Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort

We are here out of season as Dollywood is closed. The hotel staff is friendly and the accommodations are nice. Also, I’ve never payed for valet parking at a hotel other than gratuity. The location of the hotel is great… it is 8 – 9 minutes from Sevierville and about 15 minutes from downtown Gatlinburg. We are having a great time in the Smokies!

Loved the stay, loved the room, loved the food and the staff was awesome. The only thing I was not happy about was the $ 18 valet parking. Not only that, instead of the valets blocking off spots in the back of the lots, they block off all of the spots close to the front. So you either pay $ 18 or you walk 400 yards uphill. Come on Dolly, you can do better than that, it’s the principle of the matter. Make your valets walk or get them a golf cart.

This place is absolute perfect !!!
Stayed for 4 nights with my family of 4.
Very clean, friendly staff, love the Décor and ambiance of the resort.
We didn’t get to use the outdoor pool since it was Dec but planning on coming back in June.
The only negative was that their pillows were to high for my liking. Wished that the café offered more food like pizza instead of having to order it from outside.
Happy that they offered Starbucks and the café food, a bit pricey but was very good!

As a fellow Dollywood Host, I stayed here during the Light The Way 5K because I didn’t want to travel home at 2:30 in the morning so I booked a room for my Mother-​in-​law and fiancé, this place is great, my fiancé and I took a tour of the grounds during the Summer since we are planning on having our wedding there on August 18^th, 2018, our wedding planner, Natalie Mokwa is awesome she is very helpful with the questions I have and I can’t wait to get married here. I’m not being biased about this resort because I’m a host of the Dollywood Company, but this place is awesome and the room was awesome, I can’t wait to have my wedding guests stay here in 2018.

If you re wanting a vacation that feels more like a staycation then the DreamMore is for you. This hotel is absolutely beautiful and so comfy. It will feel so much like home that you will not want to leave hence the term «staycation».
The Lobby/​Great Room is the first thing that greats you as you walk in, With its overabundance of cozy couches and chairs with giant fireplaces on both ends. The main focal point of this area is the huge glass wall looking out at the beautiful Smoky Mountains. Just steps away from the cozy living quarters is a large front porch full of rocking chairs. This is a great place to come have your coffee or hot chocolate on a beautiful crisp morning and watch the sunrise over the mountain. That is exactly what I did. I can envision it now and can’t wait to go back. From the porch you can watch the kids (and adults) playing in the huge pool below. The laughter was nice reminder of what Dolly intended for this place.
There is a handy place called the Pantry where you can get Pastries, Ice Cream, Coffee, etc. Everything I had was great. I guess that is why I went back so many times during my trip. If you make your way down the gorgeous staircase you will find another seating area on the ground level. This level gives you access to the outside area where the huge pool is. Besides the pool there is a play park and a splash park for the kids. See Dolly just loves kids. Also, there are numerous fire pits with you guessed it — rocking chairs set around them. They really did think of everything with this place. a nice walking trail takes you around the whole outside area. There is even an area for events. What a beautiful place to have a wedding or big anniversary.
Back inside on the ground level there is a nice restaurant called the Song & Hearth. I have now ate there twice and have not left disappointed either time. I had the family dinner (which I of course shared with my family) that gave us a salad or soup, bread, fried chicken, roast, potatoes, green beans and dessert. It is suppose to feed 4 but can easily feed 5 – 6. We left feeling so stuffed both times. It was around $ 55 and well worth it. I highly recommend this restaurant plus its covenant if you like us don’t want to leave this beautiful resort.
The rooms were spacious and so calming. Looking around at all the subtle touches were some of my fondest memories of this place. The beds were super comfy. We didn’t stay in the room much as we wanted to be where the people were. But I can tell you they were nice. You still being this early into its opening get to smell the new smell. Everything was so clean and new. All of the staff we encountered were very nice and helpful. A lot of them stopped and had conversations with us. Made you feel like you were at home.
There were more amenities that were great such as the shuttle to Dollywood and the Time saver pass you got (got you onto rides faster instead of waiting in line) for being a guest at the DM. Those were huge perks.
There was only 1 complaint that I have to mention — they offer the opportunity to make Smores by the fireside at night. Such a lovely thing to do and fun for all ages. However they actually charge for this. It is like $ 5 for a kit and the kit is very small and honestly you can go buy all the ingredients it takes to make Smores for $ 5 or less and have a lot to share. To me this should have been something that they provided free of charge. This place cost a pretty penny and that would have been a nice gesture. But I did not let that small thing influence my overall opinion of this place. And that opinion is that I LOVE IT!!!
Oh. .. and if you are lucky like we were you may get to see the Resorts namesake there. We happened to be there the same time Dolly was there filming for her special on TV that airs tomorrow Dec. 10^th. We could not have picked a better time to go.

Hotel and employees were exceptional! If there was something I would like to see (well 2) it would be for breakfast to offer menu ordering as well as buffet. When 2 people are close to 80 years young and 2 people are on restricted diets it’s hard to justify a $ 90.00 breakfast
I have stayed at a few resorts with Spa’s and finding pump bottles of Shampoo, Conditioner and Body wash in the shower was a major let down. If you stock the room with exceptional Spa items it will generate additional business in the Spa.

Great place to visit!
We stayed at this resort for five days while we saw the area and enjoy the amusement park.
The grounds were capped impeccably clean the employees were very kind and I wanted knowledge the following Dollywood staff:
Alicia manager
MJ hostess
Chef Bobby
Café staff: Donald Amy Heather.
These individuals went above and beyond to help my son who is 12 years old with his gluten allergy. They went out of their way to make sure that he had food that he could eat and when traveling this is a very difficult thing to do! I am so grateful that we were treated so respectfully and that although things on the menu for example the buffet for kids is somewhat expensive, I was grateful to be able to provide my son with French toast to eat like other people that could consume gluten products, etc.
The lady unfortunately I don’t remember her name who handles the concierge was such a wonderful woman who helped us make a reservation for the stampede event that was awesome and my kid & I loved it too!
I enjoyed the quaint Rockingchair’s that you could sit on in the mornings outside and oversee the beautiful smoky mountains that were so serene and spiritually blessed with the love from God! Dolly Parton you got this right! And yes I have stayed at some of the five Star resorts globally and this resort and Dollywood amusement park take the cake!
We came from Lake Tahoe and did not know what to expect, however we all were so pleasantly surprised in our party by the kindness, the service & the happiness of her staff… We will recommend this place to any family and to all our friends. Thank you Dolly Parton forgetting it right!

The new Dream More resort is aimed at Dolly Parton fans in the way the Disney Resorts are for lovers of Disney. For what they are apparently aiming to accomplish they hit the mark.
It’s a lovely resort, adjacent to the parks (Dollywood and Splash Country) but not really in view of them expect for one water ride at the far end of the parking lot. For anyone who has been to the Smokies (Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg) this is totally unlike most other hotels, remote, quiet and not all themed-​up except for the southern feel. While not anywhere near the hustle of the tourist area, it is only a five minute drive down the road into town.
The lobby area is surprisingly small and not great to hang out during busy periods. One half is set up with a number of tables and chairs and is meant to serve as the dining area for one of the only two food service areas, The Pantry, which is actually a Starbucks. As a result, this part of the lobby is pretty congested during meal times with folks who don’t want to eat in the main restaurant or go off site. The other half of the lobby is the Living Room, with some comfortable seating and some more tables with checkerboards on them. This space, too, can get congested with people hanging out waiting to go to the park or, in the evening, as they have story time, which is rather noisy and draws a lot of kids, many in pajamas.
The main restaurant, the Song and Hearth, is, as everything else at Dollywood, surprisingly inexpensive for anyone used to Disney. The dinner menu is comfort food and was quite good. The menu is not unlike what you might find at a Cracker Barrel but more limited and upscale, though the prices were similar. The typical entrée is in the $ 13 to $ 15 range and includes a loaf of farmers cheese tomato bread, hot and in the pan, a jar of bread and butter pickles and tub of soft butter. I had the signature fried chicken for $ 12.95 and my wife had the deep dish chicken pot pie for $ 13.95. Sides are such dishes as mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn pudding, etc. The food was good and very filling. Seating is in a woodsy dining room or outside on the porch or patio.
Most of the rooms at the hotel are family style. There are some with just a king bed, but they appear hard to come by. We had a room with king and bunk beds. The room, that would sleep four, was not a bad price at $ 179. As we joined the «founders club» from being on the park’s email list, we got the second night free, a free upgrade (from parking lot view to pool view) and a free park pass. Hotel guests also get a free shuttle and a «fast pass» bracelet. The room is brand new and nicely furnished in a «Dolly Style» with «Dream More» and «DM» all over the place. There are some nice touches we see in new hotels such as a Smart TV with the attached desk having built-​in USB connections to charge devices an HDMI connection to hook your computer or camera into the TV and compact fridge. There are also USB connections in the bedside alarm clock.
There are two downsides to the room. One is not having central HVAC. While not having under window units, there was a stacked unit built into the corner of the room. I hate this as I’m a light sleeper and the heat or AC cycling on or off all night tends to wake me. The other problem is, with the bunk beds, there is no room for other furniture. As a result, the only place to sit is the wooden chair at the desk, leaving you that or the bed for reading or watching TV. The first night I was successful in finding a wing chair in the lobby to read but, at other times, a mob in the Living Room and people eating in the other half made the lobby unusable for that purpose. There are many rocking chairs on the porches around the hotel, but they are not all that comfy for more than a few minutes.
The hotel has a nice pool area, mostly geared for the children, with a water play area and playground nearby. The kids were having a ball and there was a rec staff running games after dinner, followed by a s’mores making party. So far as using the pool as an adult, the hot tub as also there. It looked nice but, as kids were diving into it, I didn’t feel like using it to relax. I was shocked to find the indoor pool is open only until 1 PM when the outdoor pool opens. I didn’t get around to asking if it was open longer hours if the outdoor pool was closed by weather, but indoor pools tend to attract a adults late in the evening and I had hoped to use it to avoid the activities outdoors. I suspect they don’t want to keep it open as this is one of the few hotels I’ve seen in recent years where they have a number of lifeguards on duty and it’s a manpower issue.
All in all, this resort is very successful at what it aims to do for family travelers but has some downsides for an older couple visiting with no children.