Dollywood's Heart Song Lodge & Resort Review Our Thoughts and Dinner at Ember & Elm Restaurant
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I understand all the amenities and stuff, but almost $500 a night for a tiny room and communal microwave?? You could get a 4-5 bedroom, multi-level cabin in the area for that price or cheaper.
$481?!? I know it includes a free ticket, trolley to park, fast passes, tasting pass (which is quite a value) I think that they should just charge a reasonable rate and then let guests decide to purchase those things on their own. I think for that price, breakfast should also be included! We went to Dollywood twelve times this year, and we definitely now know the importance of a hotel that is consistent with its quality, and paying extra to make sure you have a good hotel can be worth it. The hotel we stayed at this past trip was great when we stayed there in May but was so bad this time that I had to take off work to recover after getting zero sleep at the hotel due to a rock hard bed and broken heaters. Next time we go to Dollywood, we are staying at the Inn at Christmas Place or somewhere in Gatlinburg.
Impressive place but I don't think average joes like my wife and I could ever afford it. WAY WAY out of our price range unfortunately. I'm sorry for criticism but in previous video you stated you wanted honest opinions. We very much appreciate your vlog of the new place, thanks Will & Dawn! Will, your shower singing........you give it a great college try young man but don't quit your day job! 😄🐻
I agree! This just feels way out of place for where it’s at. I thought the other resort was supposed to be Dollywood’s most expensive resort with this new one being a bit more affordable. What I don’t understand is why they have a buffet at their highest tear resort but have this incredibly overpriced one at what I’d think should be a more reasonable priced place.
I think they do want criticism, but when people call them names and make up rumors about them, it's not acceptable. You were very respectful with your comment .😊
Thank you for the blog. Wish it was more affordable for everyone.
Restaurant prices were good for a nice evening out. Looked delicious
Thanks for making me laugh. Seeing Dawn mad about the fire alarm and being woken up, that would totally be me, too. Hopefully, that issue was fixed.
I hope so too!
I've stayed in numerous hotels, including some of the most upscale hotels in Manhattan New York. In my opinion, a hotel room is a place to lay your head at night and a place to relax in. I would rather spend time in the RV that I'm planning on getting and see the country. While seeing some of the most beautiful scenery and mountain views which the open road has to offer. Including exploring new places, fishing and making memories with my fur babies that will last a lifetime. In reality, you don't need much in life, you just need to live life to the fullest and see the scenery.
Y'all do an amazing job! I have been watching your channel for years. Every time I go back to pigeon forge and Gatlinburg, I watch your videos. Planning another trip in October and can't wait.
Awesome! Thank you!
I have been watching your channel waiting on this video to drop wow that place is beautiful!
Maybe 🤔 that congressman that pulls fire alarms was staying there.😂
thank you for the review love your videos keep up the awesome work!
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Great video, Yankee in The South: The resort looks beautiful, and the food looks greats. But the cost is way out of my budget. I will wait for a couple of years, until I have my small RV and I'm working for the local Pigeon Forge KOA, before I go to Dollywood. Chances are that it will be more budget friendly then and much more affordable to go to Dollywood as a treat. My new RV will have lights that change colors once I get it and that will be so cool. Including ice, a microwave, an air conditioner and a furnace. The best part of all is the workout that I will get from walking the RV grounds of the KOA. While I'm working and on my off time and this KOA even has a swimming pool and laundry facilities. Including full hookups, showers, restroom facilities and a lounge. Including our area of refuge, which is the great outdoors and the great smokies not to mention my very own private outdoor ground level, patio and a massive panoramic landscape that extends for hundreds of miles with plenty of places to comfortably sit and relax in front of a fire. I'm definitely looking forward to purchasing my RV, because a hotel fire alarm at 2 am in the morning won't be an issue. -Happy Trails😀
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I think heartsong is a nice place to stay. Food did look good. Enjoyed the video guy's.❤❤❤
Looks beautiful there❤
I have changed my lifestyle too, eating healthy and walking. When you change your eating habits, and eat healthy tour taste buds change. Foods taste so much better.....for me heavy foods,grease and sugar arenor so tasty anymore, in fact it usually makes me sick. Looking great !
I always get headaches from campfires too Dawn! I love those gas “campfires”!
Beautiful fire pit.
We would definitely try the restaurant out. Your meals looked amazing! Well they have 3 more resorts to go maybe one of them will be budget friendly.
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The "mashed potatoes" was polenta. ( an italian cornmeal dish).
Yeah those 'Area of Refuge' on each floor were probably purposely planned after the fires of 2016. I remember some of the stories of occupants from the Park Vista and it being touch and go. Probably makes it easier for the FD in case of emergency.
Cool hotel at Dollywood, glad you all had fun!
It’s Italian broccolini
Love the detailed video, I’m surprised at how plain the hotel is in the halls and everywhere. Sadly the price is out of our price range.
Thanks. What fun. What about the fire alarm?
I think it's a good idea that they do reviews on different priced hotels and resorts for people with different tastes and budgets. There are some that may not mind spending that kind of money for a room. And I don't consider any of the comments here criticism it's just different opinions. 🙂
Dawn I wouldn't go downstairs in my PJs either. 😒
Thank 🎅 you for sharing
I just had to say, YOU GUYS LOOK AMAZING!!!!! What a difference,I’ve been noticing a difference but this was SO PRONOUNCED. I’m so happy for you. ♥️💖♥️
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Thanks Will and Dawn for a great review and showing us the really nice restaurant. The food did look really tasty. And wow those fires look amazing and such a great hangout place. Good idea to go to each floor to see the overlooks. Thanks. Those elevators are really nice indeed. I would be annoyed with night fire alarms. I would really hate it for my kids or especially for babies.. waking them up especially on a trip… I saw someone holding a sleeping child. That is tough. Ughhh
You did a great job of exploring the whole place. Awesome place. Thanks.
Enjoyed very much 😎 Thanks Dawn 🙋♀️ and Will 🙋♂️❣️
We are in the smokies now
Hi Will and Dawn, just an FYI - that was Polenta, boiled cornmeal not grits but very similar. Also, I understand that it is healthy food choice. Back to your video!
It’s pepper jelly ❤Will I think yours was cornmeal gravy under your ribs 😊
Thanks for the video but out of reach for this retiree. Besides don't meet our needs.
Enjoyed this video we love exploring every inch of the hotels we stay in…never know what you will happen upon on!
Your dinner looks delicious and the hotel is beautiful!🤗
Too pricey for us! But glad you guys had a great time. Looks awesome, but will never spend this much money on a hotel. Food looks expensive also! I am allergic to shrimp also! Lol Retires on a fixed income! Dawn you look so cute. Both of yall are doing great!
Hi guys! The lodge looks really nice, especially that it includes the items related to Dollywood. Hey, don't feel guilty about enjoying your meals. Do what I do - feel guilty afterward tee hee. No, really. When you go home, go back to your normal routine of a healthy diet and exercise. As long as this is something you don't find yourselves doing all the time, you'll be fine❤
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Wow what an amazing stay….that would be a vacation to save up for and splurge but my goodness what a way to splurge..everything about that stay was amazing, especially that room…very much my style..thank you Will and Dawn for make that expense just for us so we can see the full experience…I loved it 😊💕
We loved your review. Very informative and fun. Going in be in Pigeon Forge next week. 1st time. Looking forward to Dollywood and all that PF has to offer. Your reviews have been very helpful with our travel plans! Thanks so much.
PS - You guys always put a smile on our face!! Cheers from CT🎉
Really enjoyed your exploring the lodge and grounds . Your dining experience looked really nice. Glad you guys treat yourselves, Dawn said it on the live, it’s not a diet it’s a lifestyle choice! You guys look great and I really appreciate the review of Dollywood and the campfires. The fire 🔥 alarm evacuating was probably scary 😟 especially after a relaxing day and while you’re sleeping. Loved Will’s rendition of Dolly’s songs while singing in the shower 🤣🧼Really appreciated the honest review at the end of the video. Great job 👍🦋
Thanks for sharing. I figured that was red pepper jelly on the biscuits before you even said it. Also, sometimes fires give me a headache as well Dawn.
You 2 have such fun! Thanks for bringing me along:)
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Are there any balcony rooms
That’s a lot of money for, what sounds like, a noisy hotel. I’m surprised that the soundproofing is not better.
I'm with you Will...love a bonfire 🔥and my fav smell....❤ I go floor to floor to explore too 😂 honestly. Ok your shower singing had me cracking up plus when Dawn was a grumpy bear 🐻lol she's so cute. Luv ya guts x as for the room, reminds me a bit of wilderness lodge. I rather a full closer but I loved the mural. Great job guys. 👏
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@@yankeeinthesouth 👋I'm watching your awesome vlog stay at Inn at Christmas place. 🎄
😅how big is the room and is there a balcony
A great review. Did you ever find out why the second alarm went off? Also, I love it, you quoted "Big Trouble in Little China"!!! I love that movie. :-)
We were thinking about coming down there for our 53rd anniversary but wouldn't stay there it's very pretty but way to expensive .
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@@yankeeinthesouth thank you.
What is your celebration? Maybe my husband and I can make this trip we've got so many planned and I want to go to Tennessee and that's where we keep getting close to. Maybe I'll be in a town that you're in at the same time and I'll
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Great review. Not sure i would stay at the hotel but your food looked so delicious i would definitely dine there. Cheers
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You guys look amazing both of you guys are amazing have some desert I appreciate your videos so much❤❤
Thank you so much!!
Thanks for sharing. Don't think I'll get to stay there. Checked the prices and very expensive for a basic looking room. I think my room at Coronado Springs at Disney was close to this in looks and space and cost less per night compared.
Thank you for sharing this video with us
Cost to much for me
Thanks for your thorough review! My heart broke for those parents with the young kids because they were up for the night😂
They say don't wake a sleeping bear. It dawn anit happy nobody is happy.
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I down with you about the 4:00 check-in especially since you don't get a full 24 hour stay anyway. Also did they give you a free breakfast or anything to compensate for the false fire alarm in the midfle of the night?
Awesome video!
It was beautiful, but not the price. We love The Lodge At Five Oaks. You need to review it. Get a room with a balcony. We could watch the people on the mountain coaster. We was on the side toward Gatlinburg.
“Area of Refuge” is a place for people who need assistance during an evacuation to gather.
Don’t feel bad about the alarms. I am in that business. It’s not unusual for a new system to have some settling in to do. Smoke detectors get installed where something can set them off, sprinkler lines still have air bubbles in them, etc. Then there are all the kids and the tempting pull stations.
OK, you convinced me, I need to stay at the Heartsong resort!
I would have gone for the short ribs, like Will. The side you weren't sure what it was is polenta, it's made from cornmeal which is the grittiness. I like polenta, and love short ribs so that looked amazing! Dawn's chicken looked good too. Wow, I need to spend at least 3 nights for my wife and I to try all the main dishes, lol!
The fire pit at night I could spend hours there!
LOL, I laughed hysterically at Dawn almost poking you in the eye! LOL, reminds me of the Colonel Sanders video where she turns towards the Colonel and says "I'll poke you in the eye!". I still remember that, Dawn is great!!
Sometimes you just gotta cheat, the food and snacks look way too good there!
I would concur, Dollywood is one of the friendliest parks anywhere. The hosts make the stay extra special. I can't wait to stay there! We might be down there in the spring. Hopefully the international festival will be going on when we need to be in Tennessee.
Oh, and I am 100% on team Dawn as far as being woken up, if you are not grumpy, you are not human. I would not be happy about the alarm either.
Thoese Brussel sprouts looked good! And lots of fire 🔥 pits. Very cool hotel. Is it as nice as Margaritaville?
Looks beautiful guys glad you showed it ,I don't think I could afford to stay there but fun to dream
Beautiful resort! We was in Vegas and the fire alarm went off. It is a heart stopper in the middle of the night. Love your videos.
You guys are so lucky ,to get to do this, and be down the road from it, and travel all over the country.
The lodge is beautiful!! Thanks for sharing. Sorry for the fire alarm at midnight. I would have trouble coming down those stairs. I hope no one pulled it on propose. There is no way I could afford to stay there. The food looked good. We might go to eat there for a special occasion. Thanks again. God bless.
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Thank you for sharing this. I really appreciate the voice fire alarms. The restaurant and everything looked beautiful.
I bet the bees are fireflies!
I would like to take my daughter-in-law there for her birthday when we come November I wonder if it’s reservation and the stuff on wills plate is polenta
I think their food is a little bit pricey.
I wouldn’t have been a happy camper about the alarm either at that time of night. It could have been a malfunction since it’s a new building though?
I checked the rates! Wow, very expensive to stay more than 1 or 2 nights!
I am right there with you dawn!! I remember at UT the alarm went off and one girl had already put on her milk of magnesia on her face?? Idk but she was horrified to go out with that all over her face😂😂😂
Very Very Nice. We have stayed at Dreammore. Loved it. But, they didn’t have any exhaust fans in the bathrooms. It made a Horrible Wet room after 4 people took showers. I Sure hope they added exhaust fans in that Resort.
I really didnt like anything about it. Way to overpriced. Dolly should have done better
I feel the same way too the room was not cozy enough for me, and way overpriced
Wow, a very nice resort. Impressive, great tour. Somewhat pricey ,
probably won't be staying there when we come to the area. Thanks
Looks like a beautiful place but much too expensive for my wallet. Thanks for sharing
Love your videos thankyou for sharing your adventures ❤😊❤
Thank u for doing these videos I am not able to travel these videos are the next best thing Thank You
Beautiful place! Thanks for all the details you give and the good and bad when you see it.❤
Great job on the video. I appreciate you showing the menu and prices. I don't blame you Dawn for being mad about getting woke up, I would be too.
Thanks so much
Love the Ohio hat! I'm from the east side of Cleveland, Ohio!
Great video. Thanks for taking us along. The resort looks beautiful. The middle of the night fire alarm would annoy me also. Lol. Had enough of fire drills working in the school system for 25 years.
WOW!! $481.00 Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Fire Ha Ha I Loved your Video, Dawn your faces were so Stinkin CUTE!! I always know if you're going to like the Food, and that Fire Alarm in the middle of the night was so funny!!! Dawn you made me laugh so hard!! The Dinner looked Amazing and the Hotel and Lobby were Beautiful - Many Thanks for Sharing and giving us such a Great Tour of the Hotel - YOU BOTH ROCK!!!
very expensive for the average couple or family!
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looks like a really nice place ! just way too far out of my budget- esp. with 2 younger kiddos.
Will singing in the shower🤪
Don’t quit your day job 😂🤣😂🤣❤❤
The place is beautiful but the price is way too high! Especially for being such a small park and having hotels literally just a couple of miles away that cost a fraction of the price and are a quick drive or trolly ride away! I love Dollywood and promote the park mall the time but I’ve got to be honest, over the past few years the prices have gone way up and the quality of multiple things from the food in the park to new attractions have been lackluster. I truly hope things improve.
Dawn looked good for getting woke up. That happened to us in DC and I has curlers in my hair.
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Wowza… I wanted to bring my grandson for a couple nights because my health hasn’t been so great.. my doctor told me if I didn’t get my sleep, heart under control I’ll be dead in less then 5 years… I checked the dates for November (2 night min) the cheapest room for me and a 6 year old is $441 a night!! Ouch… guess this will be out of question unfortunately.. I really wanna make great memories with my children & grand children but unfortunately this is a dream to many…
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I like the longer content actually it doesn’t feel rushed and you show everything.
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Love this vlog very informative I will be visiting next year and this was one of the hotels on my list to choose you guys look like you had a great time and you both look great on your weight-loss journey. Congratulations.
Dawn looks super cute here!
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That dessert looks amazing
Dawn looking at your face when the alarm went off was hilarious!
Ive noticed that since Dawn has lost weight she is walking better. Keep it up Guys!
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Thanks for the video
I’ve always wanted an hour video from you all! Im excited to watch!
Yay! Thank you!
Looks like an awesome place! Thanks for sharing! ❤😊
Thank you for the video yall did a wonderful job looks like a great place to visit
Dawn you look so darn happy. Congratulations on the weight loss it's so hard to do! I hope to visit your area some day. ❤
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Sledgehammered that like button sharing out full thanks for sharing your experience
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