"Gatlinburg is a bizarre theme park of a town..", he does have a point about Gatlinburg, it's a strange place. Imagine a touristy beach town, like Daytona Beach

"Gatlinburg is a bizarre theme park of a town..", he does have a point about Gatlinburg, it's a strange place. Imagine a touristy beach town, like Daytona Beach FL in the 80s before they kicked out the spring breakers, but small yet not charming-small like a Colorado ski town just.. small. The smokey mountains in general is similarly off, lots of Native American owned tourist stores but filled with confederate flags for some reason. It's still a beautiful drive though.