troubles.

I'm sorry I'm not more helpful on the adult type things re strip club or clubs but physical things are easy since hiking trails in the area are plentiful. Doubly so if you take the road over the mountain towards Cherokee, it's beautiful. Cherokee has a casino run by the tribe there but that may be too far away for your needs.

Zip lining should be easy enough to find, not sure about ATVs.

Careful on that road up to Ober, if it's icy or snowy then it's going to be a challenge in some vehicles. The skylift / tram up there is nice if a bit spendy depending on your use case.
posted by RolandOfEld at 12:47 PM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Flyaway Indoor Skydiving | Indoor Skydiving - Pigeon Forge, TN.
Haven't been to that area for 30+ years, but somehow know they have this there.
posted by zengargoyle at 6:27 PM on January 9, 2020

Well go visit the World's Only Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum, of course!
posted by Preserver at 6:31 PM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Hi! I live near Sevierville, maybe I can help.

I enjoy the Alpine Coaster and the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies is better than you'd expect.

It's a slow-ish weekend in Knoxville, but you can see what's doing in town here.
posted by workerant at 6:32 AM on January 10, 2020

We went to the Aquarium and bought the extra ticket to see the other Ripley's attractions. Thought they would be a joke but really enjoyed them all.

Ole Smoky is fun too. Yup, used to be free but the state nope $5 now.

Have fun.
posted by tman99 at 11:21 AM on January 10, 2020