Davy Crockett Ranger Station Tours and Activities

The pluses: The lady at the check-in desk was absolutely fantastic. I wish I got her name to give her proper recognition. Pool was great and so were poolside staff. Room was clean. Starbucks coffee available at Viva cafe. The minuses: They try to upsell you to buy a timeshare as soon as you’re checked in. “Free breakfast and comps”. Canceling the presentation was easy, at least. 3 contacts required to get missing TV remote. Barry Manilow concert cut in half due to “computer problems”. Concert was the reason we travelled there in the first place. Room smelled like smoke on and off. Maybe from the room next to us smoking illegally. I should’ve complained but I didn’t.

The design of the room is modern. However, it lacked a bit of functionality. There’s no towel racks to hang your face cloth in the bathroom sink area or inside the shower. While the handheld shower head was a great amenity, it is difficult to access it when the button is at the top by the primary shower head. For those shorter, it is impossible to turn it on. In addition, the smoke detectors are ultra sensitive. The warm shower triggered a smoke alert at 3am and it took a technician awhile to come up to turn it off. Aside from that, I had a nice stay. The 24hr pizza was the best!

The location, parking and staff are great. The AC was really the main issue this time, it just did not cool the room enough. Also, the fact that there is no coffee in the room and they charge $6 for it in the lobby is annoying.